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I'm a retired Architectural Millworker. On a Miter Joint or what we called a V fold joint, we never used Lock Joints, Biscuits etc. I would cut my miters as he shows slightly past 45. It is the glue swelling the wood that mess things up as well as a bad cut. To glue the joints lay the parts on the bench face up with the thin edge of the miters touching. Now use heavy Packing Tape Tape the part together. Be sure the entire joint is taped.The tape acts as a hinge. Now flip the assembly over and close the joint to check. It should be a tad out of square. Lay flat, add a bead of glue, close joint to spread glue, open the joint and wait a bit so the glue is absorbed. This prevents the wood from absorbing glue out of joint. Add more glue to joint and close. Check for square. Use a heat gun to soften the tape for removal. Ever shop I worked in over 35 years did it this way. This avoid miss aligned splines and biscuits and special machines. It save time and money. And yes the joint is strong enough. We wouldn't do it if it did not work. Joint failures would cause you big trouble with the boss.

Ive just got into woodworking and I love you guys for not gatekeeping these kinds of things

Surprised I haven't seen anyone mentioning 9:47 - happens to all of us sometimes! Great tips, thanks for the video!

Tip: When your thumb is bleeding, try a band-aid! Total game changer for wound care.

If possible, cut your miter with one piece on one side of the blade and the next side on the other side of the blade. If you are off the two pieces will still make 90 degrees. Geometry for the win!

6:30 "Oh! Phew! Thanks." The understated way this is delivered is absolute genius.

I love how you guys are essentially woodorking artisans, but in the background, there is an engine, showing other intetests.

Thank you.when you speak about setting blade just past 45',is it 45.1' or as in the video,44.9'.much thanks

Thanks for all the great videos. I’ve followed both of your video lives for awhile now. I’ve made several of your projects and twisted them into my vision. Thank you both for helping me be better.

I too make sure I add a little DNA to every project.

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the animations! It makes such a difference in how well I understand whatever you are describing.

Great next level concepts like using scrap end pieces. Thank you for imparting your learnings/knowledge that are on another level then most. I subscribed as a thank you and I am interested in learning more

Eliminate tear up tip was brilliant...and very logical though I never would have thought of it. Thank you.

One of my favorite channels. Always good stuff.

For the clamping blocks, I like to use the blue tape/super glue trick, which you can use on the finished piece and not worry about messing up 👍

These tip videos are terrific fellas. Thank you and keep them coming!

literally went "ohhhhhhh" at that batch sanding tip. so simple! also the last ball toss was hilarious

That's slick! Leaving extra material to provide a place to clamp, then cutting off that extra material when finished. Really slick!

You guys rock, please keep bringing them

You are always very entertaining and informative! 😄Keep up the good work!

These are great tips for me as a novice wood worker. Thanks guys!

Great tips. These will be very useful. Thanks for sharing them.

Did Chris slice the crap out of his finger with the sander at 9:48? OUCH!!

Love these videos, please keep them coming....

Outstanding, keep it up I wish we had this 40 years ago.

As a guy who does a LOT of "organic shapes" with my joinery, it's worth pointing out that your tip about "erring in a known direction" is REALLY useful just about everywhere in joinery... not just mitres. Look at it this way... If you're likely to be a "smidgeon" off, it's better to pre-plan where that "smidgeon" might show so you know where to cover it... worst case... AND best case, you're off in a known spot and direction with the "primary cut" so it's easier to make the minor adjustments with a file or even as small as a popsicle stick covered in sand paper... to get a "perfectly snug fit" every single time... It SHOULD go without saying, that you should ALWAYS "dry fit" your joints before the final assembly and gluing process/step. Even if you've already "test fit and adjusted" before, go ahead for a full assembly (if at all possible... or as close as possible) and DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING... It's just too easy, whether by haste or just poor memory or whatever else, to miss a piece in processing and refining to "perfection"... SO that extra bit of "dry fit" and checking everything together will save you LOTS of heartache, headache, and hair loss before you've got glue drying as you sit there wrestling between two pieces that can't possibly meld together properly and the mess of sticky, gooey run-off spreading from the joint to your fingers, clothes, work-table, floor, other bits of scrap and possibly project materials, tools, and everything else in the shop... OH YEAH... AND no matter how frustrated you get with yourself, throwing the project across the shop is NOT the answer either. It won't help anything. ;o)

You guys rock. Please keep these tips coming

Excellent info & entertaining. Nice combo.

