Hi Shed Time. Really enjoyed the video, nicely presented and the warts and all approach is really great. Like you, I'm a newbie and have just put my French Cleat wall up in my garage...now just need to populate it and this drill station is perfect for me. Having seen the mistakes as well as all the great little tips, this will help me not make the same mistakes too, so thanks for keeping them in and showing us. Think this is a great approach you have, please keep it up. As soon as I get the ply I'll be making my own. I'm going to try and make the shelf in to a charging station, so a small electrical extension lead will be secured to it, a hole for the lead to go through, as well as the 2 charging stations I have. I may put battery holding clips on to one of the sides too to keep everything together and compact... Just found your channel, liked and subscribed and will be watching the rest 🙂
Hi @Griffshaw, thanks for watching and subscribing - I appreciate it! I like the sound of the charging station on the shelf and also the battery clips - that'll look really neat. I toyed with that idea myself but decided to keep them seperate just because I have lots of different types of batteries and space was an issue. There are loads of examples of that out there on RUclips etc. so good luck with your build :-)
It's coming in the next week or so @adrianstar7387...either a french cleat router station or chisel holder. Appreciate the like and comment, thank you!
Good work man 👍 you can get the hard leads for those pencils, i was like you, one line and boom out with the shapener ( don't use the sharper in thd end it gets everywhere) but yes you can get a set of leads in a case comes with yellow and red aswel for metal, glass etc
Appreciate that @adeh503! I discovered the harder leads for these and agree they're game changers - much better! Not tried the yellow and red ones yet but will be making some new windows for the shed soon so will try them out on the glass.
@dhavalpatl2010 thanks so much for the motivating comment! I'm just getting started...lots more videos in the pipeline, although I have to speed up my workflow as my editing skills are slow!
I've made the same two mistakes when building one of my first laptop stands. Learnt from those and moved on. Just about to set up a new work area so keen to see what you do next. Also I built a very basic crosscut sled when I got my tablesaw, same as yours. I use it all the time.
I really do need to sort out a crosscut sled. I've got one modelled in Fusion based on the one from Tamar at 3x3Custom, albeit without the extendable fence. I just need to stop tinkering with the design and get it built!
Always mark your faces and edges to reference off before making any cuts etc. Also lay pieces together to mirror markings accurately. Helped me as a newby to woodworking 👍. We learn by mistakes!
Have the Pica pencil, I like it, yes it does go dull but the lead marks very easy to locate marks. Some lead pencils are too hard, stay sharp longer but the markings are difficult to locate. Dave & The Girls
It's grown on me since this video actually and I have to say I'm now a fan. I bought some harder lead for it which I found better for my needs since I'm still working primarily with pine and ply. I did make a picture frame out of walnut the other day and found the softer lead useful for that. And, because it's relatively expensive (for a pencil) I find myself looking after it and putting it away properly, rather than the many cheaper pencils I've just left lying around / lost over the years!
love the videos you have created so far! Please keep them coming . but I thought you live in England what's with the coffee in the morning do you all drink TEA (Joking) :)
Thanks for the kind comment @Shadd0724, I appreciate it! Don't worry, I also drink my fair share of Tea as well - the English tradition is alive and well in my house, or should I say shed :-)
Longer you do this, the more comfortable you'll become using the GRRipper with short lengths. I saw you switch (Oh nice catch @3:35 ) to the push stick on the first set. A push stick is a nice tool for that purpose, but on the chance you get unlucky and your blade pinches the cut piece between the fence, it will kickback hard. Stick with the GRRipper. I have both the fat and thin versions of that pencil. Used them both for a while then tossed out all the grey graphite and switched back to No. 2 Ticonderoga wooden pencils. I kept the yellow and red leads for the pencil for marking waste cuts, labeling parts, and other purposes. In order to avoid the mistake you made at @8:02 , during your initial layout, label each piece. Face, back, left side, right side, bottom, rail, style, etc. Draw X's where you want it cut. While you can buy a flat tooth blade for the dadoes, you can also do this with a router. Either a full size one set up in a table, or a palm router with a jig. Keep at it. You're doing great.
@11:43 draw a center line down the top side so you know where to toss a few brad nails in. It'll help with the strength. I personally would have put at least 2 screws in there. You're trusting end grain glue job to hold up your drivers and drills. It will fail in time, but it'll take a while, but 2 coarse thread screws would fix that problem. As far as your brad nail issue @12:17 , two clamps on the end, drive two brad nails into the center, remove the side clamps, apply a clamp over the area you just brad nailed, add two brad nails in both ends. But what you did is just fine. Again in the end, I would have added screws for more strength in that half-lap butt joint.
