I love this demonstration and it contains much wisdom, thanks. My father was a carpenter and I remember as a child marveling at the box joints he would make on even quite wide boards (8" or so boards with 1/2" fingers), perfectly symmetrical, all cut by hand. He died over 40 years ago but I still use his dividers, in fact they're right here on my desk as I type. Your markup was perfect. I don't think my father would be impressed with your 'toy' saw (as he might have called it, no offense intended!), as he used a ~12 tpi tenon saw for all joints, cleaning up with razor-sharp chisel. He also eschewed the coping saw as he could rapidly hog out the fingers with chisel and mallet before paring to the line by hand. There are few things more pleasant on the eye than a well proportioned and symmetrical box joint and I'll be using your guidance to more often include them in my projects. Thanks again, really enjoyed this. 💯👏

Great video. Nice to see someone do woodworking without a massive workshop full of table saws and power tools.

Brilliant. Not only is this clear and using hand tools, but you admit to the mistakes that all of us make and show how to sort it. Thank you

Great video. I was just getting into basic woodworking with hand tools since I don't have the space or money for power tools. This was exactly what I was looking for because most videos are using power tools.

Great video. KZfaq is crammed with slick 'superhero' woodworkers who have all the right tools and a million-dollar workshop. It can be fun to watch, but I've found your videos a lot more helpful and down-to-earth.

This is great, I've been scouring KZfaq for videos on practicing woodworking with more hand tools and couldn't find anything until this! I appreciate you doing this, very informative

Love that u didn't rely on machinery I wanna start woodworking but wanna do it only using simple tools such as a saw, thanks again

Super helpful, been trying to find a well explained video where a table saw isn't used, this is perfect thank you!

Great video and thank you for sharing, what a refreshing change for a tutorial to show you how to create a lovely looking but simple wood joint without using table saws, jigs etc. Well done...I need more videos like this, instead of these fully loaded/kitted out workshops. This was perfect !

This connection is the strongest joint, because it has a stepped inclined joint surface. This means that both work together to withstand the load, and there is no significant movement that affects the joint.

Brilliant, simple tools and no power tools is what makes the whole process enjoyable.

You made the best video for making basic finger joints, and thank you! I have been searching and found that other KZfaq channels just make it seem too damn difficult, add unnecessary steps, and use very expensive tools. Yours is straight forward and complete. Thanks

Hi there great video, like to learn more in this side of things Trying to do a very small project, hopefully try and do the finger locking for my very first time Thanks for your video 👍

Really appreciate the “matching end grain” demo. Succinct and well done! 👍

This series of videos will become a fantastic resource for beginners in the future Mitch :) Great job ॐ

GREAT JOB

I'm on the fence about using power tools vs hand tools. This is by far the best video for handcutting dox joints. Good job.

Excellent tutorial. I watched many such videos, and got the 'feel of it' with this one. Appreciate it.

Just the videos I've been looking for to learn hand cut joinery.

I've got some to do soon. I used to use a router but I'll do it by hand like this. Thanks

Instant subscription hand work looks so much nicer.

This an amazing video, this it’s going to be my first project . Thanks a lot for the inspiration.

Just found this video, thanks a lot! I have a very limited tool section, and wanted to start to learn woodworking, this is super useful. I know this is a 4 years old video so maybe you already did, but would love to learn more about japanese joints, the kind that doesn't involve any screws 😊

Very good video! Very informative and quick to the point. Thank you very much for sharing.

This is going to be great with my scroll saw also .Awesome video.

Thanks for sharing this

Great video. Big help. Dividers idea is fantastic.

Brilliant work!

This helped a lot and has proven to me that i do not need to buy a workshop full of tools.

Very good and clear. Thank you.

Extremely helpful, thank you

Great work Mitch! Really informative and many good tips. Easy to follow. Thanks for making and sharing! (ps nice t-shirt! ;-)

Thanks for showing with basic tools and how to correct mistakes

very clear and concise. Thank you!

thanks so much for the video, I've just started getting into woodworking as a hobby, and your video gave me some excellent ideas on how to hand make joints. Excellent!

Very nice presentation! I'm subscribing. Now I've got to start practicing. :D

Great upload. Thanks.

Great tutorial. Thank you for posting.

Cheers, subbed. Glad I discovered you.

Great clear instructions, I'll give it a go .

Great explanation

Thank you so much for this fantastic video! Super helpful, really well explained and totally inspirational.

i tell you what you just gained a sub very well done video good lighting and angles i could see everything going on very imfrmitive and you even made a mistakemost people would edit that out but you go with it and i like that as it shows me what do to when i inevitably make a mistake so yeah awesome

Nice video I love it I will search for something simple I found this I checked it out it was awesome great work

I did this technique with so so results on red oak. I should be able to fix all the gaps with wood filler and will look good when stained. I think it's more difficult since it's a hardwood opposed to soft pine in this video?

great job

Gracias, compañero.

Great video and really well explained

Very good 👍

thank you for this guide

Wolverine Woodworking

Gracias buen video

Nice vid Mitch. I'm not sure if I've seen anyone else show these by hand - it's all sleds on table saws. Not sure why in hindsight as it's obviously so, but I was struck by how similar the method is to through dovetails.

What glue did you use

I need a fret saw pal. I hink a trip on Amazon is needed now.. Would u be able to get one at B&Q??

Excellent job as always! One question though: I've been practicing box joints (by hand) on 10mm pine plywood but I cannot chisel away the inner space between fingers in a consistent manner (i.e. I end digging too "deep"). Is it lack of practice or the (relatively thin) plywood makes it harder? Thank you!

Awesome, I love this idea for finger joints, thank you!

Thanks! Is there any easy way to unnail after nailing box joint?

Great video. Threw me off when he said four and they showed three

I made a nice pile of firewood. How do you get the precision in all this?

Great video, one question though would this work if you made the joint on the long side of the wood?

Is there a way to do without glue?

Where can I get a square like the one you using? Thanks in advance and thanks for all the work teaching

Great video! Is there a reason why you used a plane instead of just sanding it down?

Nice work, but cutting straight for a beginner usually isn't happening, i have been trying for years and still cannot manage it! a beginner is not going to have a beautifully sharp chisel, or probably not even a moderately sharp one for the precise cuts, and even at 57 I still don't own a fret saw, or anything similar !! Great job on the video, but as a beginner, mine would look nothing like that ! I can make and sharper knives, but wood is something else !!

Nice video, Mitch. The finger joints look fabulous. By the pencil, I have a 0.5mm print refill pencil. Either I take the pencil or my marking knife. The two boards where you made the finger prongs. You can take that as a book support. :-) Did you do the shoji yourself??? :-D :-D I'm thinking of making a lamp out of Shoji. But may I tinker devices suitable for planing yet.

Thank you !for the lesson I was wondering how I was going to put together this Japanese sushi Press Box that I'm making👍

Wait a minute! How did you manage to get the second cut board to stick to first when you pulled them apart? Check about 1:50... nice

Wicked hum

4:28 making a box

Well done. Thanks for the lesson British Hugh Jackman ;)

Why does this make me think of days when skills counted.

Thumzup #18

Now drill straight down and pin them with a dowel.

my DT teacher sent me this on teems very med

Sound issue

am I see wolverine become a carpenter ??

Lol Wolverine

Mitch, what two character traits does the Milkybar Kid possess?

Thanks for the vid man! Except this vid was used for a lesson :/

and I don't lie

you 40 year old men praying him like his god

5:42 min in and know nothing

you should name yourself self get your out of woodworking

What glue did you use

What glue did you use