@@DIYMontreal Hey I need some help I've got a plunge router with a variable speed from 8000rpm to 26000rpm and I'm trying to cut though 3in of southern pine wood with a 4in long 1/2in shank and 1/2in round straight cut bit with double flutes but I can't seem to bite into the wood an I've tried speeds from 8000 - 26000 rpm I'm I just using the wrong bit or is it just not doable or should I use a spiral upcut bit
@@DREDKNOT2063 I think the issue is the straight bit. Especially if it's 1/2. I'm using a 1/4 spiral bit. This article might help you: www.woodcraft.com/blog_entries/spiral-router-bits-vs-straight-router-bits#
This works! This bandsaw jig is easy to make and use. I've watched many silent, wordless workshop videos that "show" the viewer what to do but but your verbal descriptions are far more helpful. So far I've only made one test circle but it seems obvious that making duplicate circles would not be a problem--my first project is making a tortilla press. Will update later. Thanks for posting!
Very informative and thorough. No incessant talking about things that don't pertain to the video/subject (like most RUclipsrs do). Love this so much!!! Thank you!!
The bandsaw method worked for me very well. For those who might be interested, I have enhanced the bandsaw jig by adding a T-Track that allows me to slide the "spindle" to set different radii.. As a result, I don't have to re-drill and can fine tune the radius. I also created a similar jig for the table saw that allows me to sand the edges of the circles I make on the bandsaw jig (Infinity Tools sells a 10" Sanding Disk).
@@rod1148 I don't have a video but I did take some photos of the jigs. Unfortunately, I don't know how to get those to you. Let me know if there's an email address I can send them to.
Another simple, though rough, method that's budget friendly is using a string attached to a thumb tack at the center to draw the edge line, and then cutting with a jig saw. I used this method to make my Danish round shield and it came out plenty well enough, given that it was my first time. Your content is great, cheers fellow Montrealer!
Method 1, plunge router method, worked like a charm! I used an up spiral bit and alternated between clockwise and counterclockwise to manage the power cord. Seemed to work well. Loved that you added chapters to the video.
Also went with method 1 - used a bungee cord to hang the power cable above so it wouldn't get in the way. And yeah that worked so slick! 4 perfect circles to make the wheels for my trojan rabbit - thanks for the tips!
Norm from New Yankee Workshop made a bandsaw jig like yours but made it super wide, 3' or more if memory serves me right. He added a leg to support the massive overhand and did drill and tap the table but it did allow for some impressively large circles.
Your router idea using a scrap piece of plywood as a guide is going to save me a few bob when I cut a round 2 ft piece of wood to fit on top of upside down flower pots as a small table , worth a good drink . Thank you ladies for posting . Will keep an eye open for more ideas
I don't have much to add on top of what has been said, but thank you for such varied options for cutting a circle and comparison of different methods. You are competent, lucid, clear, and make great, helpful videos. Happy New Year to you. Daniel
Marie, Norm Abram (New Yankee Workshop) made a circle cutting jig with virtually no size limits. It’s the same as yours but his has an extension that’s part of the base with the pivot point set at the desired radius. He ran a slot from the blade to the end of the extension so you can lock the pivot point at the desired length. It also has a support leg at the end of the extension. 😀. Love your podcasts.
Your video came up on my search. Wife showed me a picture of a shelf that hangs on wall our daughter wants for Christmas. It's a circle and those have been my bane 😆. Going to give that first method a try!
I use a 1/2" straight bit on my router with a similar jig, cutting a 1/4" deep groove. I jigsaw the groove as you did leaving a small residual amount left of the groove. Lower the bit and ride on the shank to clean up the circle...works great with just one bit!
I like how you preview what you’re gonna do first, then you do it, and then you review what you’ve done at the end. Very nice instructional video. Thank you.
Loved your video and I think you have wonderful ideas. Not sure if you ever heard of the show the new yankee workshop it was a public television show and norm abrams who was the master carpenter did several of the jigs you display here back in the nineties. One was to make a round table top in a large piece of plywood and he did it with a bandsaw in one pass with similar results . Later on in another episode he took and remade the jig so he didn’t have to keep drilling holes all over the board for different sized table tops he made it so you could adjust it for multiple sized tops. He also did the router trick too. I think you’re both wonderful and very capable keep up the good work norm retired from the show but he still stays connected with the woodworking. Take care and god bless.
