Young lady, I have been working in wood for over 60 years, this is one of the very best videos I have seen. Great camera work, great explanation and commentary, you certainly know what you are doing! Thank you for continuing my education, I wish you and your loved ones all the best in woodwork and in life. Thank you for taking the time to post, you have yet another subscriber!
I also have been working wood for over 60 years, and have made a host of dado jigs. This jig is true inspiration, and a real indicator of your intelligence. Awesome!
I'm just getting back into wood working after about 30 years and there are so many new tricks and gadgets. This has become one of my two favorite wood working channels. The other is Drew Fisher - he also does excellent work, but Drew has an awesome knack for that for slipping in some really hilarious comments that are so funny it is borderline unnatural. Another thing he does is on almost every project he'll find a place to put in a flathead screw. I'm assuming someone made a not so nice comment in the past so he makes a point to use flathead screws somewhere in pretty much each video. I'm assuming that is what happened anyway. These are the only two channels I really save links to for creating jigs or working projects. Both use great precision and technique.
Tamar... I started watching youtube a few years ago because I had an interest in woodworking, but ZERO experience or knowledge. I had retired and wanted a hobby. I watched a couple of people who showed how to videos, but they have become addictive to the money they are making and now it's more about them and their new workshops, buildings, etc. I want you to know you are a breathe of fresh air. I do not blame anyone for making money, or as much money as they can, but you are teaching your viewers what you know or don't know and make it interesting. Thank you for being here and sharing your woodworking life with us, the viewers. Please don't change.
I COMPLETELY second this notion, Ronnie! A lot of woodworkers I started watching on RUclips years ago when they were first starting out are now like, “Just put it in the CNC machine and then finish it with this $1200 tool you’ve never heard of.” I live in an apartment in Brooklyn, NY and the moment I see tools beyond the “basics” I have to hit Stop. I’ve never done that with Tamar’s videos.
I love your show, and I'm just making this jig now. I realised one can make the jig so the two sides can be flipped, with the second set trimmed for a larger bit size. That doubles the capability of the jig for little extra work/materials.
The “Just a Cool Thing” is exactly that. Also, I loved the teaching moment you had where you explained how and why you cut the fences the way you did. I could hear the mental process of your kid getting it. When I was a kid, my mother did a lot of crafts on a scroll saw and took the time to show me what was going on from start to finish. To this day, 35+ years later, I blame her for my love of woodworking :-D
JK Moses sings your praises in regards to your ingenuity, and I couldn't agree more. I'm on a jig-building mission, and every time I roam around the ol' RUclipss for ideas I always end up back at Tamar's crib LOL! You are so badass!
I see a lot of videos with fancy, complicated jigs using expensive components and I'm pleasantly surprised at how simple and affordable your design is! Definitely making one! (cutting dados with my router is the not one of my fortes) Love how you leave in your mistakes-all of us learn. I made a beautiful 3-wood Tri-force design for my son after seeing another of your videos- Thanks for all the great ideas!
I came to the comments to say "well done and such a great idea Tamar!" But stayed to read half the comments haha You're a well loved and admired woman... for so so many reasons it seems 😊 Keep up the great work and ideas. Always great fun atm watch and learn from your experience
I am not one to comment on what others do or say but, your mind is to me is amazing. My mind began to open up to where you were and to where you were going. You appear to be in another zone. I'm in my 70's and I was laughing to myself because I knew for some reason what your next thought would be. May your mind never stop creating.
Brilliant! Even though this would be quite easy to build from the detailed description and video, I ordered the plans just to support you. I love your creativity and the fact that you make without crazy expensive tools. Great job!
Your videos are excellent. Enough information to fully explain, not so much you (I) fall asleep,for over-repetition. Thank you for the hard work you put into these.
Thank you very much for you generosity on teaching. I love the way you develop the ideas and the basic methods used to build wonderful tools. On top of being an enthusiast professional you’re a very nice person.
Great video and dado jig! I built one this morning. I made mine dual sided. I cut the boards for a 1/4" bit and marked boards on the same side of the t-track. I rotated the boards and trimmed them using a 1/2" bit and marked as 1/2" bit. I will use the 1/4" side for 1/4" - 1/2" undersized material. The other side for 1/2" - 3/4" and larger. Keep the great videos coming our way.
I love these videos, I learn so much! These are AMAZING because it allows hobbiests and beginners like me make more advanced cuts without owning expensive equipment.
Oh, one other thing I forgot to mention......it is so awesome that you respond to many "if not all" comments on your videos. That really means a lot ❤️. I get disappointed when I comment on other creators videos and they never respond, especially when I ask a legitimate question and they just ignore it.
So I've been subscribed to your channel for a while now but I've but never been tempted to comment (in fact this is my first ever RUclips comment, genuinely!). Frankly this is inspiring. You are not just a woodworker (of the highest calibre) but you are also an amazing engineer ... "there's something I want to do better next time, so how do I solve that" [sic.]. It's awesome to literally see you think that way. It really concerns me that problem solving & having the skills to create a solution are becoming rarer & rarer in this day and age. So I'm hugely pleased to see your skills, ability, and capabilities in action. I've always thought that inspiration leads to action, so perhaps your inspiration will ensure I take action now ... whether it's as simple as leaving this comment to encourage others & support your channel in the smallest way possible, or whether it's actually creating this jig for myself (and really, I soooooo hope I'm in a position one day when I don't have to do the "day job", when can follow my passion like you, and actually need a jig like this!). You've inspired me to do something I wouldn't otherwise have done. If ever you have even the smallest moment of doubt about what you do, or whether it matters, or whether anybody cares, then bluntly ...don't. I'll share this with my kids even if they don't end up fully appreciating it right now, or until one day they understand for themselves how important these skills are. Just like I'm beginning to understand as a Dad & like mine would've hoped. Great stuff, can't thank you enough!