@15:15 Again, I can't see if you did it, but centermarked layout will give you the ability to shoot the brain nails exactly where you want them. I would have put a few in the actual drill/driver holders as well. Just more strength. It looks nice. Well done.
I do like the GRRipper and it actually saved me the other day - was cutting some very thin pieces of walnut for a picture frame and it fell through the face plate gap, and then kicked back hard. GRRipper got pulled into the blade and took some damage but bought me enough time to react! You're right though, I do tend to swap depending on how confident (or not) I'm feeling. I want to make an exact width dado template for the router and that will probably be one of my next builds. I definitely need to build my router skills up and don't use it enough.
I like everything Incramental Tools makes. I do not like the long marking thing and only got the 6 inch one. Pica are neat but the pentel pro pencils are fantastic. Either way the prices aren’t bad and I don’t buy anything unless it is on sale. Lots of patience for stuff I don’t need. Haha Better way to explain. You can buy stuff you like and want to try. Just limit it and recognize you bought the whole store and your shop looks like the store.
Hi Gary, I have the DeWalt 7485 - this one --> bit.ly/3SLzbRv. This is my first table saw so I've not got anything to compare it to, but I did a lot of research before buying this and I'm really pleased with it, I rate it highly. The best thing about it is the rack and pinion fence. I've cut loads of construction lumber on this, as well as some Walnut, Maple and Oak and it hasn't missed a beat yet (and I'm still using the standard blade that came with it). You won't go wrong with this one in my opinion - hope this helps!
Get yourself a good 2H pencil far better. Maybe also thinking of safety to never removing the crown guard, if you need to remove for any reason then certainly a better and safer way would be better, remember hands should never be closer than 300mm to the saw, a good push stick of 450mm long should be used as per the H.S.E. website.
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Hi Shed Time. Really enjoyed the video, nicely presented and the warts and all approach is really great. Like you, I'm a newbie and have just put my French Cleat wall up in my garage...now just need to populate it and this drill station is perfect for me. Having seen the mistakes as well as all the great little tips, this will help me not make the same mistakes too, so thanks for keeping them in and showing us. Think this is a great approach you have, please keep it up. As soon as I get the ply I'll be making my own. I'm going to try and make the shelf in to a charging station, so a small electrical extension lead will be secured to it, a hole for the lead to go through, as well as the 2 charging stations I have. I may put battery holding clips on to one of the sides too to keep everything together and compact...
Just found your channel, liked and subscribed and will be watching the rest 🙂
Hi @Griffshaw, thanks for watching and subscribing - I appreciate it! I like the sound of the charging station on the shelf and also the battery clips - that'll look really neat. I toyed with that idea myself but decided to keep them seperate just because I have lots of different types of batteries and space was an issue. There are loads of examples of that out there on RUclips etc. so good luck with your build :-)
Great video leaving the mistakes in makes it real😉
True George...and there'll be many more along the way I'm sure!
Enjoyed your video. Good luck with your channel 👍
Alright! Looking forward for the next video.
It's coming in the next week or so @adrianstar7387...either a french cleat router station or chisel holder. Appreciate the like and comment, thank you!
Good work man 👍 you can get the hard leads for those pencils, i was like you, one line and boom out with the shapener ( don't use the sharper in thd end it gets everywhere) but yes you can get a set of leads in a case comes with yellow and red aswel for metal, glass etc
Appreciate that @adeh503! I discovered the harder leads for these and agree they're game changers - much better! Not tried the yellow and red ones yet but will be making some new windows for the shed soon so will try them out on the glass.
best of luck. Just dont quit.
@dhavalpatl2010 thanks so much for the motivating comment! I'm just getting started...lots more videos in the pipeline, although I have to speed up my workflow as my editing skills are slow!
@@shed_time Well in that case I am a video editor myself. Let me know if you need any help.
Nice work and good luck with the channel!
Appreciate that @mattmanks - thank you!
I've made the same two mistakes when building one of my first laptop stands. Learnt from those and moved on. Just about to set up a new work area so keen to see what you do next. Also I built a very basic crosscut sled when I got my tablesaw, same as yours. I use it all the time.
I really do need to sort out a crosscut sled. I've got one modelled in Fusion based on the one from Tamar at 3x3Custom, albeit without the extendable fence. I just need to stop tinkering with the design and get it built!
Always mark your faces and edges to reference off before making any cuts etc. Also lay pieces together to mirror markings accurately. Helped me as a newby to woodworking 👍. We learn by mistakes!
