If I was a a content-producer on RUclips, my videos would look like yours. Thank you for the succint description, the occasional joke that a somewhat-bilingual guy can understand, and the very useful information. Thank you!
I’m a big advocate of a digital caliper and a Mag-Dro miter slot base. I use these two combined to set my miter slot parallel to the saw blade and the fence parallel to the blade. I also use this combo to micro adjust my table saw rip fence to get that perfect cut.
Your advice to buy when you need a tool is good advice, for certain. I use calipers all the time. They are very useful and handy in lots of areas in my hobby workshop. I also believe a $6 set of feeler gauges is handy as well. If you you used a set and your cross-cut sled was made worse off, you aren't using them correctly. Also, no one can accurately dial in a cross-cut sled by eye. If you did, that's just luck.
I'm astonished to see digital calipers here. For me it is an absolutely essential tool I use all the time. And the most common use for them is... measuring the shaft diameter of screws to pick adequate pilot hole drill bit.
I have the HF clamps and find I reach for them all the time due weight to strength ratio. I modified them with a piece of wood inside the extrusion (tip from Paul Sellers) which keeps them from bending under pressure. Not the best for panel glue ups but excellent for clamping cabinets and other jobs that require length but not lots of pressure
I started with only hand tools because I couldn’t afford power tools. Age 20 and a full time student, sharing a rental home with three housemates. Cheap Craftsman chisels, plane and a hand cross cut saw. First power tool was a circular Sears saw. Then a dado set, still Craftsman. Used dados in my circular saw since I didn’t even have a shop. Got some more hand tools at flea markets. Made some big projects with these few tools. No you don’t need a lot of expensive tools but…. If you want to make things faster with greater precision and safer, get the best quality you can afford.
I have all except the feeler gauge, and I bought a Makita circular saw ( and miter saw) and I am happy I have all those tools because I do use all of them at various times.
I agree for most of these and even better quality such as Milwaukee as I prefer if you can afford it. For me I bought more entry level when I started and built up to more tools and better quality. 👍 Buying the tools as you need them to do repairs and projects will save cost on paying someone else and allow you to build up tools to do any job.
On the calipers, pick up one of the cheap plastic ones. No fuss, no muss. Using it on small parts and round objects, you’ll get comfortable with it and probably will start using a better one a lot. For quick, no accuracy measurements, I use the caliper over a tape measure or rule.
I have a small shop, found that a top of the line corded skill saw indispensable, cheap saws are a waste of money. For me Klein angle gauge is the only one accurate enough for woodworking, consistent, just as accurate as a square. I cannot imagine a more useless tool than a pocket hole jig, there are far superior ways to join wood. I found a digital calliper my goto method for measuring, and marking joints, very fast and accurate.
I use digital calipers so much I have 3. As far as the digital angle finder you must have gotten a bad one, I have a Wixey and it is dead accurate. Great video it shows how everyone is different, some like vanilla I like chocolate. It all makes the world go round.
I have a cheap ryobi circ saw, it’s fine for rough woodworking like framing a chicken coop. It’s hard to get a nice cut the base is super flimsy, it’s warped due to how thin the metal is. Power is fine. Totally agree with this, a nicer circ saw would be really help.
First of all, feeler guages are used in automotive NOT woodworking, and if you work on autos, you should have them. As a young homeowner, I bought a small Ryobi circular saw and 20 years later, STILL use it, even though I have better tools too. Your thinking is completely skewed, you are also only looking at things exclusively from a woodworking angle. EVERY ONE should own calipers, I use them extremely frequently around the house, BUY THEM! Tools for a person have multiple uses: automotive, diy, carpentry, plumbing, electrical and so on. So, as a HOMEOWNER, you should have all of the above. You need to re-think your position.
Williamfotiou7577 First of all as a retired cabinet builder I used feeler gauges all the time. Now retired I still use them in my own shop. I want the best fit for any joint and this is one tool that helps do that when needed. I do not think it states that the feeler gauge is explicitly designed for automotive use only. I use them alongside my calipers which probably wasn’t designed for woodworking either 😊
@@williamfotiou7577 your brother can do it however he wants. I’ll do it how I want. I definitely am not lost mouth. There are more than one way to do things in this world sonny.
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If I was a a content-producer on RUclips, my videos would look like yours. Thank you for the succint description, the occasional joke that a somewhat-bilingual guy can understand, and the very useful information. Thank you!
I’m a big advocate of a digital caliper and a Mag-Dro miter slot base. I use these two combined to set my miter slot parallel to the saw blade and the fence parallel to the blade. I also use this combo to micro adjust my table saw rip fence to get that perfect cut.
Your advice to buy when you need a tool is good advice, for certain. I use calipers all the time. They are very useful and handy in lots of areas in my hobby workshop. I also believe a $6 set of feeler gauges is handy as well. If you you used a set and your cross-cut sled was made worse off, you aren't using them correctly. Also, no one can accurately dial in a cross-cut sled by eye. If you did, that's just luck.
