If you liked the spline jig in this video, you can download free instructions over at instructables by clicking this link --> www.instructables.com/id/Dowel-Rod-Spline-Jig

Whoever thought that woodwork videos would be a 'thing'. Cool camera angles, mood music, nice almost philosophical explanations, engaging body language with the viewer...! Love it. Nice vid fella.

The jig master! I love that you use them all. When I watch your videos, i say" I remember when he made the dowel maker and the spline jig and the angle support for the drill press." Awesome stuff Rob!

Very nice jig. It would be nice to see the dowels sanded smooth to the box though . Every one likes to see a finished product. Keep up the good work .

I really like the addition of hinges, well thought out (my corners are only ever 90 degrees by accident). Great job!

I have been using the Dowelmax for quite a while. I also make my own dowels and sometimes use different coloured woods to do this. They look good on ornamental boxes. The main difference between the Dowelmax and your jig is that the former costs around $400. Great video and hope it encourages more people to use dowels so many thanks.

GREAT way to strengthen all sorts of wood projects!

Great jig, easy and useful over a large range of joints in projects. Thanks for sharing.

OK 1st of all this is my new favorite channel. I like that you don't have thousands invested in tooling And you're making things that the average wood worker can duplicate. With that being said in my opinion, I'm here for knowledge and education. I'm not here to be entertained or sold anything. Many of the youtube channels that I've liked to watch have turned into entertainers and promoters of products which I immediately unsubscribe from. I get that everybody's trying to make a living but I'm not here to be entertained or sold anything. This is absolutely not a criticism on your part or anything just what I personally would like to see from KZfaq content providers. Also I would like to see the finished product in action at the very beginning of the video. I find myself fast forwarding to the end to see the item work and to determine whether it's something I would be intrested in or not also I think offering up the instructables is awesome. Anyways awesome channel keep up the good work I'm subscribed And looking forward to new videos

Love this jig!!!!

Ingenious! Love the music also. Thanks for sharing. Felix!

This is awesome man. I love the look of these splines and they are definitely a good structural option for miters. Nice work man.

Cool idea. I'm going to check out some of the other tools you've made too!

Rob I’m digging big time your innovative genius & watching all the jigs you’re making is going to be a great reference point for many folks on cleverly engineered jigs, great work 🍻👍👍👍👍

Super little jig. I'd never thought of using dowels in this way to strengthen boxes. Thanks for sharing your ideas. I'll definitely be trying this out. Best wishes.

That's a good idea.

*Wonderful video. I've been using dowel splines to strengthen glued miter joints for years, but I've never thought of making a jig for this purpose; since the depths of the boxes I strengthened with dowels weren't very deep, I could eyeball the angle of the holes and drill them unguided. But this will make the entire procedure so much easier and quicker. Thanks!*

Well thought out Rob and really functional. Great job, nice that you demonstrated it being used on different sizes of boxes. Love the dogs too :) ॐ

Pretty cool. Smart idea!

I thought the jig was very nice and easy to make. even the upgrade to make them smaller was nice. The one I really loved the the large one with 1/2 inch dowels, but especially the cute black ones in the box!! 😍🤣😁👍👌 That was the best part of the video!!

This is great. Thank you.

Great idea and extremely helpful man. Thanks , keep on making things 😀👍

Hey Rob, CONGRATULATIONS on being a co-grand prize winner on Mitch Peacock’s Tool Make competition. A well deserved win. That’s super.

A beautiful solution to a tough problem *and* that many puppers? A+ vid, dude.

Love it!

This is perfect for the project I'm working on now....WOW! This will be so much easier and safer than the alternative for me. ..thank you....

Nice work!!

Handy tool , enjoyed vid.

Clever! Great video. Thanks for sharing! Cheers! : )

Awesome, I made my own dowl jig for a side table it worked awesomely but never thought to use them for spines in boxes like that.

interesting your work, thanks amigo for sharing your secrets

I love the music you put in the video. I want to take a moment to said thank you for your knowledge.

Very good idea!

Great jig! You really only need shims on the blank side, bringing the drill guides incrementally closer to the edge depending on how many shims you stack. Don’t have to worry about drill bit depth then. Cute dogs BTW.

I found out somewhere on youtube you don't have to balance things at an angle for splines on the table saw. Just place the item flat on the table surface and run it part way. With the blade at the right height and a stop block to keep from going too far, the kerf can be symmetrical.

What a brilliant idea!

Another great jig Rob. Well done.

thanks.very helpful.

Typically ingenious mate. Very good idea and very entertaining vid. Just terrific. Thank you!

Great jig Rob - I eyeball these dowel splines (e.g. the storage box for my Stanley No.45) but using a jig makes them consistent enough to use in show items like furniture, and boxes of course.

Great n useful jig buddy!

That's a great idea!!!

This is a really cool jig. I like it. A bunch quicker than dove tail joints. Gonna try my hand at building one. Thanks!

