If people don't like precision they can go somewhere else to get their woodworking content. Keep doing you William, there are plenty of us that appreciate it.
You are the best I've seen on TH-cam. Keep going- I love it. I'm a retired engineer and understand what you talking about. You are a great teacher----the world needs more people like you.
William you have done it again! I have been hating all the 'So long as both sides add up to 90° it will be fine' videos. I found this video yesterday but the sound was not working for me, but thank goodness it was fine today. Now I have an approach to achieving acceptable accuracy, and I offer my sincere thanks for demonstrating it. I started my working life as a toolmaker, and finished it running the external instrument calibration and repair contract at Ford UK Product Development, so it is important to me to be as accurate as is reasonably possible. I am enjoying working with wood in my retirement despite the frustrations it has with it being impossible to work to the tolerances I was used to, and even when you got it close, a week later it would be miles out. But that is no reason not to do our best, and I thank you for giving us the tools make that 'best' a whole lot closer than other TH-cam channel presenters offer us.
I am an engineer (also retired as another poster mentioned) and I appreciate your focus on precision and using math where appropriate. Never apologize for that. Those who don’t care about precision or who didn’t pay attention in high school trig class can go elsewhere as there are a lot of “close enough” videos on youtube for folks like that. You appeal to folks who want to be the best they can be. Ignore the folks who are in the “mediocre is good enough” camp as they have many other youtube contributors they can watch.
William, please ignore all idiots, all you are doing is trying to help people and that to me is being a gentleman and I truely thankyou for all your posts and the time you put in to share your valuable experiance with the lesser wood workers amongst us from Garry in the UK
Don't EVER let people with negative attitudes stop you from doing what you are passionate about. You a master craftsman, and the only reason why they make negative comments is because they are envious of your ability and passion. If they were true artists, they would add to the community, not subtract from it. We are all learning an immense amount from you, and are very appreciative of everything you are doing and giving. Thank you so much!
Recently I discovered your tutorials , your delivery is excellent , your sense of humor clean , and the knowledge of experience impossible to assign a price to . Sadly there are people so uncouth , so ignorant , so arrogant and self absorbed who make it a mission to show the rest of humanity the ugly side and mean spirited nature of their character , as they have with you William . But as others have stated , there many more of us who enjoy learning from you than exist of those who have behaved so appallingly towards you . Thank you for sharing with us , you valuable knowledge and experience.
I watched your 5 cut video. Finally, here is someone who knows what he is doing. Never apologize for doing something right. It all made perfect sense to me. Too many folks get on TH-cam and it is obvious from the start they don’t know which way is up. Thanks for doing it right!
4 1/2 years later this and the 5 cut method vid are superb and have got me to a level of accuracy I had only dreamt of. I have used both vids several times. Keep doing what you're doing and ignore the fools.
I've been a woodworker for over 50yrs and this is the easiest and less complicated way of making a miter slide I have ever seen. Thanks. Plus who said an old dog couldn't learn something new and this is why I'm here.
You're a woodworking genius. Don't let the negative life haters stop you. Lot's more people get great benefit from you, and others that share their knowledge.
William keep doing what you do. Don't waste your time on those haters-we love you the way you are.I think I learned more from your videos, then, in my wood class in HS. Keep up the great work
You could say that it is an in depth video but I love it. Whenever I need to build a sled or someone asks for advice on building one, I always send them over to your video. The explanation is excellent! Thanks for this video as well, its a big help. Have a great day!
I agree. Not everyone needs to be so precise, but when you do, it is nice to know there is someone like you teaching us how. Thank you for showing us your techniques. I think math teachers would be smart to show your videos to students who don’t think they will ever have a use for the formulas they are learning. You may spark their interest.
Thanks for the heads up about haters! I didn't quite understand the 5 cut method the first time I watched, but I watched it again and it makes total sense now! Don't give the boneheads any credence. Love this crosscut miter sled, I will definitely be adding this to my sled when I make it! Thanks!
Viewing this almost exactly 3 years after it was made. This 2-cut method for the miter sled, and the 5-cut method for the cross-cut sled is so well explained and so straightforward, who wouldn't want to put this little extra effort in to make perfect 90s and 45s?
William, you are an encourager and good teacher of work working. thanks for creating such instructional videos. it is hard to believe that you had received negative comments. thanks for what you do and teach.
Please continue with your method of teaching and instruction, it is the best I have found. I'm a retired machinist and finally got around to building my cross cut sled in the past few weeks using your methods, it is fantastic the results that are achievable are heartwarming to a guy that has dealt with .001" and less for the past 25 years on a daily basis. This kind of accuracy in wood working really peaks my interest and keeps me excited about a wonderful hobby. Thank you for all that you have given us as a teacher and a craftsman.
I don't understand why you received any hate mail. Your first video as well as this one are teaching masterpieces. Well described and easy to understand. Please continue your instructional videos. They are a joy to watch and I always learn something.
Great video, I love the math explanations for your projects. The haters are probably the ones who didn't pay attention during math class in high school.
Hey I didn't pay attention in math but I recognize an excellent tutorial when I see one. I regret my math shortcomings almost daily. Now if only someone as clear and informative could instruct me on the geometry of testing paraboloidal mirrors.
Don’t make it simple for the trolls. Your level of knowledge is more like the wood whisperer and not Steve Ramsey. I watch both of those guys for very different reasons. Teach what you want at the level you want. Your 5 cut explaination was the only time I understood that method. My jig is less than .0001 off and I love it.
Thanks for the great video William. Please do not entertain the negative comments because there are a lot of individuals like myself that truly appreciate your attention to detail and precision. You have a great, calm speaking manner which is great for students to learn from. Keep up the great work.
