that was an awesome video. I watched a few others today and most of them hid what you showed us so we can watch him go through a process but you couldn't see what was actually going on. I'm 71 and I haven't tried one of these yet and I've been wanting to for I couldn't tell you how long. I will be very soon. thank you for your help and really great explanations.
After watching the video advert i was still skeptical. But when i finally downloaded the plans th-cam.com/users/postUgkxZF0EMnrujZvqHhGkxiz559uIABJWR9TG i was very impressed. The whole plan was just as you said in the video. Thank you very much. I now have a large and valuable collection for my woodworks. This is great!
You know what mate.ive seen dozens of vids of people making box joint jigs.but yours was the best and simplist description I've seen. Thanks for that.great vid.👍
Actually one of the most straightforward and simple explanations of box joints I have watched. Didn’t over complicate it. Great video for beginners like me. This will start me on box joints and hopefully build on the complexity from here
Not long been into woodworking and I’ve recently searched about two dozen “how to do box joints “ and then came across this, which I believe is about 4 years old, and it is by far the most practical and simplest explanation I’ve come across, I was about to give up on the idea but now I’m excited, thank you very much, also subscribed. 👍 All the best to you. Regards Jim
Thanks for the explanation and the encouragement. I’ve been putting off making a jig because I thought I needed to build the “perfect” cross cut sled. This was the vid I needed to see so I can “go for it!”
I've been meaning to do box joints for a long time and the instructions in this video are so clear that I wanted to rush to my workshop and try one out. Thanks for putting up this video. You are a very good mentor!
I have done this joint many times with a very similar jig. Thanks for the reminder. With a little fiddling you can make your own wooden hinges. Many possibilities.
I’ve been watching a lot of woodworking videos… Just ran into your posts. You definitely need to step things up a notch and have your own tv show on a station like HGTV! I’ve watched several of your vids and you even quickly answered a question for me that I had regarding a Festool saw. Because of that, I just ordered my new saw minutes ago… Your videos are super precise, clear and informative! Thanks!!!
excellent ! such an easy way of getting accurate repeat joints without faffing around remeasuring . I would never have thought of this method if I hadn't seen this video. Can't wait to try this out . Thanks for making the tutorial
Thank you for the clear instructions. I’ve probably watch 2 dozen videos pledging to be the easiest or greatest box joint jig. I think that you hit the mark.
Saw the the video of the shop tour with Jay Bates. And looked you up and glad I did. I have watched at least a dozen videos of how to make a Finger Joint jig. Well GLAD I WATCHED YET ONE MORE BECAUSE THIS IS ONE BUILD.
I've made a few of these for various projects. A useful tip I've used for small boxes is using wooden paint stirrers. One gallon sticks are 1/8" and 5 gal sticks are 1/4", best part is that they're free.
Bro... I'm 35 years old and only just getting into woodworking, I decided I'd start with a simple box then I discovered finger joints lol 🙈I must have watched 10-15 different videos trying to grasp this technique but I've been struggling UNTIL NOW! You've just made these well easy, BIG UP URSELF ! 1❤ from the uk
Fantastic tip for anyone that hasn't done these before. When I built my first box I didn't have a table saw. I was doing everything by eye and hand. Even though it turned out alright, I wish I had had this information earlier. It can be this easy! Thank you for sharing.
Jason - I just wanted to say thanks for all the great information on your channel. I've spent the last 2 evenings binge watching most of your videos and particularly enjoyed the cabinet series and your 10 tools recommendation. Looking forward to your future vids..
Nice vid but I just wanted to throw out a tip. Box joints look better when there is an odd number of fingers. The example that you hold up in the video, for example has 12 which results in the light colored wood on the right having a finger at the top but not one at the bottom. I know that it sounds like a small detail but if you use an odd number it gives the box more symmetry. Try it out, you'll see what I'm talking about. In fact, check out William Ng's video on making box joints. Nice vid though, thanks!