Nice tutorial. Great videography and graphics!

You guys just leave me with a sense of wanting to travel to the US to go out for a beer. Are you really this likeable?

Great tips guys thanks for sharing

Excellent presentation!

Great tips guys!👍🏻👏🏻

I have so much to learn…brilliant!

Love your ball game! Good tips!

The last throw… *chef kiss*

These episodes are the best. Very usefull. Hi from Mexico

Great sanding tip

There are numerous details involved when cutting any joint in wood. Not only the angle, the alignment of the blade to the fence, the flatness of the blade and grind of the teeth, the balance of the blade and the quality of the bearings with the driven shaft. Tip; when glueing scraps for clamping, place paper between the surfaces and there will be less chance of tear out when you remove them.

Useful tips I'll actually use!!!!

Thank you. Learned three thing i need today

Well done. Good info.

About tear out, Your tip is really important when routing. I always start with the end grain first and end with the long grain. Always cleans up the corners.

A solution (for those who have this as an option) to getting those clamping jigs for awkward angles, since it was mentioned to no longer be for sale, would be 3D printing. Also you could make a lot of them too by making multiple of them with a single print job! Naturally I'd recommend a very high or 100% infill for this given that the part will be under load in this use-case.

Im an idiot. Instead of 44.5 I set mine for 45.5. NO WONDER!!!! Great video thank you

Loving this series!

Great tips

Amazing video! Great techniques and also I’m inspired to make a tape ball with all my wasted tape

You guys have too much fun with the ball... well done. Really enjoying this series, thanks

Ok, the tips and such are helpful, but he editing is just hilariously intended, and that's what makes your videos unique and great!

I use this same tip for miters in base board using a chop saw . 40.5 degrees for outside corners. I do not use shaped moldings. I butt inside corners.

You’re 100% right. Never worked with me 45 degree. Allows small gap, and allows tried to move the miter saw one hair.

PLEASE PLEASE show how to do mitered corners without a domino!! Love your stuff, you guys are awesome.

Thank you!

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I'm planning to take a big step from regular office worker to a woodworker. Last 2 months I probably saw hundreds of videos to know everything about woodworking. Your videos are great and very helpful, in fact the best for my development. One day I'll support your patreon, for sure. Keep the good work!

You guys are pretty great.

great tips

Not a tip, but a Thank you, for inspiring me to refurbish and make my dinning table long lasting. I saved the wooden table and made brand new legs out of steel... It was 35-40 years old... it should last another 50 easy. Gracias very much.

I’m new so I got confused. The picture of the video shows 45.1 but in the video it looks like you were using 44.9 so which direction do you go ? Above or below the 45?

Hahaha amazing vid guys! Glasses off at the end cut haha, amazing!

about to 3d print a few of those clamp jigs, thanks

That tape ball catch at 0:33 was like a crisp high five

buried miter cuts are really the answer

Could you guys make plans for a gaming table? I’m not sure about your audience but I’m kinda of a geek, and I have some board games to play with friends every now and then! A multi purpose dining table with your design touch would be awesome :)

Great video well done :-)

Also, you obviously need to keep a large tape ball on hand in case somebody needs to say something. Thanks for the great video! Saved to my shop playlist.

2:43 that looks really nice.

Thanks

You should catch an object that isn't the thrown object just to mess with people. Great video!

Man, you got me good with that thumbnail. I read it and thought "yeah right, what kind of nonsense is this, or is he gonna use some mathematical formula that is basically the same as just using a 45". So, I clicked thinking I would get a good laugh. I'm glad I was wrong, this is such a simple yet effective tip.

2nd Time I've heard. I'll try it with scraps Saturday 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙

As also thanks 🙏🏾 more tricks to add to my arsenal. Always look forward to these videos 💪🏾

You guys sound so super serious in these videos.