I make frames for my paintings and have trouble getting corner cuts precise. I watched your video a couple of times and went to the basement to build one. When both sides of my little triangle measured identical to the one-thousandth, I thought I must have measured the same side twice. Nope, it was perfect, first try. Thank you for excellent instruction. Oh, and I appreciate the math.
HaHaHa. Always good to hear, that's why I have to label it "A" and "B" I get disoriented very quickly and sometimes measure the same side. Thanks for your comment and appreciate taking the time to write and watch.
A sloppy made frame can make even a great painting look bad. Good for you making your own frames. I am new to this so I appreciate some like William who takes the time to explain how to make them right.
I'm sorry, don't read comments. I was amazed of how accurate your work is, and that's a bar I'd like to reach. Thanks for taking the time to make videos, and sharing your skills with us.
As of today 263,000 views and 112 downvotes. That’s .04 percent that view it downvote it. That’s 1 for every 2500 views. Now think about if you watch 2500 videos dont you think that your thumb would accidentally hit the downvote at least once while your navigating various videos.
@@justinkemeter Your comment turns out to be interesting in that a month later another 16,000 people have viewed the video, so there are still a lot of people making use of William's methods. If anything, I think the rational behind perfect mitre sled angles is even more clever than William's five cut cross cut sled method, and that is really saying something. It irks me terribly when other woodworking channels insist that individual 45° are not important so long as the two sides add up to 90°. It is sloppy and lazy, but mostly down to them not being clever enough to do it right. Huge respect to William, and shame on Steve Ramsey (one of the haters) for touting substandard instruction videos.
Fantastic video, well explained, easy to follow without a ton of fluff. Those haters who don’t understand don’t deserve your excellent knowledge. You’ve made me a subscriber after one video, thank you!
Hi William, I am new to the channel but this is exactly the kind of content I want to find as I am an experienced woodworker just wanting to learn more. Anyone who can't or doesn't want to back up their methods with math/science isn't the kind of person I want to take advice from. TH-cam is littered with newbie videos and guys/gals with shops full of sponsored gear but who don't know what they're doing. Your channel is for serious carpenters and woodworkers and I'm glad for it. Cheers.
William, you're right haters gonna hate!!! Ignore them! Very few people on youtube that I actually remember their name, yours being one of them. I just recently bought a house and purchased a used table saw and after searching for how to clean it up, I did a search for your name so I could find that 5 cut video! I WILL be using it when I build my miter sled! Thank you so much!!!
Your "five cuts" is the first video I watched from your experience. It was an excellent tutorial on sled making. Thx. Social media will always have it detractors. "Dust your feet" and keep walking! You have much to share and like most of us tuning in, we appreciate your lectures.😎
I have always loved every video you put out. William don't listen to those trolls. I once edited an video from a young woodworker and tried to warn him of grave errors he was making. One so serious he was lifting a piece of plywood while the table saw was running. No riving knife was attached. I warned him of the danger he was creating. I had several trolls tell me I was wrong to correct him.
Absolutely CONTINUE to be as informative and detailed as you have been with your videos. I wish more content providers were this professional with their content, but not everyone works to the same standard and we all can accept that. For those that want "fun" without understanding function can watch someone else. Thank you for all you provide!
I watched your video a few years ago but wasn't ready to make a sled. I was so impressed with your method that I remembered it and came looking for you. So glad I found you again now that I'm ready to make one. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Just ignore the nay-sayers.
First sled I built is a direct copy of the one from 5 cuts. The background "math" is essential for those of us who actually want to learn the How of what you do, this allows us to work from principles we understand, rather than trying to follow a recipe. From understanding comes problem solving, which ultimately allows us to create our own solutions. Please keep up what you do, way better to smarten the audience up than to dumb down the content. Thanks for sharing and cheers from BC!
Now *that* is a refreshingly clear, lucid lesson on making a miter sled, especially the calculation at the end for getting it dead nuts accurate. *Awesome* job! Thank you! Can't wait for some warmer weather so I can make a sled like this!
I first saw your 5 cut method about 2 years ago and have seen it elsewhere but always remember your video as a lesson from the master, well presented and easy to follow. As far as negative comments go I am sure they can be measured in 0.0001 as well. So now I go forth to apply the William NG method. Thank you so much.
You're correct. Haters gonna hate. Don't ever let them get to you. Be true to yourself. For all true craftspersons, your videos are truly instructive. Professionally presented and produced, with wonderful content. Thank you for sharing your perfect table saw sled methods. They remove all the guesswork, allowing anyone to dial-in a table saw in a very straightforward manner.
Mr. Ng you are a gentleman and a scholar! You keep,doing EXACTLY what you're doing as it's been very very helpful to me and many others I see by their comments about you on THEIR channels. I feel super sorry for those that have nothing better to do than be negative.
First, Merry Christmas! I don’t usually comment on videos, but after watching several of yours, I want to. Thank you for taking the time to make your videos and showing everyone that there is more than one way of doing most things, and that if you put in a little more work on the front end, you won’t have problems on the back end, or at least as many. I have been in home building & renovations, for the past twenty years, and build most of our cabinetry and doors. The little adjustments you are taking the time to do up front, make the installation, and use of the final product, much better. A lot of contractors have a hard time understanding this simple concept. Thanks again and keep the videos coming.
I wouldn't worry about the haters. It seems some people struggle with math, and have learned to hate it. I've been a woodworker for nearly 50 years, and who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I just found your video on the table saw sled, which led me to this video. Both are excellent. It's clear you are a teacher. I'll be watching more. Thanks!
This is the first time I ever comment on TH-cam. I want to send you my support. You're the man. Don't worry about the trolls. They will never be like you. I thought your explanation and math were very interesting and useful. Thank your for taking your time to explain things so clearly. Please post more videos. Please teach me more.
