Well done. Excellent video. Straight to the point. Well presented. No stupid music playing in the background. No lengthy, unnecessary intro. You've got this nailed! Keep doing it the way you're doing it. Thank you!
Great video, dumbed down to my level. Trying my hand at dadoes for the first time and wasn't going well, until I watched your tutorial... really appreciate you sharing with us, you saved me major time and frustration.
Great vidio Jeremy, I'm sure you will have helped many to do more exactly, easily what they want with a router. I think you should mention Why you you set up the fence on the left of the direction you intended to cut. In the order Jeremy did this the router was constantly pushed toward his tempory fence by the action of the router bit. I like to think of it like the bit is a rubber tyre and consider which way it will push the router about, therefore which side any guide or patern needs to be on to stop wandering about. Free hand routing can be fun.... for art... but never precise!
Great demonstration, as always. I love having a selection of both short and long format videos to watch so I can choose what makes sense for me at a given time. One tip I would add: get a clamping edge guide like the Bora, except buy the 50" one at Harbor Freight for like $12 or $15. They are EXCELLENT! It takes some getting used to before you quickly set the width just right (you'll see what I mean when you get one) but they are so much faster than two clamps and a straight edge. Taller profile for your saw or router to not slip over as well. I use mine all the time.
+Jon Miller Thanks! I really only use a router & guide a couple times a year, and I don't own a circular saw... I appreciate the suggestion but I don't think it would be worth the space it takes up in my shop. But thanks!
Fair enough, but it's the kind of tool that proves to be more useful than you expected before buying it. Mine stores nicely hanging with my 4 foot level.
Thank you Jeremy. I was trying to figure out and planning to build an optimum dado/grove jib as seen on Stumpy Nubs Woodworking Journal, but with just a $29 Johnson cutting guide, I don't have to build one yet, and have an optimum and very flexible system. All the homemade jigs are cut to a specific router AND bit, and if the bit wears, or the router OR bit is replaced with a different size, the jig is rendered useless. This method works for any size router and bit. I have an $88.00 set of machinist gauge blocks (.050" thru 4.00" in a sequence of lengths) that I can use for setting accurate size for the router bit. You are sharp to use 1018 cold rolled steel, as its tolerances are on the order of 0.002" to 0.004" small, and its straightness is very good.
great demo, thank you. one thing I am particular about is not laying power tools down until it has stopped. Powertools have an airflow through the motor and, if it is put down while still slowing down, it can suck sawdust, grit, etc off the surface which goes through the motor.
+Jevandtieriel John Thanks! That's probably a good idea, but I just don't see myself actually waiting for my tools to stop. I guess I don't take care of my tools as well as some people, but I admire those who do!
You, young man, are the living example of "work smarter, not harder" Keep it up and never let anyone tell you that you "can't" do it that way.Oh, and thanks for the tip. Well done. ;-)
As a new wood worker (2 years) I find that videos that skip over small details leave us searching other videos to figure out how to do something. I would think a producer of videos would not want that. I say this because even though I can figure it out on my own, I would of liked to see the highly critical setup of the first track. In other words, the way you came to know where to set your straight line. Again, I can figure it out and I’m only using this as an example of what one guys opinion is. Just giving some feedback that I hope helps in you channel. Thanks.
+Krzysztof Zieliński I actually have my router base a few thousandths off center so I can adjust the fit simply by turning the router. But the paper is a great idea too! Thanks!
Sonny, this is short and to the point! Dado I dream of it and watched so much and got a Router Bosch 1200AE but no Table! Will try to get one. No mention in the book at all! Like Your fine Video and is up with the best! Jigs I have to come but Dado I like, Pocket holes I need to try it!
Interesting, that is exactly the principle used by those odd tools called "Kerfmaker" and "Tenonmaker" marketed online awhile ago. My logo is a photo of my versions, wish you had published this when I was struggling to figure this out, great job.
Thanks for this. I'm in the process of building a workbench (has a miter station, a table saw, a planer and a jointer) Will be adding a router table to it in the future as well. I'm wanting to add stop blocks for the miter station but don't want a long fence to interfere with the planer setup. But putting some t-tracks into the top of the bench itself will allow me to have a stop blocks. I was wondering how I was gonna get dado's cut out for them but this method looks perfect, thank!
Good method... IF you can cut a straight line with a router holding it against a thin straight edge on only one side. If I tried that, I would get lots of wander. I would even get wander climbing over the straight edge from time to time. Some of us weekend warriors need jigs.
