Go ahead and just hand cut one! I bet you will be pleasantly surprised and love it so much, you will never go back to a router. Can’t wait to get this tool thank you for the demo :-)
It just seems to me that Woodpeckers make beautifully crafted show tools that are redundant with the tools and methods I've been using for years. When I think critically about these tools, I often come to the conclusion that a layout or technique I may use once in a blue moon can't justify the cost of a new tool when I'm already satisfied with the way I do it. In fact, I made my own dovetail saddle square 18 years ago by braising two pieces of steel at an inside right angle and filing one leg to the rise:run ratio I used most for dovetails. For any other ratio, I set my sliding bevel gauge off the edge of a piece of scrap plywood onto which I have laid out my desired rise and run. I am actually a tool junkie and OCD too, but I won't buy a tool that doesn't solve a need. It's like the moon roof in my car; I realized this week that I never even open it.
Hey smart guy, @3:42 why not put the wood you are fiddling with flat on the table saw and then stand up the piece that is currently flat? Just so you know, my 10yr old daughter asked me why this guy is struggling with such a simple thing.
I love woodpeckers but this is the last tool I'd use to lay out dovetails. A simple wooden layout dovetail tool can mark out the pitch and 90 degree in one step for much cheaper
The little one is a Starrett and the bigger one is a Groz. Just to be clear...they're dividers, not compasses. Not a huge difference, but you want to be able to "poke" instead of mark.
There will be no metric version of the Joiner's Combination Squares, but the iNDexable Combination Squares are available in metric now. www.woodpeck.com/in-dexable-combination-double-squares.html
@@WoodpeckersLLC What spacing did you finally adopt for the indexing holes and the scribing guide? I cannot see any mention on the web site. 32mm? Please not 25.4mm!!!!!
Go ahead and just hand cut one! I bet you will be pleasantly surprised and love it so much, you will never go back to a router. Can’t wait to get this tool thank you for the demo :-)
Oh, I have. On several occasions. I'm just not ready to do it in front of a camera yet!
I did enjoy your marking demonstration. Thank you.
WOW! What fantastic lessen.
Thanks. I really needed this instruction
That was really great instruction - thank you! I love your enthusiasm!
Great video, and very informative! I can’t wait til I’m good enough to master these things. 👍🏼
I'm eagerly awaiting my square so I can get started doing this type of joinery...
Dang it! Now another tool I want.
It just seems to me that Woodpeckers make beautifully crafted show tools that are redundant with the tools and methods I've been using for years. When I think critically about these tools, I often come to the conclusion that a layout or technique I may use once in a blue moon can't justify the cost of a new tool when I'm already satisfied with the way I do it. In fact, I made my own dovetail saddle square 18 years ago by braising two pieces of steel at an inside right angle and filing one leg to the rise:run ratio I used most for dovetails. For any other ratio, I set my sliding bevel gauge off the edge of a piece of scrap plywood onto which I have laid out my desired rise and run. I am actually a tool junkie and OCD too, but I won't buy a tool that doesn't solve a need. It's like the moon roof in my car; I realized this week that I never even open it.
After watching this video I think we’ve come up with an answer to the question asked at the Woodpeckers product meeting.
How do you keep your shop that clean and organized?
You should see the pile of stuff a foot out of the camera frame!
They probably don’t use it
Hey smart guy, @3:42 why not put the wood you are fiddling with flat on the table saw and then stand up the piece that is currently flat? Just so you know, my 10yr old daughter asked me why this guy is struggling with such a simple thing.
That is exactly what I was showing. The fence gives you a second reference so you have a 90 degree stop in both directions.
I love woodpeckers but this is the last tool I'd use to lay out dovetails.
A simple wooden layout dovetail tool can mark out the pitch and 90 degree in one step for much cheaper
Do you recommend any videos showing this technique
@@vtlynch92 look up Paul Sellers Dovetail guide.
Paul sellers or on the other side of the pond Rob Cosman
Do the heads work with the blade from your
in-Dexable combination squares?
Yes, the MINI iNDexables use the same blades.
Great instruction. Thank you.
What compass is that?
The little one is a Starrett and the bigger one is a Groz. Just to be clear...they're dividers, not compasses. Not a huge difference, but you want to be able to "poke" instead of mark.
Two years waiting for the metric version, when will it happen already 🙈
There will be no metric version of the Joiner's Combination Squares, but the iNDexable Combination Squares are available in metric now. www.woodpeck.com/in-dexable-combination-double-squares.html
Please do a quick tour of the metric version. Thanks
@@WoodpeckersLLC What spacing did you finally adopt for the indexing holes and the scribing guide? I cannot see any mention on the web site. 32mm? Please not 25.4mm!!!!!
Use a marking gauge so you don’t have to make a pencil mark and then a marking knife.
If woodpeckers could lower the price of their tools they would increase sales 10 fold. I like your stuff but out of my league price wise