I'm sure that after watching your video , I'm ready to make my first finger box joint. You set the camera on the right angle showing every single detail . Thank you for your post. Keep it up the good work and regards from Brazil.
Love the video man! I’ve seen some crazy DIY builds for finger joint jigs and I can honestly say that this is the first one I think I can actually build lol
Awesome job, perfect tutorial. I did basically the same made a jig and then bought the box joint jig from Incra and it’s definitely a game changer. I just have to say the changing table came out incredible. Take care.
To get the right length of fingers, you set the blade height the same as the thickness of the piece of material you are working with. Set the blade just a little more ( it is better to be a little high) by placing it flat side on the table up to the blade and raise it a little proud of the thickness of the material.
I just finished my third table with finger joints on 2x3s without jointing them. they are straight from the home depot. But the depth is cool as I used my new pantorouter to do it. Now Ive got a new table for my dust collector, my router table and the last one is for my new hibredpentorouter
Very nice, simple and similar to Norm Abram’s jig for finger joints. I think that rather than making 2 runs you can overlap the two pieces of stock offsetting the top piece by one slot which allows you to make the rest of your slots for this pair in half the time with the bottom piece acting to minimize rip out somewhat in the top piece. I like that you used your dado set for cutting the slots as the blades have square tips. A regular ripping blade doesn’t have these and is unsuited to this task. Thanks for the tips here and with your other projects. It was well down, well videoed and easy to follow.
Watched your video yesterday and used the method today with glaring success! Thank you for a very good video explaining the process. Like the fact you are a veteran!
Nice. 👍🏻I have tried this once before, and my jig was off slightly and nothing fit. Time to trying again. Thanks for showing how to set up the spacing to get a perfect fit!
A couple of minor changes that I like to do. 1. a small chamfer on the top of the indexing pin makes it just a little bit easier to move from one pin to the next, and 2. a small relief cut at the bottom front edge of the backstop board helps keep sawdust from affecting your cuts. Great video, thank you
Long time carpenter who has just started woodworking. I do not know why it took me so long since it was what I loved. I am learning a lot of cool techniques by woodworkers such as yourself sharing the craft. Thank you. I have subscribed and will follow as a student of the craft.
Great video and decided to follow your procedure on making my first finger joints. I believe there is a detail that needs to be mentioned to accurately set up this jig. At the 8:20 mark you show setting the blade height. And here is where I ran into a problem when trying the jig I made. I set the blade height as you demonstrated, I cut the first joint and moved the piece over the stop to cut the second joint. Made the cut and began to notice that the piece was no longer sitting flush to the table saw's surface. Made the third cut and stopped. The cuts were unequal in depth. Second and third cuts were shallower than the first cut. Scratching my head, watched your video over and over asking myself what I did wrong???? Realized the stop piece's width or height was greater than 3/4. The thickness was dead on at a 1/4 but if the stop is taller than the piece you are cutting then no bueno. Once I figured that out it all came together. So the stop needs to be the thickness that fits snugged and needs to be at or less in height than the piece you are cutting. Again, great video and helped me learn and see exactly how to make box joints.
@@bentswoodworking funny how u go back and read your own comment and still go 🤦♂️ what was he trying to say. I think you probably get the issue I ran into. My stop was taller than the blade height which was a tad bit taller than the piece I was cutting - which you demonstrated. So, first cut was at the correct depth since it was up against the stop, second cut was off because the piece did not sit flush to the saw's surface since the stop piece was taller than the blades height 🤦♂️🤦♂️...anyway, your video really helped and again I say thank you for showing this technique. Now I have to figure out why my dado stack is making the cut on the backend of the piece the way it does. Not getting a clean pass through cut. Using Diablo dado stack set...
that was an awesome video. I watched a few others today and most of them hid what you showed us so we can watch him go through a process but you couldn't see what was actually going on. I'm 71 and I haven't tried one of these yet and I've been wanting to for I couldn't tell you how long. I will be very soon. thank you for your help and really great explanations.