Wow. Thanks so much for taking the time to write all of that! I really appreciate it! It s a lot of work to make these videos so it’s really awesome to hear that they are appreciated and that I’m doing a good job. ☺️☺️
Still just as enthralling! I am a mechanic and nothing I do Involves using wood, but, my word.. brilliantly engineered and still watching it AND sharing it to friends! 🙌🏼
Joe I don't know exactly which DW# you or Tamar have but I do know that DeWalt has made quite a few different contractor's table saws over the past twenty years and some of them take a dado stack and some don't. One DeWalt contractor's saw isn't the same as another unless they have the same model number
Better Design, better functionality than any of the other "expert carpenters" on youtube. And perfect explanation on "how" the smaller router bit is used to create larger dado's. thank you very much.
Hey Tamar! Great video! I'm in England. We're not allowed to have dado blades in our table saws here, so your jig will come in incredibly useful. I'm currently in the process of planning and setting up my workshop and this is defo on my build list. Thanks!
I was looking everywhere to figure out how to cut a perfect dado easily in the middle of a piece of plywood, and of course the answer was here! Thanks, this is exactly the idea I needed. Awesome!
You know, youtube has a ton of female diyers but many of them are only focusing on 'novice' level tutorials or kind of clickbait...You are truly a pro woodworker and I learn so much from you. Thank you!
I made this yesterday. Kept it to 20" for plowing dados into boards for sides of bookcases. Loved how easy and accurate this made the process. Thank you.
Hi Tamar, This is fantastic, no one can be wrong about the length or width of a Dado. Also installing is super easy. Hat off to you because you said you came up with this idea yourself. Keep it safe, it is not over yet. Willy from Belgium. 😷😷😷
The Very Best Dado and mortise jig i've Ever seen made, and BELIEVE me I've seen a lot. Thank You very much Tamar for sharing this video. PS Bought the plans.x
Your jig videos are hands down the best on RUclips. Not just well explained, but also the most ingenious and intuitive. Thank you for your hard work Tamar!
I like that you showed us how to make a dado on a table with WITHOUT a dado stack. People who own a dado stack are probably more advanced, and it's easier for them to make the adjustments needed. I also love that you show us all the measuring you do.
Public Service Announcement - Great Video. I made one and it works perfectly. I also have the same Router. Tamar is spot on with ensuring the orientation of the router to the jig is consistent. One other thing… If you happen to remove your router base for some reason (it needs to be removed on the Triton to install a bushing adaptor plate) be sure to reinstall it aligning the same holes in the plate with the same holes in the router itself (the symmetric holes allow for multiple orientations). If you don’t, there may be some deviation from the edge of the plate to the guide rail and thus the dado will be off. As you can probably tell, I learned this the hard way.
You have really great tips and tricks and this is another one that is useful. I’ve been doing woodworking professionally for 30 years and I still love learning new tricks. Your really can teach an old dog new tricks. I appreciate your channel. Thank you.
You have some of the most thought out and functional jigs i have ever seen. Every time i build a jig in my shop i check to see if you have done it better first. 9 times out of 10 i just build it your way.
@@3x3CustomTamar Your router jig that went into full blown "A Beautiful Mind" territory (the plexiglass contraption) needs to have a patent. Seriously i could see a market for that with like micro jig or something.
Oh, and one more thing... So so happy to see that the FTG blade dado-ing worked out. I was wondering the other day why it was always full-on dado stack or messy cleanup in the videos I watched, and if I was just being dumb thinking that a single FTG blade should basically be a narrow stack. Excited to know this is actually a sound option. This, by the way, is exactly the kind of thing that makes you so valuable in this community, I think: your results are thoroughly legit and unusually gorgeous, but your workshop has historically been so modest and achievable. I feel like you are doing by far the best job on the interwebz of standing up cleverness against huge investments in either tooling or ten year de facto apprenticeships in hand tool joinery. Katz-Moses and Sellers may have piqued my interest in woodworking, but you're definitely the one who inspired me to actually get started. Thanks for that.
You seriously come up with some of the most unique and useful jigs/ideas in general for woodworking out there on RUclips. Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
I had just commented on another channel about all they did was be a commercial for “brand F”. I concur with other comments about your channel and it truly is a breath of fresh air. Love how you handle and show the ‘boo boos’, we all have them. Keep up the great work, and please don’t be a commercial for brand x, y or z. And I’m definitely going to build that jig, awesome work and creativity!
Thanks! But I do have ads in my videos. It really is the only way that I can continue to make them. Without the ads this would just be a hobby and it wouldn’t be worth my time to make these videos for you guys. I wouldn’t expect you to work for free at your job either 😉
Thanks Tamar, your talent shows in how you manage to make complicated things simple, and you don't overlook any detail that a normal person would find as an obstacle. We realize that being a good craftsman does not lie in what you have but what imagination or intelligence you use. I'm italian and I find easy to follow all your steps
FANTASTIC build, all around. Great timing, as I am about to start a project requiring many dados, including some stopped dados. Your take on the jig with multiple cross 'fences', riding on T tracks is a neat twist on many of the home built jigs on YT. Two possible tweaks, that i might employ: 1. Use a hardwood edge bands (1/2 thick or so, with a shallow dado) that would couple up with a router guide bushing. The dado widths would then be virtually unlimited. Number 2: I might add a couple rows of the non-skid tape (3/4" rubber stuff used on bath tubs), to help keep the jig in place. I have followed your channel for awhile and am most impressed with the quality of workmanship delivered on projects using these more 'basic tools', such as a DeWalt job site table saw. You have proven that one doesn't need a stable of those evil German tools residing in the white systainers to deliver GREAT projects.