Thanks for the comment!
@@jaykepley5238 I think things like dialing in are more of a "it's close enough for me" type of deal.
I'm astonished to see digital calipers here. For me it is an absolutely essential tool I use all the time. And the most common use for them is... measuring the shaft diameter of screws to pick adequate pilot hole drill bit.
I really like the respect you have for others as well as your attitude. That goes a long way.
I have the HF clamps and find I reach for them all the time due weight to strength ratio. I modified them with a piece of wood inside the extrusion (tip from Paul Sellers) which keeps them from bending under pressure. Not the best for panel glue ups but excellent for clamping cabinets and other jobs that require length but not lots of pressure
I started with only hand tools because I couldn’t afford power tools. Age 20 and a full time student, sharing a rental home with three housemates. Cheap Craftsman chisels, plane and a hand cross cut saw. First power tool was a circular Sears saw. Then a dado set, still Craftsman. Used dados in my circular saw since I didn’t even have a shop. Got some more hand tools at flea markets. Made some big projects with these few tools. No you don’t need a lot of expensive tools but…. If you want to make things faster with greater precision and safer, get the best quality you can afford.
Great perspective. Thank you!
I always buy corded when it comes to saws. Unless im in a jam and need to use cordless. Cord has more power
Yes I mostly have all corded tools also.
I have all except the feeler gauge, and I bought a Makita circular saw ( and miter saw) and I am happy I have all those tools because I do use all of them at various times.
That’s awesome!
I agree for most of these and even better quality such as Milwaukee as I prefer if you can afford it. For me I bought more entry level when I started and built up to more tools and better quality. 👍 Buying the tools as you need them to do repairs and projects will save cost on paying someone else and allow you to build up tools to do any job.
Absolutely agree. Thanks for the input!
On the calipers, pick up one of the cheap plastic ones. No fuss, no muss. Using it on small parts and round objects, you’ll get comfortable with it and probably will start using a better one a lot. For quick, no accuracy measurements, I use the caliper over a tape measure or rule.
I have a small shop, found that a top of the line corded skill saw indispensable, cheap saws are a waste of money. For me Klein angle gauge is the only one accurate enough for woodworking, consistent, just as accurate as a square.
I cannot imagine a more useless tool than a pocket hole jig, there are far superior ways to join wood.
I found a digital calliper my goto method for measuring, and marking joints, very fast and accurate.
I use digital calipers so much I have 3. As far as the digital angle finder you must have gotten a bad one, I have a Wixey and it is dead accurate. Great video it shows how everyone is different, some like vanilla I like chocolate. It all makes the world go round.
LOL, buy a circular saw. i still use my 43 year old Pro Craftsman circular saw that my dad gave me. It works like a champ, still.
Appreciate your honesty, very refreshimg.
I appreciate that!
I have a cheap ryobi circ saw, it’s fine for rough woodworking like framing a chicken coop. It’s hard to get a nice cut the base is super flimsy, it’s warped due to how thin the metal is. Power is fine. Totally agree with this, a nicer circ saw would be really help.
Absolutely!
Question, do you make your own dowels?
And if yes what do you use?
I do not.
Wow, I use calipers daily. I never plane or turn on a lathe without it.
I like using calipers but in woodworking they dont need to be super good and precise. A £10 analogue set off amazon is fine
Many thanks for tha advise. 💚💛🇧🇷🌻
You are very welcome!
I bought a cheap circular saw and used it once 😂
First of all, feeler guages are used in automotive NOT woodworking, and if you work on autos, you should have them. As a young homeowner, I bought a small Ryobi circular saw and 20 years later, STILL use it, even though I have better tools too.
Your thinking is completely skewed, you are also only looking at things exclusively from a woodworking angle. EVERY ONE should own calipers, I use them extremely frequently around the house, BUY THEM! Tools for a person have multiple uses: automotive, diy, carpentry, plumbing, electrical and so on. So, as a HOMEOWNER, you should have all of the above. You need to re-think your position.
Williamfotiou7577 First of all as a retired cabinet builder I used feeler gauges all the time. Now retired I still use them in my own shop. I want the best fit for any joint and this is one tool that helps do that when needed. I do not think it states that the feeler gauge is explicitly designed for automotive use only. I use them alongside my calipers which probably wasn’t designed for woodworking either 😊
@jeffwilder7117 my brother is a cabinet maker too, you are completely lost! Thank you!
@@williamfotiou7577 your brother can do it however he wants. I’ll do it how I want. I definitely am not lost mouth. There are more than one way to do things in this world sonny.
@jeffwilder7117 good for you bud! But you didn't understand my original point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for not understanding!
@@williamfotiou7577 I understood it. I’m ignoring your ignorance
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