Glad you found it helpful
After watching the video advert i was still skeptical. But when i finally downloaded the plans th-cam.com/users/postUgkxZF0EMnrujZvqHhGkxiz559uIABJWR9TG i was very impressed. The whole plan was just as you said in the video. Thank you very much. I now have a large and valuable collection for my woodworks. This is great!
You know what mate.ive seen dozens of vids of people making box joint jigs.but yours was the best and simplist description I've seen. Thanks for that.great vid.👍
Glad you found it helpful
Actually one of the most straightforward and simple explanations of box joints I have watched. Didn’t over complicate it. Great video for beginners like me. This will start me on box joints and hopefully build on the complexity from here
Glad you found it helpful
Great instructional video. Clear and concise. You were born to teach.
Thank you, I appreciate that
Not long been into woodworking and I’ve recently searched about two dozen “how to do box joints “ and then came across this, which I believe is about 4 years old, and it is by far the most practical and simplest explanation I’ve come across, I was about to give up on the idea but now I’m excited, thank you very much, also subscribed. 👍
All the best to you.
Regards Jim
By far the easiest setup I’ve seen to date thanks 🙏
Watched several other videos but yours was the easiest way to do it by far. Thanks.
Glad you found it helpful
excellent presentation
Great instructional video: the best video I've seen on box joints.
Glad you found it helpful
Best illustration I have seen yet. Thank you.
You’re welcome
I’ve been looking for a “not complicated” approach video on this for a while. Great video.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the explanation and the encouragement. I’ve been putting off making a jig because I thought I needed to build the “perfect” cross cut sled. This was the vid I needed to see so I can “go for it!”
That’s great! You will see it really easy. Go for it!
This is the clearest video I have watched on this subject.
Glad you found it helpful
Soft way in explaining and expressing way to the viewer , thnx . You are suitable to be a school teacher too. .
Thank you. I teach military science to college students currently actually 👍
I've been meaning to do box joints for a long time and the instructions in this video are so clear that I wanted to rush to my workshop and try one out. Thanks for putting up this video. You are a very good mentor!
Atek Jacinto thank you so much. I really appreciate that.
Looked at loads of tutorials for this joint and this one is by far the best i have seen yet, Thank you
Thank you! Great to hear you found it helpful
Well done. Your clarity for this newb is spot on.
Glad you found it helpful
I have done this joint many times with a very similar jig. Thanks for the reminder. With a little fiddling you can make your own wooden hinges. Many possibilities.
I like the hinge idea
I’ve been watching a lot of woodworking videos…
Just ran into your posts. You definitely need to step things up a notch and have your own tv show on a station like HGTV! I’ve watched several of your vids and you even quickly answered a question for me that I had regarding a Festool saw. Because of that, I just ordered
my new saw minutes ago… Your videos are super precise, clear and informative!
Thanks!!!
Wow thank you so much for the kind words. That would be great if I could do something like that one day.
excellent ! such an easy way of getting accurate repeat joints without faffing around remeasuring . I would never have thought of this method if I hadn't seen this video. Can't wait to try this out . Thanks for making the tutorial
Your welcome and let me know how they turn out.
Thank you for the clear instructions. I’ve probably watch 2 dozen videos pledging to be the easiest or greatest box joint jig. I think that you hit the mark.
Glad you found it helpful
Thank you for this SIMPLE explanation! You sir have a way of making me understand things ! Good job!
Glad you found it helpful
Saw the the video of the shop tour with Jay Bates. And looked you up and glad I did. I have watched at least a dozen videos of how to make a Finger Joint jig. Well GLAD I WATCHED YET ONE MORE BECAUSE THIS IS ONE BUILD.
Wiliam Bennett thank you!!
Wow! Thanks, you made that look easy, and your teaching was completely clear. This is very encouraging and helpful.