That is the best version of that jig I have seen. I think I may finally be confident enough of gaining enough ability back to make dados from the top to get rid of my old radial arm saw. Once I've built this of course.
Totally going to make one of these. My jig collection is growing quite a bit. You’re probably 50% to blame lol. Crazy enough I am a jig fanatic so it all works out! Awesome job and thanks for the inspiration!!!
I really like the two additional fences and the feature of all of them being adjustable. All those measurements are beyond me - I had to watch the video a second time and pause it to understand the off-sets and the way you calculated those off-sets. Definitely helps me when you talk in your videos, and it makes the videos more entertaining. It’s only a matter of time that you will get picked up by a television network and have your own show. It was nice to see your son interact with you and ask questions and show his wood-work. Have a good weekend. Kick ass!
I've been struggling with making a router jig that would do what I needed and be flexible enough to work with a wide range of cuts and boards for months. I was on I think my 7th failed design and getting a little discouraged when I found your video. It seems to answer every problem I found while I added to my growing pile of failed router jigs. Thanks for sharing this and I will be buying your plans to make this myself.
I built this jig today. It was a lot of fun to make and I am excited to use it on several projects. I have a bookcase that I'm working on, and this jig is exactly what I needed. Thanks for sharing Tamar!
I can envision a number of uses of this jig in the near future. Learning so much watching your videos, and they are so easy to watch and learn from. Thanks Tamar, for everything.
Great video. Nice additions to an old jig design. I just pulled out my old dado jig, which is like the first part of your jig just yesterday. Now, I will need to add some of the features that you have on your jig. Great idea. Thanks.
I think you've done well there Tamar. There's so many different ways of going about achieving the desired outcome but at the end of the day it's simply whatever works at the time. That's the thing about woodworking, we might change/make new jigs etc when we discover a better way. Loved the way you shared what you were doing with your young son. That's gold, I learnt so much from my father and mother and I'm very grateful to have been blessed with great parents.
Love the jig and am really enjoying learning from you. I also like that you if you make a mistake and keep them in the video. It makes the rest of us mortals feel better!! Again love this jig.
Good morning with the time difference I am from Libya really you are creative and I have learned from you a lot thank you for all the progress you have provided
Just watched this some years after you published it… Great video! I would change one thing, though, make the edge stop wider (or longer, depending on how you’re looking at it), more like a T-square. The basic idea of creating an exact fit dado is perfect. Thanks!
Another video that convinces me you are a sorceress. I am buying these plans this is absolutely perfect for doing breadboards with multiple mortises. Absolutely brilliant design.
you have some of the best looking projects that come out of what is really a very attainable shop for those of us who just like this as a hobby and not a business. This is in no small part due to your ability to realize what you need to do and then finding the simplest way of doing exactly that, and super well. I've not seen anyone else use a jig like this before, and i watch SO many woodworking youtubers. no individual part of it is particularly mind blowing, but your ability to put all those simple things together into something so totally functional, easy to use, and accurate is just so damn impressive. thanks so much for sharing with all of us!
Wow! Tamar, I've been following you for a few months already and I am totally amazed by your creativity and the love and joy you show in everything you do. And you shine over others by your clear and precise explanations for what you do. I really appreciate your work and I have learned a lot from you. Thank you, Tamar!
Tamar, Very well done, my friend. This project shows the thought processes you used when making the jig. Then you add another twist at the end, and you have a mortising jig. \Thanks for taking us along with you on this journey. Felix
What a fantastic jig this is...! I built it to plan and just used it to fit some mitre track to my router table. The dado was perfect and so accurate. Thanks Tamar - great stuff
Darlin,you are cute as a button and as talented a woodworker that there is.Love to watch/learn from all your videos Keep up the good work . your smile is great as well.Thanks for sharing your talent with use mortals
I’ve watched a number of videos as I plan to make a router jig also. I believe it is yours I will copy. Like you said, a lot of flexibility! Nicely done. You’re very creative.
Awesome build and genius process abilities. Love this. I am certainly going to use this in my shop. Great job as usual. When I do the video on this I am going to use you as a reference in how this is built and suggest others come to your channel to check out your build. Of course I am going to have my own version. Thanks again. Love your channel and content.
My wife calls her “the jig lady”. If I’m trying to work out a particular way of cutting something, she’ll tell me to see if the jig lady has already made something that would help 😂
I'm building one of these right now and one thing I noticed is that if you leave enough material on the outside of the rails, you can make the whole thing reversible so that you can use another different router bit with it. That way I can have 1/2" as my default but I can also flip the rails (so that the outside of the rails is now the inside) and now it'll work with my 3/4" bit or whatever other one that I want to use. Still trying to figure out a way that I can use this to cut dovetails (maybe 1/4" straight followed by dovetail?) but for now this is still really useful for a whole bunch of things.
Hi Tamar - I really like designs like this! They are simple, expandable, and versatile. As an engineer, we are required to meet the requirements and expand use cases to get the most out of the design - you did exactly that. There is a pretty strong likelihood that I will be building one of these at least I will be leveraging off of this design. Thank you for taking the time to design this jig and the massive effort to shoot, edit, and post this video.
You are an absolute joy to watch. You definitely know what you're doing and how to present it in a clear and concise manner. Also, your plan prices are very reasonable. Thanks for an educational and enjoyable lesson.
Hi from Devon in England. Thanks for sharing this. I've watched thousands of wood work videos, and found this genuinely interesting and well explained. Best wishes.
