Your "back to basics"-style videos are among my favorites, and this one ranks right up there. The look back over your woodworking journey really inspires confidence in beginning amateurs like myself. Keep up the great work!
Hey, Jay. I love it when you demonstrate and explain woodworking. You have an obvious gift for woodworking, and also a talent for teaching. I can't count how many of your projects that I have made. One project that is on my mind right now is the mobile dust collection cart that is visible in the background of today's video. I made this project the day after your video demonstrating its construction and I use is every time that I use my miter saw, router table or stationary belt sander. Thanks for this video and for all of the others.
I do this, but I usually use a piece of the same stock and rip it down the center and glue it back together with CA or a quick rub joint. I like this method too.
Excellent tutorial. I have a Kerfmaker and use it occasionally, but this is quite the nice alternative for multiple places for the joint along a board, using the fence to make them consistent distances apart. Thanks for the idea and explanation.
Hi Jay: Awesome idea! I’m wanting to do some half laps with 3 1/4” wide material - too wide for my kerf maker. This will do the trick. Thank you, John Jensen from British Columbia
The same way. If an angle is required then you rotate the Mister gauge appropriately. Other than that, the process is identical. The three tiered shelf I made has perpendicular half laps in the back and angled up front. Same process.
Take one blade width pass on the end of two scrap pieces. Lay them flat on the table surface. Flip one over and try to slide them together. If they don't overlap the blade is too low. If they overlap with a gap between them the blade is too high.
Half-laps are a vastly under-rated joint in my opinion. I remember back in the early '70s (aged 15) doing a woodwork exam at school. We had to make three flush fitting halp-lap joints but the depths of each were different. On one it was 50%/50%, one was 40%/60% and the last was 30%/70%. All done using hand tools (hand plane, saw, mallet and chisel) in under 60mins. Every joint had to fit together with only hand pressure and remain in place when shaken vigorously. It's my preferred joint for just about everything.
No, because he is using the stop block the video was about, which if you take a closer look you can see is only positioned behind the blade in the cut. When the piece being cut reaches the blade and is being cut, there is a gap between the material and the fence, so there is no chance of it binding. Also, he is not going all the way through the material so both sides of the cut are supported by the material it's self.
Don, the key here is Jay is not cutting through the wood, but only cutting into it, this is the only time you can use a mitre gauge with the fence ... you are wise to be cautious
“The Michael Jordan of joinery…” I knew you were a Chicago fan! I’ll be sending that Cubs sticker to go right next to the Blackhawks sticker….if you still have that cabinet.
You can take some cut offs and do just two or three blade widths off the ends of two of them. Then you can see how they fit together and sneak up on the height until they are flush.
Take one blade width pass on the end of two scrap pieces. Lay them flat on the table surface. Flip one over and try to slide them together. If they don't overlap the blade is too low. If they overlap with a gap between them the blade is too high.
Ok. Set the blade at half the thickness. Take one blade width pass on the end of two scrap pieces. Lay them flat on the table surface. Flip one over and try to slide them together. If they don't overlap the blade is too low. If they overlap with a gap between them the blade is too high.
@@JayBates 5:56. On second view, you did reach around, over the fence. Just made me cringe when I saw your hand in proximity to the spinning blade. Not meant to be critical; just thinking about your safety and all those, some of which are rookies at this craft, learning by watching. Keep up the good work. All the best.
What is complicated in this method. In fact, it makes making half lap joints accurate and repeatable, with a small one time effort of making a stop block.
You're telling people to get a job cleaning a shop if they can't make a half lap. Therefore, would it be appropriate to say that people who can't construct simple sentences with proper punctuation should get a job as a secretary or something?
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Here's a half lap project playlist you can check out: th-cam.com/video/0i5qeM_K0Z4/w-d-xo.html
Your "back to basics"-style videos are among my favorites, and this one ranks right up there. The look back over your woodworking journey really inspires confidence in beginning amateurs like myself. Keep up the great work!
Love these tips on how to do things without measuring
Measurement is the enemy of accuracy.
Reference measuring and story sticks
That was one of the best tips I've seem. Thanks and please keep them coming.
Everytime I watch, I learn something and safety too. Thank you, Stay Safe and God Bless.
Hey, Jay. I love it when you demonstrate and explain woodworking. You have an obvious gift for woodworking, and also a talent for teaching. I can't count how many of your projects that I have made. One project that is on my mind right now is the mobile dust collection cart that is visible in the background of today's video. I made this project the day after your video demonstrating its construction and I use is every time that I use my miter saw, router table or stationary belt sander. Thanks for this video and for all of the others.