Mr. Ng, here's the thing with regard to your videos, math, and people complaining about difficulty. Screw 'em! You're demonstrating precision ways to make jigs so that using them will result in precise results. There's a reason why 5,000+ liked your video. I kinda struggled with you 5-cut method of squaring the fence to the blade and once I slowed down and did the simple math and went step-by-step, I was able to square my fence to < .0005" after the 2nd attempt. This has helped me make safe and precise cuts quickly. There's always gonna be some whiners and complainers on TH-cam, but you'll rarely if at all see those people posting videos that are better. Again, examine the complaint. People seem to be too lazy to strive towards higher quality work and would rather accept non-squared cuts as 'good enough'. Oh well, let them do their thing. You had magazines calling you to cite your work and as of today, 02 Aug. 19 @ 2044hrs, you have
I enjoy your videos, but I knew I would as soon as I saw you using calipers an speaking in thousands of an inch. I recently acquired a large heavy ornate picture frame and wanted to cut it down, so, I built your miter jig, it worked like a dream. Thanks so much for your video, you taught this 74 year old dog a new way to do things.
Haters are just jealous. what you are doing is invaluable. You might ask what they are doing to help others. Obviously these are people with small minds! keep doing what you do. I have been in woodworking for over 40 years and I'm still learning everyday.
This modern world has many ' not so nice ' people living in it . They are given over to self indulgence and immediate gratification . I hope you disregard these people. Your videos are superb visual insights into how a master craftsman applies logic and reasoning to the various problems which we woodworkers all face . Keep up the great work .
Great sled videos Mr Ng, especially for beginners, as for those who find simple math beyond their capabilities and intelligence, well they maybe shouldn’t be allowed to be using sharp power tools or even butter knifes and spoons without supervision. Im an old retired pro, still have the shop just don’t work in it ten hours a day anymore and I believe your videos should be required viewing for every high school shop class in the country. Great job sir keep them coming.
Greetings Mr. Ng Thank you. I appreciate your knowledge, skill, patience, willingness to risk, sense of humor, and the quality of your work. The tools I can afford are not of the quality to which you have access, however, following your guidance, I believe I can attain similar degrees of accuracy and precision. Over the course of this winter, I have not had access to my power tools, so I have made use of the time to watch dozens of projects and instructional videos on TH-cam and I have begun to develop my skill using non-powered hand tools to make several projects. I am looking forward to implementing many of the techniques I have studied. Thanks again for the quality of your presentations. I look forward to learning more from you. Handy Andy PS - thank you for following a no sound track policy.
Master Ng, You are my go-to woodworking professor. My one comment concerns the wood runners; no matter what wood I use, invariable they swell or shrink...-stuck in the morning, loose in the afternoon. I have forever forsaken wood runners. The store-bought UHMW runners are expensive ($30 a pair!)...my local Plastics company sells cut offs from their scape bin by the pound. One scape piece of UHMW resulted in 4 pair of runners...I paid$1.89...just wanted to share with my woodworking brothers and sisters out there! Thank you for the best professional, insightful and educational woodworking videos on TH-cam!
William, your method and presentation are exceptional. I fully appreciate the time and effort you have put forth in sharing your knowledge with us. Please continue, and know that the material that you are providing is put to good use.
Wow! This is the first video of yours that I have viewed. Absolutely brilliant! I love precision and it's an honour to watch and learn from your video. Anyone who hates your content either doesn't have the intelligence to understand what you're saying and doing or doesn't want to improve their performance. Thank you for posting. I've just subscribed and will be checking out your other videos. 👍
Not really a woodworker but, a carpenter amongst all other things residential, and this video was all I need to get around my Discalculia and still be able to get a good working sled/miter for my portable saw!
Dear Mr Ng: I am so sorry you had to be insulted by people who dislike math. You put in an amazing amount of thought and work just for our benefit. I don't get it. People would never admit they never got the whole reading thing, or ..."sorry, I sign my name with an X." ......just never got along with writing or typing or the alphabet. But they think its perfectly OK not to understand 8th grade mathematics. How did they get their HS diploma. And if you cant do middle school math remember the Fifth Amendment: You aren't required to admit to the the whole world what you cant do. I brought your new video with the miter cuts and the A and B similar isosceles right triangles to my colleges here and we had a very good time marvelling at the genius of woodworkers. You, Mr Ng, are making the world better for all of us.
Mr Ng. Happy to see you doing your part.!! Hope life is well for you. Keep giving us this technical stuff for those of us that went to a non governmental non California school.!!
Thank you sir, you are an EXCELLENT teacher in woodworking and I very much appreciate the attention to detail and your aim for precision work, even in woodworking. Also thank you very much for your 5 cut method; your video and explanation was very easy to follow and rather simple yet quite ingenious. I now finally have a sled I can trust to within a tho and I couldn't be happier, no more frustration with not being able to simply make a perfectly square cut!! (that was getting annoying....). Please keep up the videos as long as you can and ignore the trolls. The vast majority of us highly appreciate your content and your teaching style. THANK YOU!!!
This is an excellent tutorial that is clear and simple to follow. Your stuff is great so please ignore the "haters" that seem to come to TH-cam just to be negative. Clearly your content is valuable based on the magnitude of likes and subscribers. As of totay, almost 3 years after you posted this there are 1.2% thumbs down. That is an overwhelming majority of support.
Great video and amazing info. Thanks for taking the time to teach us. Please don't listen to those that think simple math is too complicated. If they want to woodwork by the seat of their pants, let them. Woodworkers that take pride in their work appreciate new techniques and lessons from master craftsmen. Thanks again from a brand new woodworkers :)
This is fantastic. I've had a "picture frame" sled for a while and do need to alternate sides. This method is great - I will use it just like I used your 5-cut for the cross-cut sled. THANK YOU Sir!
People hate what they can't understand. I appreciate the tips AND the education. PLEASE! Keep you content coming!! You have made woodworking WAY more fun for me!