A great tip - thanks @RC-oi1gg!
Have the Pica pencil, I like it, yes it does go dull but the lead marks very easy to locate marks. Some lead pencils are too hard, stay sharp longer but the markings are difficult to locate. Dave & The Girls
It's grown on me since this video actually and I have to say I'm now a fan. I bought some harder lead for it which I found better for my needs since I'm still working primarily with pine and ply. I did make a picture frame out of walnut the other day and found the softer lead useful for that. And, because it's relatively expensive (for a pencil) I find myself looking after it and putting it away properly, rather than the many cheaper pencils I've just left lying around / lost over the years!
love the videos you have created so far! Please keep them coming . but I thought you live in England what's with the coffee in the morning do you all drink TEA (Joking) :)
Thanks for the kind comment @Shadd0724, I appreciate it! Don't worry, I also drink my fair share of Tea as well - the English tradition is alive and well in my house, or should I say shed :-)
Longer you do this, the more comfortable you'll become using the GRRipper with short lengths. I saw you switch (Oh nice catch @3:35 ) to the push stick on the first set. A push stick is a nice tool for that purpose, but on the chance you get unlucky and your blade pinches the cut piece between the fence, it will kickback hard. Stick with the GRRipper.
I have both the fat and thin versions of that pencil. Used them both for a while then tossed out all the grey graphite and switched back to No. 2 Ticonderoga wooden pencils. I kept the yellow and red leads for the pencil for marking waste cuts, labeling parts, and other purposes.
In order to avoid the mistake you made at @8:02 , during your initial layout, label each piece. Face, back, left side, right side, bottom, rail, style, etc. Draw X's where you want it cut.
While you can buy a flat tooth blade for the dadoes, you can also do this with a router. Either a full size one set up in a table, or a palm router with a jig.
Keep at it. You're doing great.
@11:43 draw a center line down the top side so you know where to toss a few brad nails in. It'll help with the strength. I personally would have put at least 2 screws in there. You're trusting end grain glue job to hold up your drivers and drills. It will fail in time, but it'll take a while, but 2 coarse thread screws would fix that problem. As far as your brad nail issue @12:17 , two clamps on the end, drive two brad nails into the center, remove the side clamps, apply a clamp over the area you just brad nailed, add two brad nails in both ends. But what you did is just fine. Again in the end, I would have added screws for more strength in that half-lap butt joint.
@15:15 Again, I can't see if you did it, but centermarked layout will give you the ability to shoot the brain nails exactly where you want them. I would have put a few in the actual drill/driver holders as well. Just more strength. It looks nice. Well done.
I do like the GRRipper and it actually saved me the other day - was cutting some very thin pieces of walnut for a picture frame and it fell through the face plate gap, and then kicked back hard. GRRipper got pulled into the blade and took some damage but bought me enough time to react! You're right though, I do tend to swap depending on how confident (or not) I'm feeling.
I want to make an exact width dado template for the router and that will probably be one of my next builds. I definitely need to build my router skills up and don't use it enough.
I like everything Incramental Tools makes. I do not like the long marking thing and only got the 6 inch one. Pica are neat but the pentel pro pencils are fantastic. Either way the prices aren’t bad and I don’t buy anything unless it is on sale. Lots of patience for stuff I don’t need. Haha
Better way to explain. You can buy stuff you like and want to try. Just limit it and recognize you bought the whole store and your shop looks like the store.
I'll check out the pentel pro, thanks @FearsomeWarrior! In fairness, I bought some 'H' rated refills for the Pica and I find them much better.
@@shed_time Specifically Pentel GraphGear 1000. I remember them having the word pro in the word jumble but I remembered wrong.
would you mind sharing what model your table saw is and do you rate it?
Hi Gary, I have the DeWalt 7485 - this one --> bit.ly/3SLzbRv. This is my first table saw so I've not got anything to compare it to, but I did a lot of research before buying this and I'm really pleased with it, I rate it highly. The best thing about it is the rack and pinion fence. I've cut loads of construction lumber on this, as well as some Walnut, Maple and Oak and it hasn't missed a beat yet (and I'm still using the standard blade that came with it). You won't go wrong with this one in my opinion - hope this helps!
@@shed_time thank you so much
Get yourself a good 2H pencil far better. Maybe also thinking of safety to never removing the crown guard, if you need to remove for any reason then certainly a better and safer way would be better, remember hands should never be closer than 300mm to the saw, a good push stick of 450mm long should be used as per the H.S.E. website.
I found some harder leads for the Pica and they work a treat now...much better. Thanks for the safety tip too :-)