Very cool, Rob!

Brilliant

This will be very useful. I need to make some smallish boxes, and this will be perfect. Thank you.

So you are like a wood engineer, amazing!

Great idea!

Killer jig that's awesome

Very clever Idea Mr, subbed.

Love that Jive music Rob! New subscriber based on the music and good quality videos content, lighting and audio! Awesome

Nice one!!

Well matey, the jig looks good, I will definitely be trying it, many thanks for your ideas and a good video, Ken from Australia.

beautiful work

Very nice! Thxs

Your jigs always amaze me. I just wonder where do you get inspiration for such useful ideas?

I like the idea...I've done this kind of stuff freehand...this is way better..thanks for sharing!

Now, that’s thinking outside the box. Well done

Functional and decorative as well.

Really nifty ideed! Great jig and nice video my friend! :-) I have some cathing-up to do ;-)

Nice jig for miter joints, I will be making one of these for myself. I do dice trays and jewelry boxes with 1/2 inch thick wood and this will give me a stronger joint. Thank you!

Great tool. I would have like to seen a project sanded down flush and clear varnished.

Nice video Rob! Thanks for sharing.👌👍😎JP

Awesome jig very versatile. I free hand with a hand drill at a 45 and it was bad and not to motion I poked myself. Also I want to remake a table I made with your idea of the Dow jig thank you brother for the idea my finger thanks you lol. Awesome jig

Great jig👍 I will definitely make one of those for my projects. Saw you using an awl or a punch to mark screw holes. I have been using an automatic center punch for quite some time now and love it. You can get one from HF for $4 or go really crazy and get a Starett for around $50. I have two, one from HF and the other from Home Depot. Both are adjustable for pressure requirements so as to not leave craters in soft wood. Thanks for the great video.

That's cool man

What a great video! I recognize your rubber faced hammer... we had those in Army Aviation in the 1980's - 2000's. Lol

I like the idea of the jig as. I make a lot of boxes from 3/4 inch stock and will make one for decorative alternative to traditional splines. On the downside the splines cant be visible inside the box in my case, so it would have to be specific to the stock size. I never made a table saw spline jig, but instead made a jig for a 4 1/2 inch compact saw. This type of jig could easily be modified to make splines in a good range of stock sizes. Thanks for a good idea and clear video.

I'd skip the shimming for different size boxes, I' d make 2 or 3 rows of spacers, each a different distance from the hinged corner. Cool concept, thanks for the idea.

I wonder if a Kreg jig would work for the angle

I like the look splines,add to a simple project,

Liked, subscribed!

Nice jig ;)

very good.

First off love the things you make and share! I noticed you often use T-Nuts. I was wondering what you thoughts were on Threaded Inserts? IMHO I like them and think they give a cleaner look. I am wondering if you could take a moment to share your thoughts on the two options.

Like the use of dowels

Merci beaucoup !

Great... and if one's miter is not perfect, the dowels just might be the fix.

I like it a lot. Thanks. I see your body language look like you are suffering feom making the videos. Enjoy! You do your work very good and the explanations also good. I want to see you more relaxed and more open smiles next time. 😊

This is awesome, compared to a traditional splined mitre joint and a dowel mitre joint, any difference in strength?

Handy idea..

is that a 45deg angle on the drill press? there's 1 on utube that uses splines!! perfect ideas! thanks!

So this has been lab-tested!

Love the background music

If I use those same aluminum spacers what size dowel does this use?

What are the inserts that you placed in the jig to guide your drill bit and where do you get them?

For thin stock this is good. But for 3/4 or thicker just drill a hole 15 to 30 degrees off vertical about thickness of stock into jointing piece and glue into place. Now you only have one hole for every dowel to fill. I like to leave face frames or fronts of boxes or drawers clean and drill from each side into front. If possible I've been doing that with quick setting glue for 50 years(ouch).

Where does one source those metal guide sleeves?

Nice easy to follow. I did not inherit the Carpenter Gene...but Your easy to follow steps, Who knows, maybe even I could do it!!! Thanks,

good vid bar the music

The opening kinda made me think this was going to suck, but... this actually good. You got a like and earned a subscriber.

what did you use for the bushing sleeves?

Hi and thanks for the video. If I wanted to purchase this from you, how much do you sell them for please? Thanks.

I like it

at time 7:36 it shows you using a jig to create your custom dowels. Do you have a video or plans on that jig?

Would have liked to see a cut off sanded finished look and also drop that background music.

good

Cool concept. Could one almost repurpose an old Kreg single hole jig and some bushings to do the same thing?

I'm thinking maybe a toolbox that holds a lot of weight with a handle with spline joints to hold it together? Maybe metal conduit instead of wood dowels? I gotta jot down some sketches...good video dude...and any puppies left?

Instead of hinges make a finger joint/box joint with a simple pin. This is simple enough I would make two or three for convenient sizes rather than all the rigmarole to shim it.