Woodworking is fun and the more accurate you are the better your projects will turn out. I certainly appreciate all the information you are sharing and the time you have put into making your quality videos. You do an exceptional job explaining all of these concepts. People that say woodworking is supposed to be fun but do not like the math, build out of square, Dr. Seuss looking junk anyway so don't worry about their opinions they don't matter. Keep doing what you are doing Sir you are doing a fantastic Job.
You are a very knowledgeable person thank you for sharing. I appreciate how you take all your dimensions to the thousandth, I find my self using my old tool & die tools in the wood shop all the time and trying to work to those tolerances with machines a woodworker has. Great video William :)
I've been waiting to see your solution to this problem since I found your "5 cuts" video. Mine was more 'trig-y' but got me pretty close. I really like your use of parallelism to get the fence made, so I'll try yours and see if I can do better. Thanks for the great content. Try not to let the negative crowd get you down. It tends to be louder than the positive crowd, but it's definitely a very small percentage of the overall impression you're making.
I'm sorry to hear that people were disrespectful. I am just starting out, but I truly appreciate the level of detail that you go into. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
William, Please keep doing your videos and helping the rest of us! I for one really appreciate the time and effort you put into them. I may have had to watch the sled video a few times to understand exactly what to do. Even after that, if I didn't want to do it and go back to making "close enough" cross cuts I can use the framing square method to build a sled. Explaining the math or showing people how to make stuff with precision is interesting and shows what can be accomplished. People, if you don't like the video, stop watching. It's that simple. To make a negative comment about something you got for free makes you a complete jerk. Please just go back to quietly doing it your way and be respectful. William - Thanks again for your videos. I'm becoming a little better at my craft each day! :-)
Woodworking for me is fun but imprecise. It’s now driving me crazy. I am glad you teach precision as I am learning from you and having fun with added satisfaction. Let the haters continue with their imprecise ways while be the precision teaching you. I am so glad you are doing this. Cheers!
Excellent video, excellent instruction. This and the 'five cuts' are absolute reference material. The heck with all the haters. They are just ashamed that they can't add up, subtract, multiply and divide.
Mr. Ng, I've been working with wood more than 30 years and coming across your videos has improved my skills and projects 10 fold. Thank you for your detailed and intelligent teaching. Please don't sweat the haters. Unfortunately, they exist everywhere. You just can't teach ignorance. Please keep the videos coming.
Excellent presentation! Keep up the excellent work, my friend. Good for you(and for your viewers) for ignoring the haters and their negative comments. Thanks again!
Hi William. I'm all the way over here in Australia and I love the content you produce. Are you still making videos? The most recent couple seem to be a year ago. Have you done any since then? You describe things in such a clear way, and your ideas for workshop efficiency and accuracy are so simple, yet ingenious. Thank you.
Mr. Ng, please don't stop making great videos because people are rude. I used your 5cut sled video to make my sled and it works great. I also used your box joint video and it works perfect. thank you for what you do! Your videos help woodworkers like me learn.
I would pay for this information. Great content. Any way i could help you out, let us know. Amazon cart, etc. You definitely deserve to earn money with this info. For guys like me that didn't do well in geometry, you're an asset!
Thank you sir...Another great tip....it makes perfect sense, just like the other one...you should tell those trolls to shove their ignorance up their dust collectors!
I just discovered your videos. I personally learn better with host with quirky personalities. 🤪 but I also pay more attention to hosts who explains it to me as if im 5 years old😁 thank you very much. Your a great teacher.
Hi. I can see that the mean comments have an impact on you. But I don't think you should keep focusing on them. Move on and realise that the majority of people enjoy your videos
The problem is that the happy people don't feel the need to voice their opinions. The disgruntled ones get amped up and go nuts. Ratio is very high. Bottom line is for every maniac, think a thousand happy folk. Also, you should see the charts and numbers are in support of you. Important to not wreck a good site by trying to capture all the maniacs out there. Surest way to the bottom. See "Network TV" for an example of stupidity.
If people don't like precision they can go somewhere else to get their woodworking content. Keep doing you William, there are plenty of us that appreciate it.
You are the best I've seen on TH-cam. Keep going- I love it. I'm a retired engineer and understand what you talking about. You are a great teacher----the world needs more people like you.
I agree 100%
Nathan Sibley Agree! 👍
Absolutely Awsome Teacher
Yes! Thank you for your generosity sharing your experience and knowledge. You are great! Don’t give up!
William you have done it again! I have been hating all the 'So long as both sides add up to 90° it will be fine' videos. I found this video yesterday but the sound was not working for me, but thank goodness it was fine today. Now I have an approach to achieving acceptable accuracy, and I offer my sincere thanks for demonstrating it. I started my working life as a toolmaker, and finished it running the external instrument calibration and repair contract at Ford UK Product Development, so it is important to me to be as accurate as is reasonably possible. I am enjoying working with wood in my retirement despite the frustrations it has with it being impossible to work to the tolerances I was used to, and even when you got it close, a week later it would be miles out. But that is no reason not to do our best, and I thank you for giving us the tools make that 'best' a whole lot closer than other TH-cam channel presenters offer us.
William, I go to the college of TH-cam for woodworking, and you are my favorite professor. I have learned a ton from you. Keep on posting.
sillennium I feel the same way.
Been working in wood for 60+ years and still learn from your videos, enjoyable and informative.
@@davidparry8514 Yes us old guys still like to learn....
Ignore the trolls and haters. I love your videos, explanations and teaching methods.
I am an engineer (also retired as another poster mentioned) and I appreciate your focus on precision and using math where appropriate. Never apologize for that. Those who don’t care about precision or who didn’t pay attention in high school trig class can go elsewhere as there are a lot of “close enough” videos on youtube for folks like that. You appeal to folks who want to be the best they can be. Ignore the folks who are in the “mediocre is good enough” camp as they have many other youtube contributors they can watch.
