Exact-Width Dado Jig

[WMWoodWorking]

Whats the name of those clamps you can put through your bench dog holes in your workbench?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@WMWoodWorking veritas hold-downs

[bogsdolics]

Hi great video's , I don't know if anyone has said this but {theres always a but] ,you could have made the sliding board wider and put the nuts{knobs] on the top? yes/ no,

graeme {Scottish wood worker , och aye the noo}

[codyjaybditw]

good job marc!! keep it up!!! :)

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@codyjaybditw thanks buddy!

[wrightly96TN]

good job with your videos man. i love them. you're easy to listen to and sound really down to earth. my first love was my wife, my second love were my children, my third love is woodworking. i've watched maybe 4 of your videos and have already learned something new

[Steelshooter]

Marc I can't thank you enough for your inspiration. After watching your videos I've put your teaching to good use and my woodworking is really improving. I built your exact-width fado jic and it works perfectly. The only changes I made to your design was to make the adjustable fence wider which gave me more clearance for my router which allowed me to mount the knobs on the top of the jig. Thanks again so much.

[tony2495]

Great videos. Watching them really puts me in the mood.........to do wood work. I was thinking that it might be beneficial if after you clamped your piece in the jig, that you put a thin pencil line on the workpiece that you're going to cut the dado in,on the outside of the jig so that when you pull the piece out you would know if the jig moved, If it did you would no longer see the pencil line. Keep up the good work

[WalneySkyland]

I got bored just waiting for the intro to end

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@WalneySkyland I got bored just reading this comment. I guess we're even. :)

[stochasmvid]

Nice! This could also be used for hand-cut dados, as a guide for a carcase saw for the shoulder cuts. You could also make a variation with sloped sides as a guide for sawing sliding dovetails. With the adjustable ends, you could even tap one end tighter to get tapered sliding dovetails. While both of these operations can be done by hand fairly easily, the compound angle of the tapered dovetail does get tricky.

I also like your video style, dynamic and direct!

[Milkchug33]

I am glad you explained the exiting song. By the way, tell your Moma thanks for the extra mug in my order. She is sweet. Just for that I will order some more from your store. Thanks for the shows.

[mmx5lover]

Dude!!!! I only wanted to learn how to do an inlay!!! It's been more than three hours since I started watching your videos and I can't stop!!! You are the man

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@mmx5lover haha that's what I like to hear! :)

[pkiriakou]

why didnt you put the knob on the top of the jig???

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@pkiriakou because it would have been in the way of the router.

[nathanstites5]

Great jig to have, seems like you can never have enough jigs!

[MrToshTogo]

How can you not use the compliment? I think it's great. I thank you for the great jig, but that is expected. This new element is indicative of your appriciative audience

We expect and receive good advice and experience, but this unexpected compliment reinforces our viewpoint and is shared by your fans. Good on you!

[semmons23]

Built this today and when I was looking thru my hardware I found some double threaded furniture hardware that would allow you to use it on your bench. Not sure what they are called but there is a course outer thread to hold in the wood and an inner thread that would tighten down the movable fench. I didn't have and screws that fit so I didn't try it but it should work

[woodentoolcompany]

Great video! Great Wooden Jig! Definet thumbs up!

[MrLeonard55]

No, But it can dull the blade. I've seen it happen many times.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@MrLeonard55 Its never been a problem for me.

[MrLeonard55]

Never set a plane down on it's blade.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@MrLeonard55 lol are you afraid the wood bench is going to hurt that metal? :)

[SgtBooker44]

Mark,

For increased stability, why ny open the vice and let it suppoert the work piece?

[fapa1983]

When you clamp the work piece to the bench, what brand holdfast is that? I have just built a bench and would like to get a (or two) holdfast like that.

Thanks

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@fapa1983 I picked those up from Lee Valley. Very nice, but very pricey. About $75 each!

[Steelshooter]

What counter sink bit is that you're using? I just love all of your videos they are so helpful. Thank you for taking the time to make them.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@Steelshooter Thanks for the kind words. That's a set I picked up from Lee Valley.

[tympt1]

Just made one of these today Marc. Absolutely brilliant! Thanks for the advice. Regards Barry (England)

[miguelgmusic]

Great job.

[sakeena12]

That was a really good presentation and a really excellent jig i think mark is one of the better woodwork teachers good clear voice and a gentel accent

[DanHolly3]

@sakeena12 are you coming on to marc...the man is married.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@DanHolly3 haha, i'll take whatever flattery I can get!

[DanHolly3]

@TheWoodWhisperer in that case what are you doing saturday...

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@DanHolly3 washing my hair Dan....washing my hair.. lol

[jfg1517]

@DanHolly3 Dan Holly....As in HOLLYWOOD Dan Holly?

[startreking2007]

Will you be making a dovetail jig anytime in the future?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@startreking2007 A dovetail jig? Probably not. That doesn't sound very fun. haha.

[golefevre]

Cool stuff as always, Mark. I think I'll stick with my table saw and dado stack for these, but definitely a very cool option.

[Guidetowoodworking]

once again mark you always outdo your self thanks for the jig video i will make me one very soon using your design nice jig

[jebach0omajke]

Cant you hurt yourself while working and watching super bowl?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@jebach0omajke Yes, but that was the playoffs, so its perfectly safe.

[hypnolobster]

What setup clamps do you use?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@hypnolobster Not sure what you mean by setup clamps.... Can you elaborate?

[cartoonkeith1]

What would coast me to have u make me a jig like ing this video? Also i want to be able to cut strate all the way across.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@cartoonkeith1 Well its not so much about cost as it is about whether I would be able to do it. I don't really do much custom work for clients these days since my schedule is so packed with video production.

[cartoonkeith1]

@TheWoodWhisperer Woulf you have plans that i can use then? to make my own. The video was just a little to fast for me to keep up. Plus i don't the to many tools to make one. It would take me a while till i could make one and why i asked you!

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@cartoonkeith1 The description for this video has a link to our website where you can download the plans and measured drawings for the project. Combined with the video, that should be just about everything you need to reproduce the jig.

[cartoonkeith1]

@TheWoodWhisperer ok cool thank you!

[Friendsofthefruits]

thanks for the video:)

[rikkiesix]

This is a really handy tool man

Thanks for this video

Greetings from Belgium

Erik

[ImposingSumo]

Reckon I'd have the bolts going through the other way. You could then use it on a flat surface, and it would make it easier to screw them down as us were using it. 

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@ImposingSumo The problem with that is the knobs. They would be in the way of the router base. So you'd have to made the rails much wider so the base of the router would ride freely on the rails.

[Aharndts]

Really, Really.... how come that schmuck got his show Rough Cut. and you didn't.. if one was to compare you two. Well you give more information in 5 minutes than the you know who. 

Keep doing what your doing.