Thanks.

A video with a thumbnail hook that gets answered immediately and has some good tips?! Is this Nirvana?

The last one was more a technique, which I suppose is either a tip or a trick depending on if it's Halloween or not. Speaking of which, I'd like to see a video of how the tape ball became imbued with magic powers cause I could certainly use one of those in my home.

tip for glued on clamping cauls, use tape and glue to caul to the tape and then use the caul for clamping your project up

Great tips - a tad confused about the 45 angle for boxes- you mention going over to 45.1 but then show an angle at 44.9..Which one is correct please? Thanks

One of the tips I learned as an apprentice joiner over 60 years ago was that for a quick, on-site way to cut a 45° mitre, say on a skirting board, without a guide. So long as your saw is clean and a little reflective (as it should be) angle you saw whilst looking at the reflection, when you see a right angled reflection, start sawing and keep looking 👁👁

Good video - I had some trouble clamping mitered boxes with just parallel clamps (uneven clamping pressure across the joint line - closes well where the parallel clamp touches, not as well on the areas where it doesn't touch). Would be nice if you could address tips on how to do that... I saw you doing that on the box video (parallel clamps with dominos), but not a lot of explanation. I used dominos on my last project and needed to get some significant pressure on the joints after applying glue... having just tape wasn't enough pressure to close the gaps... the little clamp jig you have doesn't reach all the way to the center of the box. :) Not sure if I'm making sense :)

Great advice here... btw hope your thumb feels better !

Good tips but might want to design a jig to cut the comedy routine ;)

its a little more work but i tend to cut at 45 and hand sand the inside corners a little it's always worked perfectly for me :)

I like Shaun’s disappearing glasses at the end.

1:30 The table of your table saw must be 100% level to the floor before you can set your blade using the digital meter, or first calibrate your digital meter to 0 degrees on the table of the table saw and then set your blade using the digital meter, otherwise you set your blade to an angle of your floor.

Overshooting 45° for the Box miter is a great trick at our cabinet shop I work at we overshoot miters by 10 or 15 degrees when it the inside is not going to be seen. This makes for a great looking outside edge

Excellent video as always. However I have a question. When you put a course out, what platform or software, or CMS do you use?

I avoid tear out by adjusting the blade depth to about 1/8" and making a cut, then make a second cut at full depth. It seems that the blade striking along the plane of the wood doesn't tear but striking through does.

In the first tip what kind of mirka sander were yall using to sand the box?

video tip, call out "around the world" and have the tape ball come into the shot from the other side.

A great tip is a little sand or salt maybe sugar when gluing as it stops the peace’s sliding as the glue gets compressed ..

I am still grappling with the concept of getting a mitre joint "perfect". In a previous communication you say that "set the blade 45.1 from the vertical, or 44.9 from the horizontal"In this video at1:39the digital gauge was at 90 degrees in the vertical but you set the blade to44.9 degrees (not 45.1). Could we choose another example to illustrate your point a little more clearly. In making a hexagon, the angle would be 30 degrees from the vertical and 60 degrees from the horizontal? Is this correct? So would I set my blade 29.9 degrees starting with the blade at 90 degrees and the gauge zeroed to the blade and 60.1 degrees starting with the blade at 90 degrees and the gauged zeroed to the table, then placed on the blade that then is lowered to 60.1 degrees. I realize this is a long question and that you are busy. Thanks.

On the 44.9 degree issue; this seems to make sense, but again, using a multiplier of 4 corner this time, rather than two edges, does that have an impact on a box being square?

Does anybody know the brand of these clamping blocks at around 5:15? Thank you in advance!

"Tip adjacent" I'm so glad you were precise in pointing out that detail. (eye roll)

Nice work. Which app do you use for the sketches??

I wonder if you can use the great masking tape and super glue trick to temporarily glue on the odd shaped clamping blocks and then easily remove them without having to do special trimming and clean up. For those that doesn't know this trick... look at videos from Crimson Guitar. Not sure if he created the trick, but that's where I learned it. It's a fabulous trick!!

With regards to clamping angle pieces, I thought I sent you a diagram with a nice alternative clamping blocks