I learned joinery basics from my grandfather (who was a master cabinet maker) over 65 years ago. It's great seeing old-world methods used in today's high-tech world. BTW: The only power tool I ever saw him use when in his 60's he finally broke down and with an old motor he had he made a small table saw.

Hi Laney, I saw one of steve Ramsey video which you gave him a table Saw. I think that it was a pretty generous thing to do. (I recently took up joinery as a hobby and watch a lot of steve videos). I comment you on your generosity, it is so admirable of the woodworking community. Thank you

Great video and information. Thank all of you for helping out. I am just beginning and this is one of my weakest areas. All of you are great for taking time to help us out.

Thanks for sharing good information look forward to hear from you by for now , Ken

Good job showing the sequence of cuts for the Box/Finger joints. Great trick / Jig for the half laps re: saw kerf.

This is great information for all. Beginners get something to start from, and those working with wood for a while can always use a refresher every now and then. Stumbled upon your video while looking for a remedy for my bridle joint. Glad to see some of you younger kids so knowledgeable on woodworking.

Great video Laney. I love the colaboration with the others and this is a favorite video to use as a future reference again and again. Thanks to you, Steve, Jay and Brian.

Thank you, the best video ever! Congrats

These are the 101 variety. The difficulty comes on a tips,tricks and jigs for methods of work and fabrication that you settle on. A myriad of solutions to chose from.

Probably the best intro I’ve ever seen ✌️

Really great video guys. I am trying to get into woodworking and being able to find videos like this that show the techniques in easy to follow steps is outstanding. Keep up the great work.

I enjoyed the collaboration. Great video. Keep it up.

That was great. Y'all did a great job on that. A big thanks to all of you.

Well done, I liked the use of well done individual contributions. Very informative and a pleasure to watch.

I have used a jig similar to the one Laney built on a router table. It works really well.

thanks for the offer Laney but I dont have a hard time with any of these joints. I’ve been woodworking for over 40 years and have very advanced skills.

Very nice video, guys. It seems to be a pice a cake for pros like all of you, but for beginners like me it's a real treasure. Thanks for sharing the information.

Thank you for these demonstrations! One suggestion to consider - this was billed as a 101 class, meaning for first timers, yet your trainers and using a lot of carpentry jargon as if we're all supposed to understand what they're talking about. Could you please explain your terms before using them over and over? Thanks!

Subscribed. Well made presentation. Superb tutorial for no experience or experienced woodworking.

Awesome video, thanks much to you and your friends.. ultra classy work

Wonderful videos! Thank-you very much for taking the time to share yours and your friends tips and techniques!!!

Laney, Jay, Brian & Steve, thank you so much for showing the eclectic skills in a single video. Absolutely fantastic. Love all your workshops and gadgets. Gosh, the dado stacks are so expensive, however, I must buy one. All techniques were brilliantly explained. Thank you and best wishes.

I messed up a screen door I did yesterday - my lap joints were not equal heights. I think I will redo that part of the door(also made a removable insert....) great video - thatnks

Very good video guys. I love the collaboration on different types of joinery

Wicked bass line in the intro, that was epic.

Thanks guys for sharing whit us, tomorrow I wanna build my first finger joint

May I suggest using a paint stick from the box store or strip of wood as such and make a cut with it snug against your locating pin first and then turn it round the other way over the pin so you could accurately and swiftly align your offset piece. Also when you made the jig why did you cut your fence pieces to the same length and then add your lapped micro stop rather than leaving you back fence 1/4 inch longer and then adding just you micro stop. I love your videos and help you give to newbies

Thanks so much for a great video. I am just getting into woodwork and this excellent video has really motivated me to improve my skills. I have a router and planer on order and just got a new set of Dado blades. This video was fun to watch and your whole team did a fantastic job. I have been watching dozens of woodworking videos. This is my favourite.

You don't need lots of skill about woodworking to finally see your project go from a dream to reality

Amazing video with Gurus of woodworking

awesome video... thanks to you all...

Always new things to learn great job 👍 thanks!

Great video for this beginner. Thank you so much!

Beautiful N Easy Training

Thanks for sharing this video, it's really helped my woodworking knowledge.

Nice vid but just wanted to mention something, it is generally preferred to have an odd number of fingers because most guys feel that it is generally more pleasing to look at the box that way. I don't know if you normally do it that way or not but I noticed that you did an even number with both the set that you made and the set that was already made that had the contrasting wood. You may prefer to go with an even number but I just thought I'd mention this in case you weren't aware of it..:)....Thanks for the video. G-Man

I said a few days, but Im building the jig now, and the video.. it could be out as soon at later tonight... we shall see! but i sure hate to make you guys wait, so im working on it!

Wow that's awesome 👌👏😎🙌

I may be a bog standard crafter but now I want a mitre saw, lol. I wonder would my hubby make me a work shop out in our garden?! I think I better behave myself as I took over our one and only spare room with all my craft stuff lol. This was a brilliant video Laney. I nearly died of laughter when Steve showed the framed photo of "The Hoff". I've said before how much I love watching your videos and I get so much inspiration for my craft projects even though I don't work with wood - yet! Lee :)

Doing a half lap, I usually cut the sides a millimeter or so longer and wider than the finished outside dimension. The only thing I worry about is how accurate and square the inside is. When I'm done, I put the frame on a table saw and cut the outside dimension. Saves a lot of time and the joint looks perfect. The only time it's a problem is if the frame is too big for the table saw. For that i sometimes use a skilsaw and a long saw guide.

What a gr8 foundation for beginners (like me) to master. can't wait to make some jigs also. Thanks 4 your time guys.

These guys did a great job. Very helpful for a beginner like me.

