How to Mark Center in a Piece of Wood Without Measuring
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Leah demonstrates how to make your own centering jig and use it to make perfectly centered lines on boards and tiles, with no measuring needed!
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You have a "Reporter in the field" type of voice and it's SO engaging.
First time I've seen a tool like that. So simple yet very useful.
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LOL, Leah one of those people that uses a sharp hacksaw blade. Another excellent video!
Leah all of your diy videos are extremely helpful. Thank you 😊 for knowledge.
Seriously, she could be doing this full-time and people would pay for it. Very helpful, and (more importantly) inspiring.
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Just wanted to say that you are truly AWESOME thank you for what you do
Wow, your explanation is inspiring. Thank you.
This kind of thing would be a great project for teaching some rudimentary fabrication. Also dancing a jig, is appropriate when making said jig. :)
Thank you for making me chuckle :)
Awesome, this is the first time I've ever been taught this valuable shortcut!! Thank you Leah!!
+livelogikal so what you're insinuating is that creating a jig or "tooling up" for a process that needs to be done over and over is useless? Also, you state you could have measured the center of countless boards, what about marking those boards? Maybe you should learn how to make the jig quicker, "in the time it takes to make this", you can't be serious? Run along with your negative self!!! 😂😂😂😂
livelogikal you used to fabricate custom speaker boxes? 🤣🤣🤣 We'll work on getting our skills up! 🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡
livelogikal well since you dont have any video proof. You can check out our work for yourself. We stand by our work so much we can put videos up on TH-cam. How about you?
livelogikal we're all about freedom of speech, but I think it's sad that trolls like yourself have a safe space like TH-cam so you can spew your negative hatred, knocking real content creators like seejanedrill! Why don't you "man up" and post a video of your "custom speaker boxes" 🤣🤣🤣for all of TH-cam to criticize! You won't!
Nicely said, Vince
What an awesome idea!
Cool tip! I'll have to remember this one. As usual, awesome work Leah! You are truly a master teacher with an amazing gift. Blessings!
thank you, Pat!
Leah is the BEST!
thanks!
Thanks Leah, you're awesome. Keep up the great work.
If you had a school, I'd go happily everyday for 8 hours and be fulfilled. I'm 42 and was in construction for nearly 15 years (framing, remodels, basically everything except bathrooms for some reason). Heh
that's very nice of you to say, Nicholas!
count me in
I'm in also, is there recess too?
Nice tip. Nice vise.
Love the vids Jane.
Great jig gonna keep this handy .
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Leah, that's a great jig. I hope you'll spend some time in the future demonstrating and instructing us on fabricating other helpful jigs. Thanks for the vid.
you're very welcome, Greg!
2:10 - see jane drill
that was clever and funny :)
Mind. Blown. Thanx!
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I know what I'll be making this weekend
yeaas leah! I'm watching and actually doing along side you, I come here to get inspired and do more!
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Love your videos
:) thanks
Nice teacher....
Love your videos 🤗 they always make us feel like we can do it. And we can!!!
Now I know where I am going when the end of the world comes. You have so much knowledge and explain so well. Thank you again!
you're very welcome, John!
leah , does it matter the length of the wood for the jig?
Leah, you've got to have repaired everything around your house by now, so if you're running out of projects, I'll loan you the use of my house for a while. You can come on down to Texas for a little vacation, I'll put you up here, and I'm sure you'll find plenty of things to make videos about in my house. I'm just trying to help the channel any way I can, of course. -- Linda ;-)
LOL hi, Linda!
Hmmm...doesn't tilting the block so that it doesn't ride flat cause offsetting the line from the center?
Short and sweet. But, one of the best instructional videos I have seen. The how and the why are usually not answered by the other craftsman, and us beginners need the little detail to learn these things. Thanks Leah, will be watching more!
Great, who are the 35 dorks who gave this a thumbs down?
I love that you offer 2 ways to make the indentation for the initial drilling because not everyone will have an indentation tool.
Leah, Thanks,... always love to see your videos. Maybe an idea for future jig building projects might be for a jig used to drill the screw holes in cabinet doors to insert the handles or pulls.... I see people trying DIY cabinet installs that have the knobs or pulls installed unevenly due to poor measuring. They spent a lot of $$ on the cabinets, installed themselves, but the finished project looks sloppy because the knobs are uneven.
good idea
Marry me! Jk. I love your videos
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Awesome Leah well done
Thanks, John!
Excellent ideas as always Leah and so well explained too. Btw, don`t even entertain the "negative" trolls with a reply ... Cheers !!
thanks, Michael!
OMG once one sees it, then it becomes obvious, impressive
thanks
when you say it like that i really beLeave i can do it
thanx a bunch your simple but helpful tips are great
I have no need for this, but I really want to make one now. LOL love your videos.