Um....that's just so.....so.....damn brilliant!! I don't know whether you cottoned on to this by yourself or saw it elsewhere (can't remember having read or seen this anywhere at all, myself) but thanks a heap for posting it!! You're gonna be a RUclips star!! But can I just get you to figure out how I can get some horizontal space in my workshop so that I can rout dados?? Thanks again.
Blimey, how old school is old school? Been annoying myself for thirty years reading about setups and I can't remember having seen this.... Oh, I know now why not!!! My memory is tapped and I just get myself to recall this....sigh. Still remember though that I keep leaving crap around and that I have a shortage of those handy horizontal surfaces....!!
+cognitor900 Thanks! I haven't seen this anywhere else, but I have no proof that I'm the first to do it! And here's a video on getting back your horizontal space :) ruclips.net/video/0HPNfQJNBYI/видео.html
very helpful! Thought of one thing that would help novices like me with starting the router into the crosscut -- a longer straightedge would guide the router as you start the cut. One question though -- at 52" mark, how did you determine the distance between right edge of dado and right edge of straightedge?? I'm assuming it's the radius of the router base to the center of the router bit?? Thanks, Jeremy, for a simple easy to follow tip! (Plus, a well-done dado joint beats a kreg fastened joint anytime!)
This is well demonstrated, and while I may agree, doing this for many dados is going to be extremely time consuming. Most dados can be made with jigs which would be a lot faster setting up.
You can buy brass gauge blocks several places on the internet ....they come in standard widths (not too expensive either!). If you use a router bit that matches one of the gauge blocks you'll be all set.
another key element here is your work table must be very straight and true. (right angles) and should be one sheet of wood or well joined table.. this is a common sense way of making exact width dados..I personally would use a little thicker bar it could jump.. I have a plastic level I'll try out and it would not be an exact width but could you do this with a piece of hardwood..like oak about 4 inches wide and using a square to keep the alignment.. your comments back are welcome.. I have to build jigs to build jigs and I would rather not I do like the old fashioned way of doing things very clever.
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Perfect! I wasn’t looking for a jig; I was looking for a method! And this one suits my needs perfectly.
After looking at over a dozen+ dado jig videos I came across this and it worked out perfectly for a 1-3/4" miter/t-track combo. Thanks again!
Well done. Excellent video. Straight to the point. Well presented. No stupid music playing in the background. No lengthy, unnecessary intro. You've got this nailed! Keep doing it the way you're doing it. Thank you!
+kevinb2014
Thanks for the feedback!
Smart method Jer, and well demonstrated :)
+John Heisz
Thank you!
Jeremy Schmidt : Jer, : I think your dado is too deep...why cut away 1/2 of your main material ?
Mike Johnson how deep should it be?
Great video, dumbed down to my level. Trying my hand at dadoes for the first time and wasn't going well, until I watched your tutorial... really appreciate you sharing with us, you saved me major time and frustration.
I just stumbled onto this about 10 months after you put it up. Excellent idea and great explanation. Thanks!
+David K.
Thanks!
Great vidio Jeremy, I'm sure you will have helped many to do more exactly, easily what they want with a router.
I think you should mention Why you you set up the fence on the left of the direction you intended to cut.
In the order Jeremy did this the router was constantly pushed toward his tempory fence by the action of the router bit.
I like to think of it like the bit is a rubber tyre and consider which way it will push the router about, therefore which side any guide or patern needs to be on to stop wandering about.
Free hand routing can be fun.... for art... but never precise!
perfect tutorial. most woodworking doesn't require a ruler. just story sticks. thanks for sharing.
Great job young man! Measurement is the enemy of accuracy. You provided us with a great tip related to that axiom.
+Steven Rochon
"Measurement is the enemy of accuracy." Well said, I think I'll remember that! Thanks!
Brilliant! Probably the best method I’ve seen, this will be the one I use.
Great demonstration, as always. I love having a selection of both short and long format videos to watch so I can choose what makes sense for me at a given time.
One tip I would add: get a clamping edge guide like the Bora, except buy the 50" one at Harbor Freight for like $12 or $15. They are EXCELLENT! It takes some getting used to before you quickly set the width just right (you'll see what I mean when you get one) but they are so much faster than two clamps and a straight edge. Taller profile for your saw or router to not slip over as well. I use mine all the time.
+Jon Miller
Thanks!
I really only use a router & guide a couple times a year, and I don't own a circular saw... I appreciate the suggestion but I don't think it would be worth the space it takes up in my shop. But thanks!
Fair enough, but it's the kind of tool that proves to be more useful than you expected before buying it. Mine stores nicely hanging with my 4 foot level.
I've been doing this for over 30 years and it works like a charm.