I was very glad to find your channel. needed to cut really small circle like 1.5" So I made your bandsaw jig and was quite pleased at the results. I am now making a modification to be able to slide the holding pin away and to the blade. This will give me some flexibility to make small to larger circlrcs
THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I am a newbie to routers, and I was building a replacement outdoor kitchen table for my Big Green Egg. I was completely stressing out about how to cut the hole perfectly as my table was largely already completed. I affixed my router to a thin board (method 1) and it worked absolutely perfectly!
Great video, Marie. I've watched a lot of these and I have a couple of comments to maybe give a little variation. On the first method, if you don't want the hole in the workpiece, step up the pivot end of the jig and double side tape a block to the workpiece and guide it from that. On the jigsaw method, I've seen a short pattern bit (bearing on top) used before flipping it over and then flip it and use the flush trim bit. I hope these help you. It was still a great video with your explanations and comparisons. Stay safe and well. BYW - my favorite is still your hexagon jig. Bill
Allo Marie, Fantastique job at creating a very useful video. So glad you do not follow the YT trend: Oh did a video on this I will do one too! Your videos are useful! What a concept! I loved that you offer different ways of doing the same job depending what tool one has at his disposition. Mind you you are sporting Rikon tool, so I bow to you (!). For the router option why not just ad a vacuum and extractor accessory to the router? All this google search for me is to cut a circle to make an open baffle speaker set. 5/4 curly cherry is not cheep so I am glad to have found your tutorial!!!
Always enjoy and learn new tricks from your shop. I've done the router with a guide a number of times but really dislike that cord snaking around and the multiple passes required. Never tried the bandsaw but fell in love with using my table saw. My jig is nowhere as large as yours but does work. Probably cranked out around 30 circles with the table saw in sizes from 24" down to around 5". Haven't been smart enough to hold down the wood with a hold down tool but think after watching you I'll change so that I can keep my fingers.
To increase the "reach" or the "depth" when cutting with the Router.... turn it over... doubling the thickness you can cut - yes a small ridge difference might appear near the middle... sand it off.. job done.
Just made a bandsaw circle cutting jig, only have a small hobby saw, followed how you did it, but mine does not have the miter slot, so have to use the fence. I knew what I wanted to do, but had no clue how to go about it. Your video was the tutorial I needed, thank you so much.
DIY Montreal, Thank You So MUCH for posting this video!!! I needed to make a wooden pulley around 6 & 3/4" in diameter. I made a jig similar to your bandsaw jig (made to fit my little Ryobi "hobby" band saw.....) and I was really impressed with how well it worked! Thank you again for making this vid, and sharing the info.
Le pouce bleu pour cette nouvelle vidéo qui donne envie. Toujours un vrai plaisir de vous regarder et de voir les techniques des autres. Merci et vivement la prochaine...
I like this video unfortunately I dont own a bandsaw but have a router as I make handrouted wood wall plaques and this method will come in handy for me. BTW was born in Montreal and moved to a small town called Rosemere and left there with my family in 1965. Love your videos.
I have a 10” sanding disk for my table saw. After cutting the circle as you showed I change out the saw blade for the sanding disk. Then once around and the lumps are gone and there are no burn marks. It does involve changing the blade but the results were worth it.
Excellent demonstration. I need to cut 2 table tops out of 2 inch thick white oak 18in in diameter for a customer of mine. All i have is a router and a table saw. Im thinking the router is my best option
Great video! I just made a lazy susan using the table saw method and it turned out perfect. I opted for that method because it was a big circle and I felt more comfortable making the cut on a table saw. I first attempted to make a circle cut with a jig saw and that was a fail cutting through hardwood!! Blade kept going all wonky. Thanks for your side by side comparisons.
This is a great video! Thank you very much DIT Montreal for posting! The 8 people who thumbs down this video must be very strong critics of something minor the rest of us never saw.
I have actually seen those, but no sure I trusted it! Some people attach their jigsaw to a piece of wood on one end, the n use a nail through the other end into the workpiece to act as a pivot point.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Your confidence is contagious so I’m going to attempt cutting circles on my bandsaw and router. I’ve successfully made them on my table saw but the smallest one so far is twelve inches in diameter. If I can cut smaller ones on the bandsaw that would be awesome.
Don't think I've seen a circle-cutting jig video that actually compares the various types... this is great!