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Great tip. I'm trying to mark my rectangular whirligig hubs on dead center so I can drill an accurate center hole. Going to give this a try.
if only i could drill perfectly straight, id need a bench drill.
love jigs, they take time to build but save alot more time in the long run.
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I'm making one this weekend!!! Thank you so much Leah!!! Great mentor
Looks like a good idea, but surely the moment you start turning the piece of wood away from 90 degrees it will prevent the pencil line from being exactly in the middle, more or less so depending on how far out the pencil protrudes? The test for this would be to run the jig the other way down the wood you have marked and see if it is still marking in exactly the same place or whether it is out.
Any chance you could test this and show us the results?
Why don't you make one and test the results? She shows the measured line in the first part of the video being in the centre.
ok that's an excellent idea. I was building rafters for my shed in the carport since Florence was dumping on us this weekend, and I wish I have seen this before.
Great vid as usual...What drill size was the hole for the pencil?
what size drill for pencil? TY
If I make one of these I’m going to need to write on it BIG in magic marker, “CENTERING JIG! Don’t throw away!” because if I don’t, I’ll find it at some later date, forget what it is, think it’s just a piece of scrap wood, and I’ll toss it on the firepit. 🙄🤪
Brilliant to put the nails in the vise lowered to the mark, and just cut them flush. I never would have though of that...
kudos and thank you.
I'm thinking you mechanically showed two ellipses with a common foci. Any trig geeks want to debunk this guess I've made? I'm only correct twice a day so I'm used to being corrected, a lot.
p.s. seejanedrill, kudos again I'm going to make a couple of those 'always on center finder thingy'. I make flower boxes from scrap wood. Cutting scrap wood in half is the main deal. thank you.
How clever! And simple. And cheap! And you can be a dumb bunny about woodworking and still make it work! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your skills and not making the average TH-cam viewer feel like they owe you a kidney for sharing! There are many crazy skilled craftspersons on here but some want to charge $400.00 to learn how they sharpen a pencil!
First off the board measured 3 & 3/8. not 3 & 1/2. So center would be 1 & 11/16. But he was off only 1/16, lol
Wold it make it safer/more accurate to put the nails in from the other side? That way, if you don't do a good job keeping the drilled holes plumb, the nails would still be where the marks were. You'd have to countersink the opposite side for the pencil too.
I live in florida and am trying to take care of my moms house. The t11 siding is showing rot and moisture gets in during rainy windy seasons. I think I need an attic vent to let moisture escape. I don't want to just slap on a repair where the apparent old repair failed. Any tips on attic vents? I need to do it myself because we don't have resources to hire people. This is a great tip Leah! Keep up the good work!
How do you stop the pencil from wobbling, even if it's snug? How can you be certain that the pencil point is 100% centred?
TH-cam is full of videos showing how to make these, with results that are elegant and sophisticated. But this one is quick and dirty, so this is the one that's going to get made and used. (Multiple times, no doubt.)
Am asking for a circular saw or if you can get me one🥺
Maybe I got the names of the bolts wrong. I know that hex bolts are the ones with the hexagon top, and I believe carriage bolts are the ones with the smooth, flatter, more refined looking top. But what I was wondering about is why some bolts are threaded all the way along the barrel (or shaft (?) whatever it's called) and others only have maybe five threads at the tip, and the rest of it is smooth. And does it matter in terms of strength of the bolt?
You are great! thanks so much for sharing. I've learned so much from you! Loved your Tick stick!
Thumbs up if you came to this video after seeing her video using this tool in "A woodworking joint every beginner should know."
Brilliant, joining 2 5 foot boards for deeper skirting using dowels. Gonna build that little jig right now. Thanks
Table saw though but if you need a reference line that's awesome that you share these cool things because one day it will come in handy. I like the find the angle video. That's a classic with the math table u put below after the confusing way . Can you make another video about that please for inside and outside corners and post a pic of the math . All I need is to get the tool . I usually use scraps and try a few times or a square but your way will make it perfect
I didn't see Jane drill once during that. 😉
Great trick. I'll be following your channel from now on!
Thanks so much for this video. I'm a beginner and being able to DIY items and save money are important to me.
cracking tip ! √
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Thanks Leah! This is today's project in being it's raining outside, this is perfect! Thanks again for the tip!
Good video. Useful tip. No excess talking! I’ll subscribe
Thankyou leah ,your demonstration was so good ,im just starting to do woodturning .Bye for now Helen
I tried to make this and I marked a board, then I
Flipped my tool around to see if it was truly centered and my lines didn't match up.
Just another tool it's using a speed square if you don't have one of these. The speed square has notches made for ripping lengths and could be used to find the center.