Shalman Ezer awesome. Glad you found it useful
Great video and simple easy to follow instructions. Just went out to the garage and did it. Came out perfect. Thanks for the easy to understand video.
Awesome, glad to hear
Thanks for the video. I made my first jig and it’s awesome. Box joint turned out excellent thanks again.
Glad you found it helpful
I know this is an old video, but absolutely the best demonstration I have found yet!
Glad you found it helpful
I've made a few of these for various projects. A useful tip I've used for small boxes is using wooden paint stirrers. One gallon sticks are 1/8" and 5 gal sticks are 1/4", best part is that they're free.
Good to know!
Great alternative to the Kreg tool
Best class on box finger joints. I always wanted to make then but I will definitely try them. I let you know how I did.
Thank you
Glad you found it helpful
You REALLY never disappoint. As always, presented as though you have been trained to teach on TV.
I will absolutely use this new “trick”.
Thank you so much
Looked at several YT videos on box joints. This is the best I've seen. Thanks, from the west coast of Scotland.
LochSween thank you! Glad you found it helpful.
Simple, elegant solution. Great video, and thank you.
You’re welcome
Been watching videos to get a grip on how to do this. this has by far made the most sense to me. I think I can do this one. Thanks
Glad you found it helpful
Best video by far on how to do this! Well presented. Thanks. I'm going to make one.
Awesome idea. You made it so simple. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Great tip, the easiest way to do it all over TH-cam. And trust me I was a couple of hours looking at many others. Big thanks!!
ArmyEnergy no problem, glad I could help. Feel free to DM me on IG if you have any questions. 👍🏻
This was the easiest to understand demonstration, thanks. 😁👌👌👏👏👏
Glad it was helpful!
Bro...
I'm 35 years old and only just getting into woodworking, I decided I'd start with a simple box then I discovered finger joints lol 🙈I must have watched 10-15 different videos trying to grasp this technique but I've been struggling UNTIL NOW! You've just made these well easy, BIG UP URSELF ! 1❤ from the uk
Fantastic tip for anyone that hasn't done these before. When I built my first box I didn't have a table saw. I was doing everything by eye and hand. Even though it turned out alright, I wish I had had this information earlier. It can be this easy! Thank you for sharing.
Tracy Keaton no problem! Wish I would have done it sooner
- Excellent presentation. Clear, concise info.
Thank you
Very simple instruction and demo. Like it a lot.. Thanks for sharing. Will give it a try .
Indal Singh glad you found it helpful!
Jason - I just wanted to say thanks for all the great information on your channel. I've spent the last 2 evenings binge watching most of your videos and particularly enjoyed the cabinet series and your 10 tools recommendation. Looking forward to your future vids..
Thank you very much. I am glad to hear you are enjoying them!
Nice vid but I just wanted to throw out a tip. Box joints look better when there is an odd number of fingers. The example that you hold up in the video, for example has 12 which results in the light colored wood on the right having a finger at the top but not one at the bottom. I know that it sounds like a small detail but if you use an odd number it gives the box more symmetry. Try it out, you'll see what I'm talking about. In fact, check out William Ng's video on making box joints. Nice vid though, thanks!
Thanks for the tip. I’ll have to try that
Thank you. Great job explaining everything 👍
Reat video, easy to follow and it couldn’t be easier!
Glad it was helpful!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thank you. You know I will now try this.
Thank you very much for sharing this idea, it is very simply and easy to do it from me
Glad you found it helpful
Awesome jig. Thanks for the idea. I am still building up my shop jig arsenal and want to use box joints in my next drawer build. This will help!
Michael Marrazzo The Midnight Handyman awesome! Glad you found it useful!
谢谢老兄，你的视频太棒了 非常简单易懂 我不会英文但是我学会了。你是非常棒的老师🎉🎉🎉
Very well done! You are very good at explaining the process yet you are not dragging on as some other people tend to do when putting videos on...