William, please ignore all idiots, all you are doing is trying to help people and that to me is being a gentleman and I truely thankyou for all your posts and the time you put in to share your valuable experiance with the lesser wood workers amongst us from Garry in the UK
Don't EVER let people with negative attitudes stop you from doing what you are passionate about. You a master craftsman, and the only reason why they make negative comments is because they are envious of your ability and passion. If they were true artists, they would add to the community, not subtract from it. We are all learning an immense amount from you, and are very appreciative of everything you are doing and giving. Thank you so much!
You are the Master of sled making with the highest accuracy ever. Thanks so much for sharing with us who do appreciate your expertise.
Recently I discovered your tutorials , your delivery is excellent , your sense of humor clean , and the knowledge of experience impossible to assign a price to .
Sadly there are people so uncouth , so ignorant , so arrogant and self absorbed who make it a mission to show the rest of humanity the ugly side and mean spirited nature of their character , as they have with you William .
But as others have stated , there many more of us who enjoy learning from you than exist of those who have behaved so appallingly towards you .
Thank you for sharing with us , you valuable knowledge and experience.
Your brilliance is overwhelming! I wish I was half the woodworker you are. Don't let the anyone take your joy.
I watched your 5 cut video. Finally, here is someone who knows what he is doing. Never apologize for doing something right. It all made perfect sense to me. Too many folks get on TH-cam and it is obvious from the start they don’t know which way is up. Thanks for doing it right!
Just watched that video 4x times in a row, because it is so good and easy to understand. Thank you so much for all the efforts!
Please, please, please don't stop making videos. They're an invaluable resource for those who wish to learn.
4 1/2 years later this and the 5 cut method vid are superb and have got me to a level of accuracy I had only dreamt of. I have used both vids several times. Keep doing what you're doing and ignore the fools.
William, do not ever apologize for wanting to make us better woodworkers. There is only one word to describe the haters.....jealous!
I've been a woodworker for over 50yrs and this is the easiest and less complicated way of making a miter slide I have ever seen. Thanks. Plus who said an old dog couldn't learn something new and this is why I'm here.
You're a woodworking genius. Don't let the negative life haters stop you. Lot's more people get great benefit from you, and others that share their knowledge.
William keep doing what you do. Don't waste your time on those haters-we love you the way you are.I think I learned more from your videos, then, in my wood class in HS. Keep up the great work
Beautiful gentle delivery from whom I imagine to be a really nice guy. Simple to understand. Perfect. Thank you.
You could say that it is an in depth video but I love it. Whenever I need to build a sled or someone asks for advice on building one, I always send them over to your video. The explanation is excellent! Thanks for this video as well, its a big help. Have a great day!
I agree. Not everyone needs to be so precise, but when you do, it is nice to know there is someone like you teaching us how. Thank you for showing us your techniques. I think math teachers would be smart to show your videos to students who don’t think they will ever have a use for the formulas they are learning. You may spark their interest.
Thanks for the heads up about haters! I didn't quite understand the 5 cut method the first time I watched, but I watched it again and it makes total sense now! Don't give the boneheads any credence. Love this crosscut miter sled, I will definitely be adding this to my sled when I make it! Thanks!
Viewing this almost exactly 3 years after it was made. This 2-cut method for the miter sled, and the 5-cut method for the cross-cut sled is so well explained and so straightforward, who wouldn't want to put this little extra effort in to make perfect 90s and 45s?
5 years for me, it's almost to half a million views. it's very basic math, might take a couple of passes to sink in but whatever. good stuff.
William, you are an encourager and good teacher of work working. thanks for creating such instructional videos. it is hard to believe that you had received negative comments. thanks for what you do and teach.
Please continue with your method of teaching and instruction, it is the best I have found. I'm a retired machinist and finally got around to building my cross cut sled in the past few weeks using your methods, it is fantastic the results that are achievable are heartwarming to a guy that has dealt with .001" and less for the past 25 years on a daily basis. This kind of accuracy in wood working really peaks my interest and keeps me excited about a wonderful hobby. Thank you for all that you have given us as a teacher and a craftsman.
I don't understand why you received any hate mail. Your first video as well as this one are teaching masterpieces. Well described and easy to understand. Please continue your instructional videos. They are a joy to watch and I always learn something.
Great video, I love the math explanations for your projects. The haters are probably the ones who didn't pay attention during math class in high school.
High school, I was thinking Elementary school.
Felix From Nebraska , The ones who annoyingly complain, "When am I ever going to use that?"
Hey I didn't pay attention in math but I recognize an excellent tutorial when I see one. I regret my math shortcomings almost daily. Now if only someone as clear and informative could instruct me on the geometry of testing paraboloidal mirrors.
Don’t make it simple for the trolls. Your level of knowledge is more like the wood whisperer and not Steve Ramsey. I watch both of those guys for very different reasons. Teach what you want at the level you want. Your 5 cut explaination was the only time I understood that method. My jig is less than .0001 off and I love it.
Really?? Less than 1 ten thou??
n8guy nope, .001. I didn’t realize I got carried away with my zeros. It was something like .00032.
Infinite Craftsman I think the wood whisperer has taken classes from William.
David Breazeale sounds about right. My point is, teach to what your passion is. Wether it’s getting new people involved or elevating the craft.
mijn is 0,01 maar in mm
So simple, so elegant. Michael, you are THE MAN!
I have so much respect for this man, he seeks perfection and is a great instructor. Thanks so much for posting!
Thanks for the great video William. Please do not entertain the negative comments because there are a lot of individuals like myself that truly appreciate your attention to detail and precision. You have a great, calm speaking manner which is great for students to learn from. Keep up the great work.
I make frames for my paintings and have trouble getting corner cuts precise. I watched your video a couple of times and went to the basement to build one. When both sides of my little triangle measured identical to the one-thousandth, I thought I must have measured the same side twice. Nope, it was perfect, first try. Thank you for excellent instruction. Oh, and I appreciate the math.