Somehow I missed this video of yours. My old dado jig has seen better day so I want to replace it and I wanted to see some new ideas. Well, your design won out for unique design, versatility, and looks(such a girl thing to say lol). I happen to have some extra black track left over from a crosscut sled I made and I have the same knob and track bolt set as yours except a different maker. I love having the variety in shape and sizes too. I really enjoy your creative jig designs. They are always cutting-edge and different from others and I think that is one big reason I watch your channel! Thanks, Tamar for making my shop work a little easier with your jigs!!
I just found this after watching your dovetail jig video. You’re earning yourself the title of the jig queen. This one is a great multi purpose routing jig and could easily be adapted to perform more tasks. Eg juice grooves, mortises on edge stock and alike. Well done all round.
Tamar, I love watching your woodworking videos. Other youtubers are great to see the amazing projects they work on, the four eyes guys are great. But many others are too intimidating to tackle and serve more as aspirational. Every video of yours is so much more encouraging and makes me feel like I can tackle these projects.
Very clever! - one additional thing came to mind - to keep with the no-need-to-measure theme of making this, you could also cut the markers for stopped dadoes to size using the jig itself set to more than minimal width. Saves the fiddling with CA glue...
Saw your post for this on Instagram a while back and finally got around to making one for myself this evening. Super happy with it and will be dadoing slots for shelves going into my girlfriend's craft room :) Thanks for the clever design! Tip: if anyone cuts the slots too deep to receive the t-track, add a washer between the t-track and the adjustable plate to avoid crushing the plate against the base which can distort your floating side.
Tamar, Queen of Jigs. Not sure I would get a lot of use out of this one for what I do but it is certainly well thought out. And yes, the little ones project is a cool thing! Thanks Tamar!
Well done and thought out. Exactly what I need to make. I've watched other videos how to make a jig similar to yours, but none were as completely adjustable. One or two weren't adjustable at all. Looked like they'd work but only for a specific thickness in the wood pieces. I must say, your power tools are the quietest I ever heard, or should I say didn't hear. I'm kidding. I kind of enjoyed the sound cut off while the tools were running.
Hands down one of the most useful jigs. I’ve not seen anything like this before and had I had this when I made a larder I coulda saved 1/2 a day or more. Genuinely unique and impressive and I’m not ashamed to say I will be copying you. Also ima buy that T track kit box, looks handy. I could see coming up with a way to permanently fix clamps to it so that it’s 100% self contained but then I’m not sure how to do that practically and gracefully. Great job
Young lady, I have been working in wood for over 60 years, this is one of the very best videos I have seen. Great camera work, great explanation and commentary, you certainly know what you are doing! Thank you for continuing my education, I wish you and your loved ones all the best in woodwork and in life. Thank you for taking the time to post, you have yet another subscriber!
So awesome to hear! Thanks so much!
I think she is awesome too!!!
I also have been working wood for over 60 years, and have made a host of dado jigs. This jig is true inspiration, and a real indicator of your intelligence. Awesome!
@Adam Malachi Yeah, that doesn't sound like a scam at all, and sounds perfectly legal too.
I'm just getting back into wood working after about 30 years and there are so many new tricks and gadgets. This has become one of my two favorite wood working channels. The other is Drew Fisher - he also does excellent work, but Drew has an awesome knack for that for slipping in some really hilarious comments that are so funny it is borderline unnatural. Another thing he does is on almost every project he'll find a place to put in a flathead screw. I'm assuming someone made a not so nice comment in the past so he makes a point to use flathead screws somewhere in pretty much each video. I'm assuming that is what happened anyway. These are the only two channels I really save links to for creating jigs or working projects. Both use great precision and technique.
Tamar... I started watching youtube a few years ago because I had an interest in woodworking, but ZERO experience or knowledge. I had retired and wanted a hobby. I watched a couple of people who showed how to videos, but they have become addictive to the money they are making and now it's more about them and their new workshops, buildings, etc. I want you to know you are a breathe of fresh air. I do not blame anyone for making money, or as much money as they can, but you are teaching your viewers what you know or don't know and make it interesting. Thank you for being here and sharing your woodworking life with us, the viewers. Please don't change.
So glad you like it! Thanks!
I COMPLETELY second this notion, Ronnie! A lot of woodworkers I started watching on RUclips years ago when they were first starting out are now like, “Just put it in the CNC machine and then finish it with this $1200 tool you’ve never heard of.” I live in an apartment in Brooklyn, NY and the moment I see tools beyond the “basics” I have to hit Stop. I’ve never done that with Tamar’s videos.
@@lemonbar77 awesome to hear!
Tamar, would share a link for your router table? I just love it.
She is a breath of fresh air. You can always tell the real, grounded, honest people by their actions. They speak to your heart.
I love your show, and I'm just making this jig now. I realised one can make the jig so the two sides can be flipped, with the second set trimmed for a larger bit size. That doubles the capability of the jig for little extra work/materials.
The “Just a Cool Thing” is exactly that. Also, I loved the teaching moment you had where you explained how and why you cut the fences the way you did. I could hear the mental process of your kid getting it. When I was a kid, my mother did a lot of crafts on a scroll saw and took the time to show me what was going on from start to finish. To this day, 35+ years later, I blame her for my love of woodworking :-D
Ha that’s so awesome to hear! Hopefully some of it rubs off on him...
Absolutely amazing jig!!!! Love how seemingly inexpensive it would be to make yet highly useable for professional cuts.
Glad you like it!
JK Moses sings your praises in regards to your ingenuity, and I couldn't agree more. I'm on a jig-building mission, and every time I roam around the ol' RUclipss for ideas I always end up back at Tamar's crib LOL! You are so badass!
Haha nice 🤘🤘
I see a lot of videos with fancy, complicated jigs using expensive components and I'm pleasantly surprised at how simple and affordable your design is! Definitely making one! (cutting dados with my router is the not one of my fortes) Love how you leave in your mistakes-all of us learn. I made a beautiful 3-wood Tri-force design for my son after seeing another of your videos-
Thanks for all the great ideas!