Thank you 👍
Crystal clear - thanks I will give it a go!
Awesome! Hope it turns out great!
Great work, I like it. I do woodwork, thank you for that explanation.
Excellent. Great how to with good details without spending a lot of time on non-related details Thanks!!!
deward67 you’re welcome!
Nice and simple. Congratulations.
Alex M thanks
I can't believe how many crappy box joint "sleds" I have made and are not as accurate as this simple jig is. I'm sold on your method!
Glad you found it helpful
I love your work you explained it very well thanks
Glad you found it helpful
Thank you very much for such a detailed video. Well done!
I'm sure that after watching your video , I'm ready to make my first finger box joint. You set the camera on the right angle showing every single detail . Thank you for your post. Keep it up the good work and regards from Brazil.
Thank you and I am glad you found it helpful
Love the video man! I’ve seen some crazy DIY builds for finger joint jigs and I can honestly say that this is the first one I think I can actually build lol
Lol. Yeah it’s pretty simple and straightforward
Best video on this so far!! Thanks
Thanks
Awesome job, perfect tutorial. I did basically the same made a jig and then bought the box joint jig from Incra and it’s definitely a game changer. I just have to say the changing table came out incredible. Take care.
Thom spillane thank you so much. I really appreciate it!!
To get the right length of fingers, you set the blade height the same as the thickness of the piece of material you are working with. Set the blade just a little more ( it is better to be a little high) by placing it flat side on the table up to the blade and raise it a little proud of the thickness of the material.
I just finished my third table with finger joints on 2x3s without jointing them. they are straight from the home depot. But the depth is cool as I used my new pantorouter to do it. Now Ive got a new table for my dust collector, my router table and the last one is for my new hibredpentorouter
rhshel that’s awesome! How do you like the pantotouter?
Enjoyed the video - You made it look easy, well explained. Thank you!
DSG DSG thank you!
Very nice, simple and similar to Norm Abram’s jig for finger joints. I think that rather than making 2 runs you can overlap the two pieces of stock offsetting the top piece by one slot which allows you to make the rest of your slots for this pair in half the time with the bottom piece acting to minimize rip out somewhat in the top piece. I like that you used your dado set for cutting the slots as the blades have square tips. A regular ripping blade doesn’t have these and is unsuited to this task. Thanks for the tips here and with your other projects. It was well down, well videoed and easy to follow.
Great video. Straight forward and easy to do. Will use this for future projects.
Mark H thank you! Glad you found it helpful!
Love it.. simplicity at its best..thank u
You’re welcome
You make it look so easy…tried and failed miserably at my first attempt. Gonna try your method.
Good luck to you!!
Great video...easy to follow ...much appreciated.
Glad you liked it
Watched your video yesterday and used the method today with glaring success! Thank you for a very good video explaining the process. Like the fact you are a veteran!
So glad you found it helpful
Nicely done video very simple and well explain, love the video thanks
You’re welcome
Nice. 👍🏻I have tried this once before, and my jig was off slightly and nothing fit. Time to trying again. Thanks for showing how to set up the spacing to get a perfect fit!
Charles Smith no problem! After you do a test a couple times, you will be dialed in!
Excelent job! Thank you!
You’re welcome
Great video, very well explained, have wanted to try box joints, surely will now!
Mickey Rhodes awesome! I was the same way then I finally decided to do it and was glad I did.
A couple of minor changes that I like to do. 1. a small chamfer on the top of the indexing pin makes it just a little bit easier to move from one pin to the next, and 2. a small relief cut at the bottom front edge of the backstop board helps keep sawdust from affecting your cuts. Great video, thank you
Stephen Carr excellent tips! Thank you for that 👍🏻
Just fine! I will try it tomorrow!
Richard Habicher awesome. Would love to hear how it works out
Great video, very easy to understand, well explained in simple terms.
Brad Thomas thank you!