Awesome, that's great! Thanks 😊
@@DIYMontreal Hey I need some help I've got a plunge router with a variable speed from 8000rpm to 26000rpm and I'm trying to cut though 3in of southern pine wood with a 4in long 1/2in shank and 1/2in round straight cut bit with double flutes but I can't seem to bite into the wood an I've tried speeds from 8000 - 26000 rpm I'm I just using the wrong bit or is it just not doable or should I use a spiral upcut bit
@@DREDKNOT2063 I think the issue is the straight bit. Especially if it's 1/2. I'm using a 1/4 spiral bit. This article might help you: www.woodcraft.com/blog_entries/spiral-router-bits-vs-straight-router-bits#
Straight to the facts, very informative.
This was amazing, thank you!
This works! This bandsaw jig is easy to make and use. I've watched many silent, wordless workshop videos that "show" the viewer what to do but but your verbal descriptions are far more helpful. So far I've only made one test circle but it seems obvious that making duplicate circles would not be a problem--my first project is making a tortilla press. Will update later. Thanks for posting!
Very informative and thorough. No incessant talking about things that don't pertain to the video/subject (like most RUclipsrs do). Love this so much!!! Thank you!!
The bandsaw method worked for me very well. For those who might be interested, I have enhanced the bandsaw jig by adding a T-Track that allows me to slide the "spindle" to set different radii.. As a result, I don't have to re-drill and can fine tune the radius. I also created a similar jig for the table saw that allows me to sand the edges of the circles I make on the bandsaw jig (Infinity Tools sells a 10" Sanding Disk).
Do you have a video of this? Would like to see the modifications. thanks
@@rod1148 I don't have a video but I did take some photos of the jigs. Unfortunately, I don't know how to get those to you. Let me know if there's an email address I can send them to.
Another simple, though rough, method that's budget friendly is using a string attached to a thumb tack at the center to draw the edge line, and then cutting with a jig saw. I used this method to make my Danish round shield and it came out plenty well enough, given that it was my first time. Your content is great, cheers fellow Montrealer!
Method 1, plunge router method, worked like a charm! I used an up spiral bit and alternated between clockwise and counterclockwise to manage the power cord. Seemed to work well. Loved that you added chapters to the video.
Wow this is an awesome video - slow and video detail on the cuts. Wish all router videos were like this :) thank you
I sooooooo enjoy you describing HOW TO make a jig or make anything. You are precise and not blabbing on and on.
I can’t thank you enough ❤for
Also went with method 1 - used a bungee cord to hang the power cable above so it wouldn't get in the way. And yeah that worked so slick! 4 perfect circles to make the wheels for my trojan rabbit - thanks for the tips!
You just helped me save a TON of time on several pieces of my designs! Thank you!!
Great delivery straight to camera and no BS. If you have endgrain tearout just build a jig for your disc sander - perfect circles and sanded as well !
Great video!
Norm from New Yankee Workshop made a bandsaw jig like yours but made it super wide, 3' or more if memory serves me right. He added a leg to support the massive overhand and did drill and tap the table but it did allow for some impressively large circles.
Wow! That's quite the jig! I love the bandsaw for small circles 👌🏻
Ive seen the same video from norm, made one for myself , works great
Your router idea using a scrap piece of plywood as a guide is going to save me a few bob when I cut a round 2 ft piece of wood to fit on top of upside down flower pots as a small table , worth a good drink . Thank you ladies for posting . Will keep an eye open for more ideas
I don't have much to add on top of what has been said, but thank you for such varied options for cutting a circle and comparison of different methods. You are competent, lucid, clear, and make great, helpful videos. Happy New Year to you. Daniel
love your videos.
The bandsaw method is quite elegant!
Marie, Norm Abram (New Yankee Workshop) made a circle cutting jig with virtually no size limits. It’s the same as yours but his has an extension that’s part of the base with the pivot point set at the desired radius. He ran a slot from the blade to the end of the extension so you can lock the pivot point at the desired length. It also has a support leg at the end of the extension.
😀. Love your podcasts.
Very useful 👍 information
This was great! Really straightforward and repeatable techniques. Can't wait to get back into my garage to use them!
Awesome, thanks! Enjoy
Your video came up on my search. Wife showed me a picture of a shelf that hangs on wall our daughter wants for Christmas. It's a circle and those have been my bane 😆. Going to give that first method a try!