You’re a great role model. I think I’ll see if my 7 year old daughter would be interested in your videos.
I concur that this was my first time seeing this method done before a cheap JIG Leah! 👍👍👍
thanks, Mae!
Never seen so many nice comments maybe u should run for office. Thanks Leah great video
There are many similar projects in Woodglut's plans.
Or just measure on an angle to find the centre.
I'm going to make a jig. I like the video
Best to keep the jig flat on the work piece. If you tilt the jig, even a little as shown here, then the pencil wont be dead centre
You are the best...Thank you so much for what you teach us.
Leah has done it again. Thanks for this great tip.
It takes me 15 minutes to clear a workspace in my cluttered shop.
If you like woodworking, just look for Stodoys plans.
You have a nice simple tips. I like it even I am not sure If I use any of this.
You are BRILLIANT! Thankyou....from a 64 year old beginner, novice wannabe woodworker without a workshop!
So simple with precise instructions. Seen a few of these and this is the best
Hello Leah, great video on how to construct these center finders. You are right, I see these for sale on Amazon and wonder why on Earth someone would pay 6.00 all the way to 15.00 bucks for one of these, when this jig is every bit as good.
I think you would do an excellent job of some of the other measuring tips like measuring from one side of the board at 0, then taking for instance 8 inches on the ruler and moving it to the other side of the board. At 4 inches it would be dead center. Also the carpenters 3-4-5 method for determining if an area is square. Others have tutorials, but you have a very natural way of teaching that everyone can easily understand. Take care of yourself.
Leah thank you for all the Great tips from carpentry to all the other videos you have made. your advise has made my projects go smooth and my work is in making fancy art work in museums , and other fancy places. keep up the Fantastic videos I am still learning . hi 5 Leah your the Best !!!!!
Leah you're the best!! Man wish you lived near by so we could hang out and i can learn even more
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Great video leah very informative many thanks for sharing
A jig that will save me hours of time in the long run. Seen this jig before , but never explained the why you do . I CAN DO THIS . AND WILL . Thank You Leah and your team .
I’ve seen a few other construction/woodworking videos that have used this jig before and some have even taught how to make it but none I’ve seen have shown me how to USE it! I would have failed miserably the first time if I hadn’t been told to tilt the jig toward the direction you want to mark so the pencil remains snug in its place. Thank you, Leah. You’re the kind of teacher that should live forever.
Leah how do you how far apart to make the 2 guide pins?
This I can use!!! I make birdhouses out of fence pickets. Sometimes the width are different and centering the bird hole is time-consuming with a tape measure This will speed things up tremendously thank you
Really enjoyed this one. thank you
you're welcome, Matt!
I really enjoy your content. I'm a maintenance supervisor for a residential property and have been in the industry for years and years, I normally watch your videos after being at work all day.🙂
That is a great idea, and I will try this out and see what happens. I thank you very much for this idea, and hope you are having a nice week.
Hi Sidney! Thank you, and I hope you are having a good weekend!
Hi Leah,
The pins you made brought to mind something I was puzzling over today. What's the difference between a carriage bolt and a hex bolt and how do you know which one is the right one to use? I had a bag of bolts today all the same size but some carriage and some hex and I was wondering which I should use for the fence I'm building or if it even matters....Just a thought for a possible future video. Thanks for all you do!
Hi Laura, interesting question. If you use a hex nut in combination with a washer, the hex bolt will be stronger than a carriage bolt.
Holy cow, Leah! Brilliant! Thanks again and again and again!
Leah my dear I've been getting great tips from you for about 4yrs now ,and they're all a keepers , in this case however I think it's much more work than just using a tap measure on an angle on the work piece and finding an even number that can be divided in 2 or 4 even ripped sections depending on the project .
Leah, I needed to mark the middle down some small pieces of decorative hardwood (spalted Silver Maple) that I want to resaw. I have quite a few pieces and it would have probably taken over an hour to mark them all with a ruler and a pencil. I made the centering jig in about 10 minutes and marking the wood took another 10 minutes. Now, I am the proud owner of some very accurately marked wood, ready to be resawn and a centering jig! Thank you so much. I bought you a few coffees to say thanks. Thanks for such a generous channel. It really means a lot to me.
Fantastic, Jesse, you did it!! Way to go. 🙂👍
We love you Leah! You’re the best!!
Wow! What a cool idea. Thanks for posting.
Also, maybe you could screw a thin screw in until it just protrudes, for scoring a line (instead of using a pencil)? Or maybe I could just learn to stop losing my pencil every 5 seconds.
I've seen several modifications on this particular jig, like a nail instead of the pencil. I was thinking a set screw for the pencil might help.