HaHaHa. Always good to hear, that's why I have to label it "A" and "B" I get disoriented very quickly and sometimes measure the same side. Thanks for your comment and appreciate taking the time to write and watch.
A sloppy made frame can make even a great painting look bad. Good for you making your own frames. I am new to this so I appreciate some like William who takes the time to explain how to make them right.
I, too, am an artist. Having a perfectly made frame is essential to the art. eileenjohnstonfineart.com
I'm sorry, don't read comments. I was amazed of how accurate your work is, and that's a bar I'd like to reach. Thanks for taking the time to make videos, and sharing your skills with us.
Haters gonna hate but at least 88,000 of us like the way you do things and learn from it. Thank you.
127K as of today. I'd say he's on to something!
As of today 263,000 views and 112 downvotes. That’s .04 percent that view it downvote it. That’s 1 for every 2500 views. Now think about if you watch 2500 videos dont you think that your thumb would accidentally hit the downvote at least once while your navigating various videos.
@@justinkemeter Your comment turns out to be interesting in that a month later another 16,000 people have viewed the video, so there are still a lot of people making use of William's methods. If anything, I think the rational behind perfect mitre sled angles is even more clever than William's five cut cross cut sled method, and that is really saying something. It irks me terribly when other woodworking channels insist that individual 45° are not important so long as the two sides add up to 90°. It is sloppy and lazy, but mostly down to them not being clever enough to do it right. Huge respect to William, and shame on Steve Ramsey (one of the haters) for touting substandard instruction videos.
Fantastic video, well explained, easy to follow without a ton of fluff. Those haters who don’t understand don’t deserve your excellent knowledge. You’ve made me a subscriber after one video, thank you!
Hi William, I am new to the channel but this is exactly the kind of content I want to find as I am an experienced woodworker just wanting to learn more. Anyone who can't or doesn't want to back up their methods with math/science isn't the kind of person I want to take advice from. TH-cam is littered with newbie videos and guys/gals with shops full of sponsored gear but who don't know what they're doing. Your channel is for serious carpenters and woodworkers and I'm glad for it. Cheers.
William, you're right haters gonna hate!!! Ignore them! Very few people on youtube that I actually remember their name, yours being one of them. I just recently bought a house and purchased a used table saw and after searching for how to clean it up, I did a search for your name so I could find that 5 cut video! I WILL be using it when I build my miter sled! Thank you so much!!!
Your "five cuts" is the first video I watched from your experience. It was an excellent tutorial on sled making. Thx.
Social media will always have it detractors. "Dust your feet" and keep walking! You have much to share and like most of us tuning in, we appreciate your lectures.😎
Totally agree.
I have always loved every video you put out. William don't listen to those trolls. I once edited an video from a young woodworker and tried to warn him of grave errors he was making. One so serious he was lifting a piece of plywood while the table saw was running. No riving knife was attached. I warned him of the danger he was creating. I had several trolls tell me I was wrong to correct him.
Glad to see you back on TH-cam William. Ignore the morons and keep posting excellent content. I'm always grateful to have a had you as a teacher.
I love watching your videos! You show show the true sign of a master woodworker! THANK YOU!!!
Absolutely CONTINUE to be as informative and detailed as you have been with your videos. I wish more content providers were this professional with their content, but not everyone works to the same standard and we all can accept that. For those that want "fun" without understanding function can watch someone else. Thank you for all you provide!
I watched your video a few years ago but wasn't ready to make a sled. I was so impressed with your method that I remembered it and came looking for you. So glad I found you again now that I'm ready to make one. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Just ignore the nay-sayers.
First sled I built is a direct copy of the one from 5 cuts. The background "math" is essential for those of us who actually want to learn the How of what you do, this allows us to work from principles we understand, rather than trying to follow a recipe. From understanding comes problem solving, which ultimately allows us to create our own solutions. Please keep up what you do, way better to smarten the audience up than to dumb down the content. Thanks for sharing and cheers from BC!
Now *that* is a refreshingly clear, lucid lesson on making a miter sled, especially the calculation at the end for getting it dead nuts accurate. *Awesome* job! Thank you! Can't wait for some warmer weather so I can make a sled like this!
I first saw your 5 cut method about 2 years ago and have seen it elsewhere but always remember your video as a lesson from the master, well presented and easy to follow. As far as negative comments go I am sure they can be measured in 0.0001 as well.
So now I go forth to apply the William NG method. Thank
you so much.
You're correct. Haters gonna hate. Don't ever let them get to you. Be true to yourself.
For all true craftspersons, your videos are truly instructive. Professionally presented and produced, with wonderful content.
Thank you for sharing your perfect table saw sled methods. They remove all the guesswork, allowing anyone to dial-in a table saw in a very straightforward manner.
Seriously best videos I have seen on TH-cam ever. Thank you William
Mr. Ng you are a gentleman and a scholar! You keep,doing EXACTLY what you're doing as it's been very very helpful to me and many others I see by their comments about you on THEIR channels. I feel super sorry for those that have nothing better to do than be negative.
First, Merry Christmas! I don’t usually comment on videos, but after watching several of yours, I want to.
Thank you for taking the time to make your videos and showing everyone that there is more than one way of doing most things, and that if you put in a little more work on the front end, you won’t have problems on the back end, or at least as many.
I have been in home building & renovations, for the past twenty years, and build most of our cabinetry and doors. The little adjustments you are taking the time to do up front, make the installation, and use of the final product, much better. A lot of contractors have a hard time understanding this simple concept. Thanks again and keep the videos coming.
I wouldn't worry about the haters. It seems some people struggle with math, and have learned to hate it. I've been a woodworker for nearly 50 years, and who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I just found your video on the table saw sled, which led me to this video. Both are excellent. It's clear you are a teacher. I'll be watching more. Thanks!