+Nicholas Fox
Awesome! 👍
Thank you Jeremy. I was trying to figure out and planning to build an optimum dado/grove jib as seen on Stumpy Nubs Woodworking Journal, but with just a $29 Johnson cutting guide, I don't have to build one yet, and have an optimum and very flexible system.
All the homemade jigs are cut to a specific router AND bit, and if the bit wears, or the router OR bit is replaced with a different size, the jig is rendered useless. This method works for any size router and bit.
I have an $88.00 set of machinist gauge blocks (.050" thru 4.00" in a sequence of lengths) that I can use for setting accurate size for the router bit.
You are sharp to use 1018 cold rolled steel, as its tolerances are on the order of 0.002" to 0.004" small, and its straightness is very good.
"I don't have a jig, but I have a method" That's gotta be one of the most dramatically enticing intros ever! Great video, a good little tip
That is what I say to the women in bars! Works like a charm ;)
This is great! So simple, yet effective.
I just used this method today and it worked great. I got a perfect fit. Thanks!
Great method and demo! Thanks a lot for sharing!
+Uwe Born
Thanks!
great demo, thank you. one thing I am particular about is not laying power tools down until it has stopped. Powertools have an airflow through the motor and, if it is put down while still slowing down, it can suck sawdust, grit, etc off the surface which goes through the motor.
+Jevandtieriel John
Thanks!
That's probably a good idea, but I just don't see myself actually waiting for my tools to stop. I guess I don't take care of my tools as well as some people, but I admire those who do!
Simple but effective solution. Simplicity is the basis of genious solutions. Nice video, thanks!
+Mienecus
Thank you!
Very good explanation and demonstration. Very clever too!
Thanks for sharing!
brilliant! This will have me looking for projects that need dados. Thanks for sharing
You, young man, are the living example of "work smarter, not harder" Keep it up and never let anyone tell you that you "can't" do it that way.Oh, and thanks for the tip. Well done. ;-)
+Andru Earl
Thanks! :)
Your stuff is really well presented. Good job!
Jeremy, you are a wizard. Thanks for the videos.
couldn't be demonstrated better.
Thank you.
Simple solution to a complex procedure, ( at least for me) I like it. Thanks
Very Innovative solution for a perfect dado. Thanks for sharing.
+Bakthavathsal Kadambi
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing some old school know-how
Great stuff for sure
Another ingenious solution to a common problem. Well done.
+Jim Hester
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing a great idea, just what a newbie like me needed.
Bravo sir. Just awesome.
Really good method, this is one of those ideas that's so simple I'm annoyed I didn't think of it on my own!
+Chris Hardy
Thanks!
Great tip. Thanks for sharing. One less jig to have to store.
Mirror the comments of the other viewers......nice technique, very well demonstrated. Keep it up and you'll keep your subscribers.
Nicely presented Jeremy.
That was awesome! So simple! Thank you very much.
Smart and simple....thumb up for you!
Nicely done Jeremy, Thank you!
+Mike Caffery
Thanks!
As a new wood worker (2 years) I find that videos that skip over small details leave us searching other videos to figure out how to do something. I would think a producer of videos would not want that. I say this because even though I can figure it out on my own, I would of liked to see the highly critical setup of the first track. In other words, the way you came to know where to set your straight line. Again, I can figure it out and I’m only using this as an example of what one guys opinion is. Just giving some feedback that I hope helps in you channel. Thanks.
That's slick, nicely done!
Nice tip. Thanks for posting it!
Very nicely done! I will give it a try.
Holy Moly that was simple... Thanks, Jer for that video and to think all these years I've been doing it the most difficult way... lol
Super explanation and demo. Just a great job.
+Jeff Stanley
Thanks!
Very clever! Thanks for sharing
Awesome Tip!!!! Thanks for the info. Great video.
Great to show it. If you put a peace of paper or two to in between your spacers you will get tight fit that sometimes is better.
Cheers.
+Krzysztof Zieliński
I actually have my router base a few thousandths off center so I can adjust the fit simply by turning the router. But the paper is a great idea too! Thanks!
No math just magic!
+Matthew Cremona
Very dusty magic. Thanks! :)
nooo, i wanted to be complicated
Sonny, this is short and to the point! Dado I dream of it and watched so much and got a Router Bosch 1200AE but no Table! Will try to get one. No mention in the book at all! Like Your fine Video and is up with the best! Jigs I have to come but Dado I like, Pocket holes I need to try it!
Nice technique Jeremy. I'll be cutting my slots like this from now on. Thumbs up.
Thank you for this, it will make an upcoming project of mine a lot easier!
yes this is exactly why I Wath youtube 👍
It's why I wath Youthube thoo!