Thank you! I followed your advice and made a jig for my router to cut a 36” round coffee table down to a 19” side table with really great results!
very very very excellent
Thanks for showing us all the little trouble spots. Good to know about the difficulties, as well as about the different options.
You bet! 👍🏻
Well presented. I learned something!
I use a 1/2" straight bit on my router with a similar jig, cutting a 1/4" deep groove. I jigsaw the groove as you did leaving a small residual amount left of the groove. Lower the bit and ride on the shank to clean up the circle...works great with just one bit!
Excellent video thanks Marie, I don’t own a bandsaw so I think the best way for me will be the router.
That's the method I used for the past few years and it works great 👍🏻
I liked those machines in your workshop
I like how you preview what you’re gonna do first, then you do it, and then you review what you’ve done at the end. Very nice instructional video. Thank you.
Loved your video and I think you have wonderful ideas. Not sure if you ever heard of the show the new yankee workshop it was a public television show and norm abrams who was the master carpenter did several of the jigs you display here back in the nineties. One was to make a round table top in a large piece of plywood and he did it with a bandsaw in one pass with similar results . Later on in another episode he took and remade the jig so he didn’t have to keep drilling holes all over the board for different sized table tops he made it so you could adjust it for multiple sized tops. He also did the router trick too. I think you’re both wonderful and very capable keep up the good work norm retired from the show but he still stays connected with the woodworking. Take care and god bless.
Great, thank you
Thanks!
Great vid - thanks
Very good. Lot's of tips and techniques that are very useful.
wow the last one dit not now that one!! thanks!!
I was very glad to find your channel.
needed to cut really small circle like 1.5"
So I made your bandsaw jig and was quite pleased at the results.
I am now making a modification to be able to slide the holding pin away and to the blade. This will give me some flexibility to make small to larger circlrcs
Awesome, glad the video was helpful 👍
THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I am a newbie to routers, and I was building a replacement outdoor kitchen table for my Big Green Egg. I was completely stressing out about how to cut the hole perfectly as my table was largely already completed. I affixed my router to a thin board (method 1) and it worked absolutely perfectly!
Danke für die Tipps
Great video, Marie. I've watched a lot of these and I have a couple of comments to maybe give a little variation. On the first method, if you don't want the hole in the workpiece, step up the pivot end of the jig and double side tape a block to the workpiece and guide it from that. On the jigsaw method, I've seen a short pattern bit (bearing on top) used before flipping it over and then flip it and use the flush trim bit. I hope these help you. It was still a great video with your explanations and comparisons. Stay safe and well. BYW - my favorite is still your hexagon jig.
Bill
This lady is amazing 🤩
Allo Marie, Fantastique job at creating a very useful video. So glad you do not follow the YT trend: Oh did a video on this I will do one too!
Your videos are useful! What a concept!
I loved that you offer different ways of doing the same job depending what tool one has at his disposition.
Mind you you are sporting Rikon tool, so I bow to you (!).
For the router option why not just ad a vacuum and extractor accessory to the router?
All this google search for me is to cut a circle to make an open baffle speaker set.
5/4 curly cherry is not cheep so I am glad to have found your tutorial!!!
It's definetly worth experimenting with different positions
excellent, thanks.
Always enjoy and learn new tricks from your shop. I've done the router with a guide a number of times but really dislike that cord snaking around and the multiple passes required. Never tried the bandsaw but fell in love with using my table saw. My jig is nowhere as large as yours but does work. Probably cranked out around 30 circles with the table saw in sizes from 24" down to around 5". Haven't been smart enough to hold down the wood with a hold down tool but think after watching you I'll change so that I can keep my fingers.
You rock!
Thanks for making this! Im new to wood working and this was exactly what I needed to learn how to cut discs.
To increase the "reach" or the "depth" when cutting with the Router.... turn it over... doubling the thickness you can cut - yes a small ridge difference might appear near the middle... sand it off.. job done.
Thanks for this video. Great ideas that I will certainly add to my ever-growing collection of jigs.
Excellent video
Nice work! 😎 🤘
Just made a bandsaw circle cutting jig, only have a small hobby saw, followed how you did it, but mine does not have the miter slot, so have to use the fence. I knew what I wanted to do, but had no clue how to go about it. Your video was the tutorial I needed, thank you so much.