@@bentswoodworking this is the best, easiest to follow video on making box joints I've ever seen, and I have viewed many. Excellently done!
Bill Hoeft thank you!
Excellent video and well explained ! Will be doing these box joints from now on
Glad you found it helpful
I can't wait to try this. Thanks, Brother. Also, congrats on the baby boy. They are fun.
Ray Garrett thank you very much! Just a couple more weeks and he will be here!
Thanks for the great tutorial. I'm giving this a try this weekend!
Mo Ghotbi awesome! Would love to know how it turns out
Made it look easy brilliant thanks really good to watch.
Stuart Elliott thank you Sir
Very fine instructions! I will follow this.
Richard Habicher thank you!
That was brilliant thanks for that I can now do 80 boxes out of 12 mm ply.
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Thanks Herbie Herbert South Wales UK
Glad to help
Short, To the Point, Not a Bunch of bSelf Promotion. Good Job, Sir!
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent video and presentation.
Guy Leverett thank you very much!
Long time carpenter who has just started woodworking. I do not know why it took me so long since it was what I loved. I am learning a lot of cool techniques by woodworkers such as yourself sharing the craft. Thank you. I have subscribed and will follow as a student of the craft.
edawolf3000 thank you very much. I just want to be helpful like so many that were for me when I started. 👍🏻
Great video mate, loved the simplicity
Mark Miller thank you Sir!!
I'm like, what the heck is he doing? And then I'm like, he's a genius... awesome video.
Glad you found it helpful
New sub...great video. Your shirt says we should ask about your time in the military. Thank you for your service brother.
Michael Fredericks thank you very much. I am actually active duty Army currently serving as a ROTC instructor in Georgia
very impressive, thanks
You’re welcome
Brilliant man! Really well explained
Thank you
Great tutorial man, thank you. Regards from Colombia
Eduardo Peña thanks!!
Great video! Thanks for doing this.
Kevin Colson thank you and you are very welcome
Great video and decided to follow your procedure on making my first finger joints. I believe there is a detail that needs to be mentioned to accurately set up this jig. At the 8:20 mark you show setting the blade height. And here is where I ran into a problem when trying the jig I made. I set the blade height as you demonstrated, I cut the first joint and moved the piece over the stop to cut the second joint. Made the cut and began to notice that the piece was no longer sitting flush to the table saw's surface. Made the third cut and stopped. The cuts were unequal in depth. Second and third cuts were shallower than the first cut. Scratching my head, watched your video over and over asking myself what I did wrong???? Realized the stop piece's width or height was greater than 3/4. The thickness was dead on at a 1/4 but if the stop is taller than the piece you are cutting then no bueno. Once I figured that out it all came together. So the stop needs to be the thickness that fits snugged and needs to be at or less in height than the piece you are cutting. Again, great video and helped me learn and see exactly how to make box joints.
That’s a very good point and thank you for sharing your experience here. 👍
@@bentswoodworking funny how u go back and read your own comment and still go 🤦♂️ what was he trying to say. I think you probably get the issue I ran into. My stop was taller than the blade height which was a tad bit taller than the piece I was cutting - which you demonstrated. So, first cut was at the correct depth since it was up against the stop, second cut was off because the piece did not sit flush to the saw's surface since the stop piece was taller than the blades height 🤦♂️🤦♂️...anyway, your video really helped and again I say thank you for showing this technique. Now I have to figure out why my dado stack is making the cut on the backend of the piece the way it does. Not getting a clean pass through cut. Using Diablo dado stack set...
Nice video clear to the point. One question, when you cut the 1st peice, should you flip it end over end and cut the other side. ?
Each end is the same.
Good explanation and nice job.
Charles Elkins thank you!
Excelent explanation! Greetings from Brazil!
Thank you!
Great job going to give that a shot, thank you.
Colin Jenkins thank you. Let me know if you have any questions.
Great information, will definelty use this.
James Sharier glad you found it helpful