Great job! Very simple and very effective.. keep it up!
necessity the mother of all inventions Great idea
Interesting, that is exactly the principle used by those odd tools called "Kerfmaker" and "Tenonmaker" marketed online awhile ago. My logo is a photo of my versions, wish you had published this when I was struggling to figure this out, great job.
NIcely done - and nicely demonstrated.
Great video, to the point and clear!
Thanks for this. I'm in the process of building a workbench (has a miter station, a table saw, a planer and a jointer) Will be adding a router table to it in the future as well. I'm wanting to add stop blocks for the miter station but don't want a long fence to interfere with the planer setup. But putting some t-tracks into the top of the bench itself will allow me to have a stop blocks. I was wondering how I was gonna get dado's cut out for them but this method looks perfect, thank!
Nicely done!
Good job and explanation on set the up.
Very simple and clever.
Now this was type of video I was looking for to make dado’s with a router
Nice job and great thinking
Simple, well thought! Thx for the tip!
Top job Jeremy.
+Happytrippyhippy
Thanks!
Good Job, congratulations!
Good method... IF you can cut a straight line with a router holding it against a thin straight edge on only one side. If I tried that, I would get lots of wander. I would even get wander climbing over the straight edge from time to time.
Some of us weekend warriors need jigs.
Letting the wood blocks and metal pieces do the math. This was really helpful. Thanks!
+Gordon Thiesfeld
Thanks for watching! :)
Smart thinking! Thanks.
You're a genius! Great idea
easy n simple, Thanks Jer
Quite clever, thanks!
Um....that's just so.....so.....damn brilliant!!
I don't know whether you cottoned on to this by yourself or saw it elsewhere (can't remember having read or seen this anywhere at all, myself) but thanks a heap for posting it!!
You're gonna be a RUclips star!!
But can I just get you to figure out how I can get some horizontal space in my workshop so that I can rout dados??
Thanks again.
Blimey, how old school is old school? Been annoying myself for thirty years reading about setups and I can't remember having seen this.... Oh, I know now why not!!! My memory is tapped and I just get myself to recall this....sigh.
Still remember though that I keep leaving crap around and that I have a shortage of those handy horizontal surfaces....!!
+cognitor900
Thanks! I haven't seen this anywhere else, but I have no proof that I'm the first to do it!
And here's a video on getting back your horizontal space :) ruclips.net/video/0HPNfQJNBYI/видео.html
good stuff man!! definitely gonna give it a try next time i need dados.thanks for sharing ideas.
+Joe basementwoodworking
Thanks!
Jeremy Schmidt always!!
very helpful! Thought of one thing that would help novices like me with starting the router into the crosscut -- a longer straightedge would guide the router as you start the cut. One question though -- at 52" mark, how did you determine the distance between right edge of dado and right edge of straightedge?? I'm assuming it's the radius of the router base to the center of the router bit?? Thanks, Jeremy, for a simple easy to follow tip! (Plus, a well-done dado joint beats a kreg fastened joint anytime!)
Very nice. Worked!
This is nothing short of genius, I think dados are longer going to be my nemesis!
This is well demonstrated, and while I may agree, doing this for many dados is going to be extremely time consuming. Most dados can be made with jigs which would be a lot faster setting up.
Great tip! Very smart.
Nicely done. Thank you :)
So simple. So clever. 👍
Great jig-less set up!
Good tip and good video.
Great video! A method that has as few measurements as possible - which is always best.
+kentchr76
Thanks!
Clever!
+Andrew Klein
Thanks!
nice idea Jeremy!
Great tip, thanks!
Outstanding.
Fantastic!
Nice presentation and a great technique! I also happen to have the same router and clamps :)
simple and accurate great idea
nice system. I love it. you have awesome information and you are very creative.
+Fernando Rosales
Thanks!
Great tip bud thank you.
Dobra robota przyjacielu :)
BRILLIANT!
Great suggestion!
Very clever. Now to track down some material the exact width of my router bit(s)
You could probably use the bit itself and clamp one side at a time.
You can buy brass gauge blocks several places on the internet ....they come in standard widths (not too expensive either!). If you use a router bit that matches one of the gauge blocks you'll be all set.
thank you
Pretty cool Jeremy!
+GuysWoodshop
Thanks!
another key element here is your work table must be very straight and true. (right angles) and should be one sheet of wood or well joined table.. this is a common sense way of making exact width dados..I personally would use a little thicker bar it could jump.. I have a plastic level I'll try out and it would not be an exact width but could you do this with a piece of hardwood..like oak about 4 inches wide and using a square to keep the alignment.. your comments back are welcome.. I have to build jigs to build jigs and I would rather not I do like the old fashioned way of doing things very clever.