Great work thank you
DIY Montreal, Thank You So MUCH for posting this video!!! I needed to make a wooden pulley around 6 & 3/4" in diameter. I made a jig similar to your bandsaw jig (made to fit my little Ryobi "hobby" band saw.....) and I was really impressed with how well it worked! Thank you again for making this vid, and sharing the info.
Wow. What a valuable video. This is the first one of yours I've seen, but it won't be the last. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing. Very helpful. I think I'll have a better curve next time.
I've never wanted to make a table... Until today. Great video!
I could watch you all day....
Le pouce bleu pour cette nouvelle vidéo qui donne envie. Toujours un vrai plaisir de vous regarder et de voir les techniques des autres. Merci et vivement la prochaine...
Merci!
I like this video unfortunately I dont own a bandsaw but have a router as I make handrouted wood wall plaques and this method will come in handy for me. BTW was born in Montreal and moved to a small town called Rosemere and left there with my family in 1965. Love your videos.
Wonderful
Your work in carpentry is amazing
Thank you so much!
Just got a new band saw and i'll be trying this method this weekend. Thanks for making it understandable.
That's great! Totally love the bandsaw method.
first time have seen your chanel
Amazing... i like your work. I am from indonesia
Your ban saw method is sweet! I can't wait to build my own jig. THANK YOU!
Very cool
A very informative and to the point video, madam.
Thank you and regards from England.
Thanks for showing us the different methods. Just ordered the upspiral bit you recommend. Thank you!
very good thank you
Guau. Señora, tiene mis respetos.
Great video😀 I always use the router circle jig. Safe and clean👍 Greetings from Norway🇳🇴
Love the way in which you present, explain and the speed. Just perfect!
Thanks for this lesson !!! very very Professional !!! 😊👍👍👍
Mind blowing technology with the table saw I like it thank u
I have a 10” sanding disk for my table saw. After cutting the circle as you showed I change out the saw blade for the sanding disk. Then once around and the lumps are gone and there are no burn marks. It does involve changing the blade but the results were worth it.
Thank you. Gonna go for method 1 for the thing I am making :)
accidentally you discovered how to cut a perfect polygon with that last technique, what a a great idea!
congratulations for that!
Excellent demonstration. I need to cut 2 table tops out of 2 inch thick white oak 18in in diameter for a customer of mine. All i have is a router and a table saw. Im thinking the router is my best option
Love the way u talk 💗 thank you
Thank you, very well done!
I have been enjoying your videos! Concise and clear. Thak you! Fellow Mtler
Great video! I just made a lazy susan using the table saw method and it turned out perfect. I opted for that method because it was a big circle and I felt more comfortable making the cut on a table saw. I first attempted to make a circle cut with a jig saw and that was a fail cutting through hardwood!! Blade kept going all wonky. Thanks for your side by side comparisons.
Stumbled on your video, decided to subscribe and thank-you, it was smashing! 😊 From the Brit in West Coast USA.
Hi, I love watching your videos,
I’m a beginner and learning a lot from your videos, Thank you 🙏
For sharing ❤️🙏👍
This is a great video! Thank you very much DIT Montreal for posting! The 8 people who thumbs down this video must be very strong critics of something minor the rest of us never saw.
Used your bandsaw concept and it worked perfectly !! You Rock !!!
Gracias me fue muy útil... Saludos desde Costa Rica....Thank you, it was very useful... Greetings from Costa Rica.
Nice job lady
Awesome! Can you show how to make a circle cutting jig using a jigsaw only? 😁👍
I have actually seen those, but no sure I trusted it! Some people attach their jigsaw to a piece of wood on one end, the n use a nail through the other end into the workpiece to act as a pivot point.
Great video! Much appreciated.
Good work
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Your confidence is contagious so I’m going to attempt cutting circles on my bandsaw and router. I’ve successfully made them on my table saw but the smallest one so far is twelve inches in diameter. If I can cut smaller ones on the bandsaw that would be awesome.
Thanks for sharing
Simply awesome. Inspiring and gave me the chops to make my curve cut. Thank you.
I didn't think about this - really very smart 4:00 Thank you.
Wow! Great ideas - glad I found this channel.
Awesome!
Thank you.
Very interesting and clear. Thank you 👴🏻🇦🇺
Thanks!
I actually learned a new trick 😁 THANKS!