So awesome to hear! So glad you like them!
‘Tamar’ the multi tasking woodworking wizard! Another brilliant jig, thank you for sharing it with us!
Glad you like It. Ha!
I came to the comments to say "well done and such a great idea Tamar!"
But stayed to read half the comments haha
You're a well loved and admired woman... for so so many reasons it seems 😊
Keep up the great work and ideas. Always great fun atm watch and learn from your experience
Haha thanks so much! ☺️☺️☺️
I am not one to comment on what others do or say but, your mind is to me is amazing. My mind began to open up to where you were and to where you were going. You appear to be in another zone.
I'm in my 70's and I was laughing to myself because I knew for some reason what your next thought would be.
May your mind never stop creating.
Haha! Glad you enjoyed
I don't remember subscribing to this channel but I'm glad I did. I like how you avoid measuring things.
Haha I’m glad you did too 😂 yeah. Math is my enemy.
"Don't measure. Gauge." is a total vibe and a lifestyle 😁
Me to, my mesures is often not that acurat
@@3x3CustomTamar u are great at practical and logical math.
@@mikamajlund3622 Yes! This is why a value methods that bypass the inherent uncertainty of any measurement.
I’ve been a furniture designer and builder for 30 years, and this is a fantastic idea! Thank you!
Brilliant! Even though this would be quite easy to build from the detailed description and video, I ordered the plans just to support you. I love your creativity and the fact that you make without crazy expensive tools. Great job!
So awesome of you! Thanks! I really appreciate that!
Your videos are excellent. Enough information to fully explain, not so much you (I) fall asleep,for over-repetition. Thank you for the hard work you put into these.
Thank you very much for you generosity on teaching. I love the way you develop the ideas and the basic methods used to build wonderful tools. On top of being an enthusiast professional you’re a very nice person.
Glad you like it! ☺️
Great video and dado jig! I built one this morning. I made mine dual sided. I cut the boards for a 1/4" bit and marked boards on the same side of the t-track. I rotated the boards and trimmed them using a 1/2" bit and marked as 1/2" bit. I will use the 1/4" side for 1/4" - 1/2" undersized material. The other side for 1/2" - 3/4" and larger. Keep the great videos coming our way.
I love these videos, I learn so much! These are AMAZING because it allows hobbiests and beginners like me make more advanced cuts without owning expensive equipment.
Oh, one other thing I forgot to mention......it is so awesome that you respond to many "if not all" comments on your videos. That really means a lot ❤️.
I get disappointed when I comment on other creators videos and they never respond, especially when I ask a legitimate question and they just ignore it.
Glad you appreciate it! ☺️
So I've been subscribed to your channel for a while now but I've but never been tempted to comment (in fact this is my first ever RUclips comment, genuinely!). Frankly this is inspiring. You are not just a woodworker (of the highest calibre) but you are also an amazing engineer ... "there's something I want to do better next time, so how do I solve that" [sic.]. It's awesome to literally see you think that way. It really concerns me that problem solving & having the skills to create a solution are becoming rarer & rarer in this day and age. So I'm hugely pleased to see your skills, ability, and capabilities in action. I've always thought that inspiration leads to action, so perhaps your inspiration will ensure I take action now ... whether it's as simple as leaving this comment to encourage others & support your channel in the smallest way possible, or whether it's actually creating this jig for myself (and really, I soooooo hope I'm in a position one day when I don't have to do the "day job", when can follow my passion like you, and actually need a jig like this!). You've inspired me to do something I wouldn't otherwise have done. If ever you have even the smallest moment of doubt about what you do, or whether it matters, or whether anybody cares, then bluntly ...don't. I'll share this with my kids even if they don't end up fully appreciating it right now, or until one day they understand for themselves how important these skills are. Just like I'm beginning to understand as a Dad & like mine would've hoped. Great stuff, can't thank you enough!
Wow. Thanks so much for taking the time to write all of that! I really appreciate it! It s a lot of work to make these videos so it’s really awesome to hear that they are appreciated and that I’m doing a good job. ☺️☺️
Still just as enthralling! I am a mechanic and nothing I do Involves using wood, but, my word.. brilliantly engineered and still watching it AND sharing it to friends! 🙌🏼
So glad you still like it! Thanks!
I love this design so much. Solves so many of the problems I’ve been having. Thank you!
So awesome to hear!
I love watching your videos. I have been a woodworker for about 35 years and I learn something every time I watch one of your videos.
So awesome to hear
Ooh, ooh! First new upload since I subbed! Good thing too... I went through all the backlog of your videos and didn't know what I'd do next.
Hahah glad I posted!
I love how happy you are, a true craftswoman doing rewarding work, and teaching others in a wonderful way. You should be proud. Thank you.
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Tamar, I have the same table saw and I use a Diablo Dado stack on my table saw up 3/8 without any problems
Joe I don't know exactly which DW# you or Tamar have but I do know that DeWalt has made quite a few different contractor's table saws over the past twenty years and some of them take a dado stack and some don't. One DeWalt contractor's saw isn't the same as another unless they have the same model number
Better Design, better functionality than any of the other "expert carpenters" on youtube. And perfect explanation on "how" the smaller router bit is used to create larger dado's. thank you very much.
Hey Tamar! Great video! I'm in England. We're not allowed to have dado blades in our table saws here, so your jig will come in incredibly useful. I'm currently in the process of planning and setting up my workshop and this is defo on my build list. Thanks!
Awesome! So glad it was helpful!
Hi Peter. Axminster tools sells dado blades and compatible tables saws should you ever be interested.