Thank you guys this is a great video with a lot to learn; to me as a beginner is an excellent lesson. Keep doing this videos.

Great job Laney. I hope this is just the first in a series. The cooperation was awsome, each an expert at" their own joint". Keep up the good work. Larry C.

You are thorough and I b like your instructor style.

great video!!! awesome thinking including every one in it. good jobs guys

Excellent product

This stuff is brilliant, thanks. Definitely a keeper.

amazing woodworking Techniques

Great video Laney!!, good to see one on some basic woodworking.

Awesome video! Thanks so much for posting great content in such a consise way

Super helpful. Thanks!

A finger joint and a box joint are two different joints. Box joint have square pins while a finger joint pins are pointed on the ends. Finger joint are used to join two boards together at the end grain for paintable base trim or crown trim. while box joints can be used on 90 degree corners a finger joint can not,a box joint can be used to join two boards on the end grain or corners. Hope this tip is helpful.

The kerf maker... the "perfect distance of travel" mentioned by J. Bates is the distance between the saw blade's right side and the other side of the cut....which is given by the distance by which you set out the top block of the kerf maker rightwards when you register your material in the gap -- which again is the width of the material minus the initial saw kerf--width. This distance registers on the right side of the sliding top block when the material is placed tight in the gap.. tricky.. The top block gets "set right" by this width -->. width of material minus width of saw kerf. This same calc bedevils gear designers in the case of screw advance box joint jigs.. jigs.. gotta love em... no way to join without em...

Thank you so much, very instructive video. I loved

Great Video. Clearly explained the different joints, both pros & cons, that's best for your project.

4 joints I love and use regularly. Thanks. I like your box joint jig. The one I made is primative compared to your jig. I learned.

What a great video. Stuff like this is what KZfaq is so great for. Well done.

Yes it is (African Mahogany) which is also referred to as Sapele and yea the sound must be different on my PC from the viewers, because when i was editing it, I even lowered the sound level in the edit because it sounded like i was yelling.. and it is still a clear volume level on my end.. but you are the second one to mention the volume.. hmm I need to see about ordering in a Microphone

Nice job guys!

Thank you Laney

Thank you sir, this vedio is very useful to me

Thanks everyone for all the great info, perfect video

great, thanks! im JUST getting into wood working and wanted to know how to do finger joints.... now to see if my table saw can fit dato blades

I feel like I just leveled up watching this video.

Laney, very interesting to see you guys cooperate. If you had invited Mathias, he would have invented (calculated) a new joint style then made a jig for it. Couple of remarks: 1) you should work a bit on your sound, it's difficult to hear you clearly. Perhaps a better mic. 2) Could you demonstrate finger joints for areas where dado stacks are not allowed ?

Nice work and idea,,,thanks

Great video, thanks for putting it together.

thank vry much you for your information brother

Dude- that was so cool! Thank you!

Great vid thanks for the tips. Need to see if my table saw can take a Dado blade.

Good joinery

Thanks Laney

Awesome video guys. SUBSCRIBED

Great video sir!

Awesome video!

thank you 😊 my friend amazing 😉 i like it great 👍 job

Great video guys! Very informative!

Ahh Sorry Lenny, lol I misunderstood, I thought when you said you consider these to be advanced, that you meant that you were just beginning and felt these were above your skill level... My mistake. A big congrats on 40 years of woodworking!! outstanding!

Thank you very much :)

Harry was the one who told me to google Woody Hyezmar. And yes, the woodworking book is still available.

thanks a lot,..

Great job laney

Just added this video to my "favorite" play list. I like the miter sled.

thank you all great info to me

Obrigado por novas ideias! Nos marceneiros devemos ser unidos e sempre compartinhando .abraços

I will work on the sound.. and see what i can come up with. as far as finger joints without a dado stack.. let me see what i can do to demonstrate that..

When making finger joints on four sides of a box or drawer, why can all four sides not be done at once - two against the guide and two of them one finger-width from it?

wow gj to the guests.... take notes how they talk

For the Box with finger joints, how do you assemble the bottom? Do you also use finger joints for that?

Nice! Thank you!

Just found this video, and found it to be very useful, thanks for posting. I do have one question please. I am new to woodworking, and at 17:45, when cutting your finger joints on two boards at once, couldn't you just turn one board piece around to the other side and keep them even for the entire process? Then you would simply turn that same board piece back around at the end and have a perfect fit. I would think that this would give you a much better cut and fit, since you would be using a solid stop, and not eyeballing any cuts. Or am I missing something?

Hahahahaha! The Hoff! I like what you did there!

Well the sound troubles would be better if you put a microphone on your shirt as some of the other people do that have good sound quality coming in. Also was wondering if that wood you referred to as mahogany is sapele in the same tree family? I am doing a project making a violin case for my daughter and using what appears to be the same wood you were demonstrating with is called sapele. Its a very beautiful wood when using a deep gloss on it and the grains look like they are moving! Thanks !!

That was great

Thank you all.

Woodworking 101 Featuring Brian Grella ***** Jay Bates along with myself ... Thanks For the help with this one guys

New to woodworking, thank you gentlemen for showing how to do these. I like the box joint because I have to repair a drawer but it's made of particle board so I may have to use birch instead, does that sound good?

nice information

i must say you all are excellent --i am newbee to carpentry --zero,I cannot cut straight or nail straight,but I am a beekeeper and keen on learning to make my bee stuff ---like hive box using finger joints,I do have a Question any chance you would have a youtube using a 10 inch radial arm saw ---I bought one at a estate sales ,and yes I am learning fast I would appreciate your kind Help . -----I have watched tons of youtube ---Yes tons ---yours is the best ---God bless --and Hare Krishna ----thank you again.