This is the first time I ever comment on TH-cam. I want to send you my support.
You're the man. Don't worry about the trolls. They will never be like you.
I thought your explanation and math were very interesting and useful.
Thank your for taking your time to explain things so clearly.
Please post more videos.
Please teach me more.
You are our benefactor. As you must realize, what you have given us is of great value. To thank you is not enough.
Mr. Ng, here's the thing with regard to your videos, math, and people complaining about difficulty. Screw 'em! You're demonstrating precision ways to make jigs so that using them will result in precise results. There's a reason why 5,000+ liked your video. I kinda struggled with you 5-cut method of squaring the fence to the blade and once I slowed down and did the simple math and went step-by-step, I was able to square my fence to < .0005" after the 2nd attempt. This has helped me make safe and precise cuts quickly.
There's always gonna be some whiners and complainers on TH-cam, but you'll rarely if at all see those people posting videos that are better. Again, examine the complaint. People seem to be too lazy to strive towards higher quality work and would rather accept non-squared cuts as 'good enough'. Oh well, let them do their thing. You had magazines calling you to cite your work and as of today, 02 Aug. 19 @ 2044hrs, you have
I enjoy your videos, but I knew I would as soon as I saw you using calipers an speaking in thousands of an inch. I recently acquired a large heavy ornate picture frame and wanted to cut it down, so, I built your miter jig, it worked like a dream. Thanks so much for your video, you taught this 74 year old dog a new way to do things.
Haters are just jealous. what you are doing is invaluable. You might ask what they are doing to help others. Obviously these are people with small minds! keep doing what you do. I have been in woodworking for over 40 years and I'm still learning everyday.
This modern world has many ' not so nice ' people living in it .
They are given over to self indulgence and immediate gratification .
I hope you disregard these people. Your videos are superb visual insights
into how a master craftsman applies logic and reasoning to the various
problems which we woodworkers all face . Keep up the great work .
Great sled videos Mr Ng, especially for beginners, as for those who find simple math beyond their capabilities and intelligence, well they maybe shouldn’t be allowed to be using sharp power tools or even butter knifes and spoons without supervision.
Im an old retired pro, still have the shop just don’t work in it ten hours a day anymore and I believe your videos should be required viewing for every high school shop class in the country. Great job sir keep them coming.
Your 5 cut video you mentioned is the reason I watch your videos. It made me a believer of the 5 cut method. Keep up the good work.
As always, William, thank you for the thought and effort you put into these!!
William keep doing what you do and let the haters be who they are - you are needed they are not.
Greetings Mr. Ng
Thank you. I appreciate your knowledge, skill, patience, willingness to risk, sense of humor, and the quality of your work.
The tools I can afford are not of the quality to which you have access, however, following your guidance, I believe I can attain similar degrees of accuracy and precision. Over the course of this winter, I have not had access to my power tools, so I have made use of the time to watch dozens of projects and instructional videos on TH-cam and I have begun to develop my skill using non-powered hand tools to make several projects. I am looking forward to implementing many of the techniques I have studied.
Thanks again for the quality of your presentations. I look forward to learning more from you.
Handy Andy
PS - thank you for following a no sound track policy.
Master Ng, You are my go-to woodworking professor. My one comment concerns the wood runners; no matter what wood I use, invariable they swell or shrink...-stuck in the morning, loose in the afternoon. I have forever forsaken wood runners. The store-bought UHMW runners are expensive ($30 a pair!)...my local Plastics company sells cut offs from their scape bin by the pound. One scape piece of UHMW resulted in 4 pair of runners...I paid$1.89...just wanted to share with my woodworking brothers and sisters out there! Thank you for the best professional, insightful and educational woodworking videos on TH-cam!
William, your method and presentation are exceptional. I fully appreciate the time and effort you have put forth in sharing your knowledge with us. Please continue, and know that the material that you are providing is put to good use.
I cannot express my gratitude enough. Your videos are the best.
Wow! This is the first video of yours that I have viewed. Absolutely brilliant! I love precision and it's an honour to watch and learn from your video. Anyone who hates your content either doesn't have the intelligence to understand what you're saying and doing or doesn't want to improve their performance.
Thank you for posting. I've just subscribed and will be checking out your other videos. 👍
Your wisdom and intelligence is a great asset to us all and me for one appreciate ALL your efforts and work!
Your methods and explanations are perfect. Appreciate you sharing your expertise. THANK YOU!
Not really a woodworker but, a carpenter amongst all other things residential, and this video was all I need to get around my Discalculia and still be able to get a good working sled/miter for my portable saw!
Dear Mr Ng: I am so sorry you had to be insulted by people who dislike math. You put in an amazing amount of thought and work just for our benefit. I don't get it. People would never admit they never got the whole reading thing, or ..."sorry, I sign my name with an X." ......just never got along with writing or typing or the alphabet. But they think its perfectly OK not to understand 8th grade mathematics. How did they get their HS diploma. And if you cant do middle school math remember the Fifth Amendment: You aren't required to admit to the the whole world what you cant do. I brought your new video with the miter cuts and the A and B similar isosceles right triangles to my colleges here and we had a very good time marvelling at the genius of woodworkers. You, Mr Ng, are making the world better for all of us.
Mr Ng.
Happy to see you doing your part.!!
Hope life is well for you.
Keep giving us this technical stuff for those of us that went to a non governmental non California school.!!
So glad your making videos again.
Regardless, EVERYONE is using your formula!!! You are by far the most competent wood-working instructors out there! Thank You for all that you do.