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I was looking everywhere to figure out how to cut a perfect dado easily in the middle of a piece of plywood, and of course the answer was here! Thanks, this is exactly the idea I needed. Awesome!
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Did you forget you had made a "kerf maker" when you made the dado for the T-track? :P Youre so awesome!
Haha no. I was going to use it. But wanted to show people they don’t NEED something like that 😂
@@3x3CustomTamar LOL! :) You're the best!
@@3x3CustomTamar Very nice proyect, I leave you a 👍👍
@@3x3CustomTamar Why don't you make a video of how you started working with wood, it would be very interesting, 🌹🌹
You know, youtube has a ton of female diyers but many of them are only focusing on 'novice' level tutorials or kind of clickbait...You are truly a pro woodworker and I learn so much from you. Thank you!
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Who else besides me finds themselves in love with this woman? I'm so jealous of her husband.
Be a little less creepy please
@@LongTailWoodcraft Sorry my comment hurt your feelings. 😆
I made this yesterday. Kept it to 20" for plowing dados into boards for sides of bookcases. Loved how easy and accurate this made the process. Thank you.
Fantastic!
Hi Tamar,
This is fantastic, no one can be wrong about the length or width of a Dado.
Also installing is super easy.
Hat off to you because you said you came up with this idea yourself.
Keep it safe, it is not over yet.
Willy from Belgium.
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Thanks! I was excited when the lightbulb went off on this one. Ha!
I love your shows. The enthusiasm and love that you show is inspiring. Carry on human.
Love hearing you teach your kids in the videos. My kids love hanging out in my garage/shop and of course asking questions
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I have watched a dozen Dado Jig Videos, and this you made is easy to
make and use, as the song says Simply the best
The Very Best Dado and mortise jig i've Ever seen made, and BELIEVE me I've seen a lot. Thank You very much Tamar for sharing this video. PS Bought the plans.x
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Your jig videos are hands down the best on RUclips. Not just well explained, but also the most ingenious and intuitive. Thank you for your hard work Tamar!
So awesome to hear
This was one of the most complete and clearly explained video for router dados and mortises jig that I have seen.Compliment to the host!
Awesome to hear. Thanks!
I like that you showed us how to make a dado on a table with WITHOUT a dado stack. People who own a dado stack are probably more advanced, and it's easier for them to make the adjustments needed. I also love that you show us all the measuring you do.
Glad you appreciate it!
I have watched several videos regarding router dado jigs and this is the one I will make. You are an excellent teacher. THANK YOU.
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Public Service Announcement - Great Video. I made one and it works perfectly. I also have the same Router. Tamar is spot on with ensuring the orientation of the router to the jig is consistent. One other thing… If you happen to remove your router base for some reason (it needs to be removed on the Triton to install a bushing adaptor plate) be sure to reinstall it aligning the same holes in the plate with the same holes in the router itself (the symmetric holes allow for multiple orientations). If you don’t, there may be some deviation from the edge of the plate to the guide rail and thus the dado will be off. As you can probably tell, I learned this the hard way.
Good tip!
You have really great tips and tricks and this is another one that is useful. I’ve been doing woodworking professionally for 30 years and I still love learning new tricks. Your really can teach an old dog new tricks. I appreciate your channel. Thank you.
That’s really so awesome to hear! Thanks so much!
You have some of the most thought out and functional jigs i have ever seen. Every time i build a jig in my shop i check to see if you have done it better first. 9 times out of 10 i just build it your way.
Awesome to hear! Thanks!
@@3x3CustomTamar Your router jig that went into full blown "A Beautiful Mind" territory (the plexiglass contraption) needs to have a patent. Seriously i could see a market for that with like micro jig or something.
@@dudedude782 working on getting it made ☺️
Oh, and one more thing... So so happy to see that the FTG blade dado-ing worked out. I was wondering the other day why it was always full-on dado stack or messy cleanup in the videos I watched, and if I was just being dumb thinking that a single FTG blade should basically be a narrow stack. Excited to know this is actually a sound option.
This, by the way, is exactly the kind of thing that makes you so valuable in this community, I think: your results are thoroughly legit and unusually gorgeous, but your workshop has historically been so modest and achievable. I feel like you are doing by far the best job on the interwebz of standing up cleverness against huge investments in either tooling or ten year de facto apprenticeships in hand tool joinery. Katz-Moses and Sellers may have piqued my interest in woodworking, but you're definitely the one who inspired me to actually get started. Thanks for that.
That is so awesome to hear. Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know! Yeah! The FTG blades are game changers for joinery on the tablesaw
You seriously come up with some of the most unique and useful jigs/ideas in general for woodworking out there on RUclips. Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
Glad you like it!
I had just commented on another channel about all they did was be a commercial for “brand F”. I concur with other comments about your channel and it truly is a breath of fresh air. Love how you handle and show the ‘boo boos’, we all have them. Keep up the great work, and please don’t be a commercial for brand x, y or z. And I’m definitely going to build that jig, awesome work and creativity!
Thanks! But I do have ads in my videos. It really is the only way that I can continue to make them. Without the ads this would just be a hobby and it wouldn’t be worth my time to make these videos for you guys. I wouldn’t expect you to work for free at your job either 😉
Thanks Tamar, your talent shows in how you manage to make complicated things simple, and you don't overlook any detail that a normal person would find as an obstacle. We realize that being a good craftsman does not lie in what you have but what imagination or intelligence you use. I'm italian and I find easy to follow all your steps
Awesome to hear! Thanks!
FANTASTIC build, all around. Great timing, as I am about to start a project requiring many dados, including some stopped dados. Your take on the jig with multiple cross 'fences', riding on T tracks is a neat twist on many of the home built jigs on YT.
