nice jig. I've made and used something similar for tapering a sidetable legs. Nice channel. I've spent most of the evening watching your material; very impressive.
I have only made one jig so far. It's worth it I can see! Did someone get you started in carpentry? So many grandfathers and great-grandfathers had these skills. Mine did. It's lovely to see you work.
Here’s an idea I’ve stolen from Adrian Preda’s channel: fixed rails. Instead of moving the rails up and down, put shims into the bed of the jig in order to determine the thickness, bringing your workpiece up towards the rails. The stop would then be the bit that has to be adjustable, but that’s a lot easier than setting the rails.
I have also made a planing sled with fixed sides that uses spacers to raise the workpiece up as needed. The stop does not need to be adjustable either -- it just needs to be installed so the plane's blade will clear and not wack into. Works perfectly!
Hi I made a jig with fixed side and used spacers to raise the workpiece but a problem I found was that once the plane started to bottom out, the blade would have a tendency to grab the workpiece and pull it up into the plane thereby making it thinner at one end. Just wondered if you exerienced this. I think I might have fixed it by adding a bit of an old rip saw blade at the plane stop end to hold the end of the workpiece.
Hello Gillis, I’m designing a basic workbench now and noticed you used yours very effectively - I was wondering if you feel there’s any advantage to a leg vice as opposed to a typical face vise and if you use a tail vice with any regularity. I also noticed that the legs and sides of your bench meet flush - there is no apron - any comments on that? And finally, how did you join the legs to the tabletop? Would appreciate your comments and I apologize if you have a video on your workbench on your channel, I’m a new viewer. Best, Nick
The leg vise is kinda the only thing I like about this bench to be honest! But it's a huge improvement over the face vise I had before; much larger capacity, and much less racking. The tail vise I have at the moment is very bad, but better than none, and I use it often. I didn't need an apron for stability on this bench because of the construction, and I do have a couple of old videos on that :)
That came out very well! It will pay itself off for sure. I am curious about the 100 small accurately thicknessed pieces... Will they be in an upcoming video? Cheers, Craig
Do you keep your plane blade at a certain depth of protrusion? That can affect the thickness of the piece correct even with this jig? I’m thinking of building on of these.
It certainly has an effect, but usually, as long as a batch of parts is the same thickness throughout, it doesn't matter if that thickness is a few hundredths of a mm more or less than what you aimed for. Getting the sides dialed in accurately is far more of a factor than blade protrusion, but again not really an issue, as neither would change during work on a batch. If you need many different thicknesses extremely accurate to each other, this jig needs upgrading!
Thank you for not making the base with bird’s eye maple, the sides with flame birch and the work stop from Gaboon Ebony. Simple stuff yielding great results…😂
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Very nice prototype. I am convinced that this will be used by many followers of your chanel.
Nice job. Best thickening jig I've seen due to it's adjustability. Thank you. USA
very clever solution, using hand tools. well done
oh I need one of these, thanks for sharing. Cheers from Australia.
Awesome!
nice jig. I've made and used something similar for tapering a sidetable legs. Nice channel. I've spent most of the evening watching your material; very impressive.
Thank you very much!
Good job, I could use something like that. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, my pleasure!
I liked it a lot, i'll do it. Thanks!
I have only made one jig so far. It's worth it I can see!
Did someone get you started in carpentry? So many grandfathers and great-grandfathers had these skills. Mine did. It's lovely to see you work.
Oh yes, very much worth it! I got started by watching youtube videos :)
@@GillisBjork This is how we meet the master craftsmen nowadays. Brilliant. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. Appreciated.
You've captured the work piece, but is capturing the plane really necessary?
I think it could run off if you didn’t capture it
Great jig 👍
Thanks!
I did a batch up for several fixed thicknesses. I worried about the thickness fence going off level.
Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure
Thank you
Here’s an idea I’ve stolen from Adrian Preda’s channel: fixed rails. Instead of moving the rails up and down, put shims into the bed of the jig in order to determine the thickness, bringing your workpiece up towards the rails. The stop would then be the bit that has to be adjustable, but that’s a lot easier than setting the rails.
I have also made a planing sled with fixed sides that uses spacers to raise the workpiece up as needed. The stop does not need to be adjustable either -- it just needs to be installed so the plane's blade will clear and not wack into. Works perfectly!
I believe 2 wedges would do great too to support the pressure
Hi I made a jig with fixed side and used spacers to raise the workpiece but a problem I found was that once the plane started to bottom out, the blade would have a tendency to grab the workpiece and pull it up into the plane thereby making it thinner at one end. Just wondered if you exerienced this. I think I might have fixed it by adding a bit of an old rip saw blade at the plane stop end to hold the end of the workpiece.
Simple and effective! :)
Thank you!
Hello Gillis, I’m designing a basic workbench now and noticed you used yours very effectively - I was wondering if you feel there’s any advantage to a leg vice as opposed to a typical face vise and if you use a tail vice with any regularity. I also noticed that the legs and sides of your bench meet flush - there is no apron - any comments on that? And finally, how did you join the legs to the tabletop? Would appreciate your comments and I apologize if you have a video on your workbench on your channel, I’m a new viewer. Best, Nick
Thanks for the video by the way, very clear and informative. Tricky to plane by hand to an even thickness below about a quarter inch!
The leg vise is kinda the only thing I like about this bench to be honest! But it's a huge improvement over the face vise I had before; much larger capacity, and much less racking. The tail vise I have at the moment is very bad, but better than none, and I use it often. I didn't need an apron for stability on this bench because of the construction, and I do have a couple of old videos on that :)
That came out very well! It will pay itself off for sure. I am curious about the 100 small accurately thicknessed pieces... Will they be in an upcoming video? Cheers, Craig
Thank you! Yes indeed, that video should be done in a few days
Thanks for that
Do you keep your plane blade at a certain depth of protrusion? That can affect the thickness of the piece correct even with this jig? I’m thinking of building on of these.
It certainly has an effect, but usually, as long as a batch of parts is the same thickness throughout, it doesn't matter if that thickness is a few hundredths of a mm more or less than what you aimed for. Getting the sides dialed in accurately is far more of a factor than blade protrusion, but again not really an issue, as neither would change during work on a batch. If you need many different thicknesses extremely accurate to each other, this jig needs upgrading!
I am thinking of building something similar but wider than my plane and then just skewing it to span the distance between the rails.
Should work! You might be able to do slightly wider boards that way.
@@GillisBjork exactly what I am hoping to achieve. I also consider making the stop removable to be able to move it along longer boards.
Love a cliffhanger...
Glad to hear that haha
Use some low friction tape for the plane to slide on. Or at least use wax.
Thank you for not making the base with bird’s eye maple, the sides with flame birch and the work stop from Gaboon Ebony. Simple stuff yielding great results…😂
Simple is the best