Thank you sir, you are an EXCELLENT teacher in woodworking and I very much appreciate the attention to detail and your aim for precision work, even in woodworking. Also thank you very much for your 5 cut method; your video and explanation was very easy to follow and rather simple yet quite ingenious. I now finally have a sled I can trust to within a tho and I couldn't be happier, no more frustration with not being able to simply make a perfectly square cut!! (that was getting annoying....). Please keep up the videos as long as you can and ignore the trolls. The vast majority of us highly appreciate your content and your teaching style. THANK YOU!!!
This is an excellent tutorial that is clear and simple to follow. Your stuff is great so please ignore the "haters" that seem to come to TH-cam just to be negative. Clearly your content is valuable based on the magnitude of likes and subscribers. As of totay, almost 3 years after you posted this there are 1.2% thumbs down. That is an overwhelming majority of support.
Great video and amazing info. Thanks for taking the time to teach us. Please don't listen to those that think simple math is too complicated. If they want to woodwork by the seat of their pants, let them. Woodworkers that take pride in their work appreciate new techniques and lessons from master craftsmen. Thanks again from a brand new woodworkers :)
Love your thoughtfulness and reasoning explaining your approach. Great videos for all of your "sleds."
This is fantastic. I've had a "picture frame" sled for a while and do need to alternate sides. This method is great - I will use it just like I used your 5-cut for the cross-cut sled. THANK YOU Sir!
People hate what they can't understand. I appreciate the tips AND the education. PLEASE! Keep you content coming!! You have made woodworking WAY more fun for me!
I used your 5 cut vid to make a sled that produces perfect results from a crappy saw. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Ignore the downers.
Woodworking is fun and the more accurate you are the better your projects will turn out. I certainly appreciate all the information you are sharing and the time you have put into making your quality videos. You do an exceptional job explaining all of these concepts. People that say woodworking is supposed to be fun but do not like the math, build out of square, Dr. Seuss looking junk anyway so don't worry about their opinions they don't matter. Keep doing what you are doing Sir you are doing a fantastic Job.
You are a very knowledgeable person thank you for sharing. I appreciate how you take all your dimensions to the thousandth, I find my self using my old tool & die tools in the wood shop all the time and trying to work to those tolerances with machines a woodworker has. Great video William :)
Math is important for every hobby and occupation. Great work!
I've been waiting to see your solution to this problem since I found your "5 cuts" video. Mine was more 'trig-y' but got me pretty close. I really like your use of parallelism to get the fence made, so I'll try yours and see if I can do better. Thanks for the great content. Try not to let the negative crowd get you down. It tends to be louder than the positive crowd, but it's definitely a very small percentage of the overall impression you're making.
I'm sorry to hear that people were disrespectful. I am just starting out, but I truly appreciate the level of detail that you go into. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
William, Please keep doing your videos and helping the rest of us! I for one really appreciate the time and effort you put into them. I may have had to watch the sled video a few times to understand exactly what to do. Even after that, if I didn't want to do it and go back to making "close enough" cross cuts I can use the framing square method to build a sled. Explaining the math or showing people how to make stuff with precision is interesting and shows what can be accomplished. People, if you don't like the video, stop watching. It's that simple. To make a negative comment about something you got for free makes you a complete jerk. Please just go back to quietly doing it your way and be respectful. William - Thanks again for your videos. I'm becoming a little better at my craft each day! :-)
Regarding your take on the negative commenters, well-put!!!!
Woodworking for me is fun but imprecise. It’s now driving me crazy. I am glad you teach precision as I am learning from you and having fun with added satisfaction. Let the haters continue with their imprecise ways while be the precision teaching you. I am so glad you are doing this. Cheers!
Excellent video, excellent instruction. This and the 'five cuts' are absolute reference material.
The heck with all the haters. They are just ashamed that they can't add up, subtract, multiply and divide.
Mr. Ng,
I've been working with wood more than 30 years and coming across your videos has improved my skills and projects 10 fold. Thank you for your detailed and intelligent teaching. Please don't sweat the haters. Unfortunately, they exist everywhere. You just can't teach ignorance. Please keep the videos coming.
Respect William! Your videos are an inspiration.
Excellent presentation! Keep up the excellent work, my friend. Good for you(and for your viewers) for ignoring the haters and their negative comments. Thanks again!
Hi William. I'm all the way over here in Australia and I love the content you produce. Are you still making videos? The most recent couple seem to be a year ago. Have you done any since then? You describe things in such a clear way, and your ideas for workshop efficiency and accuracy are so simple, yet ingenious. Thank you.
Wlliam your 5 cut sledge was the one I put into practice, more than once. Love your videos and don't ever stop.
Mr. Ng, please don't stop making great videos because people are rude. I used your 5cut sled video to make my sled and it works great. I also used your box joint video and it works perfect. thank you for what you do! Your videos help woodworkers like me learn.
I would pay for this information. Great content. Any way i could help you out, let us know. Amazon cart, etc. You definitely deserve to earn money with this info. For guys like me that didn't do well in geometry, you're an asset!
You sir are the Bob Ross of woodworking. Thank you.
You showed up today in my recommended videos. I'm about to binge watch.
Thank you sir...Another great tip....it makes perfect sense, just like the other one...you should tell those trolls to shove their ignorance up their dust collectors!
HaHaHaHa Nice one. :)
I just discovered your videos. I personally learn better with host with quirky personalities. 🤪 but I also pay more attention to hosts who explains it to me as if im 5 years old😁 thank you very much. Your a great teacher.
Hi. I can see that the mean comments have an impact on you. But I don't think you should keep focusing on them. Move on and realise that the majority of people enjoy your videos
The problem is that the happy people don't feel the need to voice their opinions. The disgruntled ones get amped up and go nuts. Ratio is very high. Bottom line is for every maniac, think a thousand happy folk. Also, you should see the charts and numbers are in support of you. Important to not wreck a good site by trying to capture all the maniacs out there. Surest way to the bottom. See "Network TV" for an example of stupidity.
One of the best instructional videos I've seen on TH-cam. I'm subscribed!