Two possible tweaks, that i might employ: 1. Use a hardwood edge bands (1/2 thick or so, with a shallow dado) that would couple up with a router guide bushing. The dado widths would then be virtually unlimited. Number 2: I might add a couple rows of the non-skid tape (3/4" rubber stuff used on bath tubs), to help keep the jig in place.
I have followed your channel for awhile and am most impressed with the quality of workmanship delivered on projects using these more 'basic tools', such as a DeWalt job site table saw. You have proven that one doesn't need a stable of those evil German tools residing in the white systainers to deliver GREAT projects.
That is the best version of that jig I have seen. I think I may finally be confident enough of gaining enough ability back to make dados from the top to get rid of my old radial arm saw. Once I've built this of course.
Glad you like it!
Totally going to make one of these. My jig collection is growing quite a bit. You’re probably 50% to blame lol. Crazy enough I am a jig fanatic so it all works out! Awesome job and thanks for the inspiration!!!
I really like the two additional fences and the feature of all of them being adjustable. All those measurements are beyond me - I had to watch the video a second time and pause it to understand the off-sets and the way you calculated those off-sets. Definitely helps me when you talk in your videos, and it makes the videos more entertaining. It’s only a matter of time that you will get picked up by a television network and have your own show. It was nice to see your son interact with you and ask questions and show his wood-work. Have a good weekend. Kick ass!
Ha! Thanks! I’ve actually declined a few tv show opportunities. Not why I do this....
@@3x3CustomTamar that’s great the networks approached you - even better to read you know what you want and your purpose.
I've been struggling with making a router jig that would do what I needed and be flexible enough to work with a wide range of cuts and boards for months. I was on I think my 7th failed design and getting a little discouraged when I found your video. It seems to answer every problem I found while I added to my growing pile of failed router jigs. Thanks for sharing this and I will be buying your plans to make this myself.
I built this jig today. It was a lot of fun to make and I am excited to use it on several projects. I have a bookcase that I'm working on, and this jig is exactly what I needed. Thanks for sharing Tamar!
Awesome!!!
I can envision a number of uses of this jig in the near future. Learning so much watching your videos, and they are so easy to watch and learn from. Thanks Tamar, for everything.
I e already used it once! Ha. Glad you like it!
Great video. Nice additions to an old jig design. I just pulled out my old dado jig, which is like the first part of your jig just yesterday. Now, I will need to add some of the features that you have on your jig. Great idea. Thanks.
I think you've done well there Tamar. There's so many different ways of going about achieving the desired outcome but at the end of the day it's simply whatever works at the time. That's the thing about woodworking, we might change/make new jigs etc when we discover a better way. Loved the way you shared what you were doing with your young son. That's gold, I learnt so much from my father and mother and I'm very grateful to have been blessed with great parents.
Thanks so much! So glad you liked it!
Super video how charming your daughters contribution oh and the jig design and realisation was superb
Thanks! Was my son
Saw your vid. A year ago but finally needed one for my present project. So now I have one too. Glad I remembered your jig. It works superbly. 👍👍👍
Love the jig and am really enjoying learning from you. I also like that you if you make a mistake and keep them in the video. It makes the rest of us mortals feel better!! Again love this jig.
Glad you like it! Thanks!
I really enjoyed this video, I'm about 0.00005% of the way to having a decent table saw etc but when I do, I've bookmarked this video.
Good morning with the time difference I am from Libya really you are creative and I have learned from you a lot thank you for all the progress you have provided
Thanks!
I have discovered I needed something like this recently. Excellent design. Well done video.
Very Innovative jig. A comprehensive video and easy to understand and ..... more importantly easy and functionally practical to use.
The creativity and problem solving skills on display here are so impressive.
Just watched this some years after you published it… Great video! I would change one thing, though, make the edge stop wider (or longer, depending on how you’re looking at it), more like a T-square. The basic idea of creating an exact fit dado is perfect. Thanks!
Good idea. Glad you like it!
Another video that convinces me you are a sorceress. I am buying these plans this is absolutely perfect for doing breadboards with multiple mortises. Absolutely brilliant design.
Ha. Awesome. Glad you found it useful!
you have some of the best looking projects that come out of what is really a very attainable shop for those of us who just like this as a hobby and not a business. This is in no small part due to your ability to realize what you need to do and then finding the simplest way of doing exactly that, and super well.
I've not seen anyone else use a jig like this before, and i watch SO many woodworking youtubers. no individual part of it is particularly mind blowing, but your ability to put all those simple things together into something so totally functional, easy to use, and accurate is just so damn impressive. thanks so much for sharing with all of us!
So awesome to hear! I really appreciate the that!
Wow! Tamar, I've been following you for a few months already and I am totally amazed by your creativity and the love and joy you show in everything you do. And you shine over others by your clear and precise explanations for what you do. I really appreciate your work and I have learned a lot from you. Thank you, Tamar!
So awesome to hear! Thanks!
Tamar, Very well done, my friend. This project shows the thought processes you used when making the jig. Then you add another twist at the end, and you have a mortising jig.
\Thanks for taking us along with you on this journey. Felix
So glad you liked it!
I watched a lot of videos and like your jig the best. I also like your clear presentation of the project.
Thank you very much! Wow
You are such an inspiration to girls who might get into a traditionally male hobby/vocation. Thanks for including your kids!
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You're jig game is top notch. mortises and dados from the same jig... genius!!
Haha! Thanks! I love when the lightbulb goes off as I’m trying to figure this stuff out
What a fantastic jig this is...! I built it to plan and just used it to fit some mitre track to my router table. The dado was perfect and so accurate.
Thanks Tamar - great stuff
Yes!! So awesome to hear!!
I made your more basic version of this jig that doesn’t use T-track. Works great! Perfect fit every time! Thanks
Glad you like it!
Darlin,you are cute as a button and as talented a woodworker that there is.Love to watch/learn from all your videos
Keep up the good work . your smile is great as well.Thanks for sharing your talent with use mortals
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoy!
I’ve watched a number of videos as I plan to make a router jig also. I believe it is yours I will copy. Like you said, a lot of flexibility! Nicely done. You’re very creative.
Awesome. Glad it was helpful!
Awesome build and genius process abilities. Love this. I am certainly going to use this in my shop. Great job as usual.
When I do the video on this I am going to use you as a reference in how this is built and suggest others come to your channel to check out your build.
Of course I am going to have my own version.
Thanks again. Love your channel and content.
Return of the Queen of Jigs! Love it, and so simple to make!
Ha! Right! I love how easy it is!
My wife calls her “the jig lady”. If I’m trying to work out a particular way of cutting something, she’ll tell me to see if the jig lady has already made something that would help 😂
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I'm building one of these right now and one thing I noticed is that if you leave enough material on the outside of the rails, you can make the whole thing reversible so that you can use another different router bit with it. That way I can have 1/2" as my default but I can also flip the rails (so that the outside of the rails is now the inside) and now it'll work with my 3/4" bit or whatever other one that I want to use. Still trying to figure out a way that I can use this to cut dovetails (maybe 1/4" straight followed by dovetail?) but for now this is still really useful for a whole bunch of things.
Hi Tamar - I really like designs like this! They are simple, expandable, and versatile. As an engineer, we are required to meet the requirements and expand use cases to get the most out of the design - you did exactly that. There is a pretty strong likelihood that I will be building one of these at least I will be leveraging off of this design. Thank you for taking the time to design this jig and the massive effort to shoot, edit, and post this video.
So glad you appreciate it!
Your jigs are consistently some of the best of its kind.
Awesome to hear! Thanks!
You are an absolute joy to watch. You definitely know what you're doing and how to present it in a clear and concise manner. Also, your plan prices are very reasonable. Thanks for an educational and enjoyable lesson.
Glad you like it!
Hi from Devon in England.
Thanks for sharing this. I've watched thousands of wood work videos, and found this genuinely interesting and well explained. Best wishes.
So awesome to hear! Appreciate that! Thanks!
Somehow I missed this video of yours. My old dado jig has seen better day so I want to replace it and I wanted to see some new ideas. Well, your design won out for unique design, versatility, and looks(such a girl thing to say lol). I happen to have some extra black track left over from a crosscut sled I made and I have the same knob and track bolt set as yours except a different maker. I love having the variety in shape and sizes too. I really enjoy your creative jig designs. They are always cutting-edge and different from others and I think that is one big reason I watch your channel! Thanks, Tamar for making my shop work a little easier with your jigs!!
Awesome to hear! Hope it works out fir you!
I just found this after watching your dovetail jig video. You’re earning yourself the title of the jig queen. This one is a great multi purpose routing jig and could easily be adapted to perform more tasks. Eg juice grooves, mortises on edge stock and alike. Well done all round.
Haha thanks!
Tamar, I love watching your woodworking videos. Other youtubers are great to see the amazing projects they work on, the four eyes guys are great. But many others are too intimidating to tackle and serve more as aspirational. Every video of yours is so much more encouraging and makes me feel like I can tackle these projects.
Awesome to hear!
Best and most versatile dado jig I've seen so far!
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Hi Tamar I just built this with your plans I used laminate flooring, t tracks and scrap 1x2 for the inside stops and 1x3 for the front and back fences
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This is just what I was looking for Tamar. Great teaching skills! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Very clever! - one additional thing came to mind - to keep with the no-need-to-measure theme of making this, you could also cut the markers for stopped dadoes to size using the jig itself set to more than minimal width. Saves the fiddling with CA glue...
Thanks! Yup! That’s actually how I wrote how to do it in the plans 😉
Saw your post for this on Instagram a while back and finally got around to making one for myself this evening. Super happy with it and will be dadoing slots for shelves going into my girlfriend's craft room :)
Thanks for the clever design!
Tip: if anyone cuts the slots too deep to receive the t-track, add a washer between the t-track and the adjustable plate to avoid crushing the plate against the base which can distort your floating side.
Glad you found it useful!
So sweet, the chat with your kid at the end.
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This is SO cool ! Thanks for this .👍 Renovating three bathrooms and my kitchen. Tamar the Jig Master to the rescue.
Tamar, Queen of Jigs. Not sure I would get a lot of use out of this one for what I do but it is certainly well thought out. And yes, the little ones project is a cool thing! Thanks Tamar!
Haha thanks! He was so proud of it. I was too ☺️
This is exactly the jig I need right now for routing shelf dados on tall and wide cabinet sides! Brilliant! Thanks!
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Well done and thought out. Exactly what I need to make. I've watched other videos how to make a jig similar to yours, but none were as completely adjustable. One or two weren't adjustable at all. Looked like they'd work but only for a specific thickness in the wood pieces. I must say, your power tools are the quietest I ever heard, or should I say didn't hear. I'm kidding. I kind of enjoyed the sound cut off while the tools were running.
Hands down one of the most useful jigs. I’ve not seen anything like this before and had I had this when I made a larder I coulda saved 1/2 a day or more. Genuinely unique and impressive and I’m not ashamed to say I will be copying you.
Also ima buy that T track kit box, looks handy.
I could see coming up with a way to permanently fix clamps to it so that it’s 100% self contained but then I’m not sure how to do that practically and gracefully.
Great job
Great video. I agree with many of the other commenters. You are a good teacher and your videos are exceptional. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Your ingenuity and skill Never Fail to WOW me ! Excellent Work.
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