Well done and nicely explained
I do this, but I usually use a piece of the same stock and rip it down the center and glue it back together with CA or a quick rub joint. I like this method too.
I like your idea too!😊
Can we have more of these tips and tricks they are helpful
Enjoyed you going back to basics and explaining how to make a stop block that allows the half lap joints to be easily made.
Excellent and concise explanation. This will eliminate a lot of mistakes.
Always clear info from Jay. Been watching since his early days.
One of the OG woodworkers on TH-cam.
thanks jay for directing me to the Kerfmaker Style Stop Block video
Nice work as always 👍👍
Thanks Jay, I’m going to give it a try today.
Have a great Sunday !!
Excellent video. Thanks Jay.
Very nice explanation Jay 👍
Great tip Jay......thanks for sharing!!!
Love all of the explanations! Thanks for doing this.
A great explanation and very useful tip. Never seen it done this way. You have just made things a bit easier for me thank you.
Great tip, I love it! I like half-laps all for the reasons you stated.
Great video , so simple .
Great tip! Thanks for making this video!
I sincerely appreciate this content. Thank you Jay.
Excellent tutorial. I have a Kerfmaker and use it occasionally, but this is quite the nice alternative for multiple places for the joint along a board, using the fence to make them consistent distances apart. Thanks for the idea and explanation.
Big fan of half lap joints. Long grain to long grain glue up and they look so clean. Also more simple to create for most applications
Super simple! Thanks, Jay!!
Easy to understand , well done!
Great tip Jay
Great simple explanation!
Great tip, Jay! Thank you... V
Thanks for this video!!
Very good information
Hi Jay:
Awesome idea! I’m wanting to do some half laps with 3 1/4” wide material - too wide for my kerf maker. This will do the trick. Thank you, John Jensen from British Columbia
Thanks Jay
Useful stuff, Jay. Thanks.
Jay how would you set this up for a cross “ x “ like in a table leg ? Great tip by the way
The same way. If an angle is required then you rotate the Mister gauge appropriately. Other than that, the process is identical. The three tiered shelf I made has perpendicular half laps in the back and angled up front. Same process.
Any tricks to set the height of the blade?
Take one blade width pass on the end of two scrap pieces. Lay them flat on the table surface. Flip one over and try to slide them together. If they don't overlap the blade is too low. If they overlap with a gap between them the blade is too high.
Half-laps are a vastly under-rated joint in my opinion. I remember back in the early '70s (aged 15) doing a woodwork exam at school. We had to make three flush fitting halp-lap joints but the depths of each were different. On one it was 50%/50%, one was 40%/60% and the last was 30%/70%. All done using hand tools (hand plane, saw, mallet and chisel) in under 60mins. Every joint had to fit together with only hand pressure and remain in place when shaken vigorously. It's my preferred joint for just about everything.
Great explanation of a tip that can be very confusing… why do I need to know about the kerf?
Thank you!!!
We’ll explained. Enjoyed.
BTW, this technique is brilliant!
Your Algebra teacher would be proud if your formula.
Thanks
I'd like to see ways you could do this with other tools, like a router table?
100% the same with a router table.
Great idea, Jay. This is similar to Shaun Boyd's drill bit trick for these.
Bill
I'm cautious about using both a miter gauge and rip fence at the same time because of binding the blade. Is that a risk here?
No, because he is using the stop block the video was about, which if you take a closer look you can see is only positioned behind the blade in the cut. When the piece being cut reaches the blade and is being cut, there is a gap between the material and the fence, so there is no chance of it binding. Also, he is not going all the way through the material so both sides of the cut are supported by the material it's self.
Don, the key here is Jay is not cutting through the wood, but only cutting into it, this is the only time you can use a mitre gauge with the fence ... you are wise to be cautious
“The Michael Jordan of joinery…” I knew you were a Chicago fan! I’ll be sending that Cubs sticker to go right next to the Blackhawks sticker….if you still have that cabinet.
Indeed I do. The black hawks sticker is on it :) good to hear from you, Steve. Hope all is well.
Thanks Jay! Math hurts my head.
Very nice but I wish you had spent some time on blade height for a flush surface half lap joint.
You can take some cut offs and do just two or three blade widths off the ends of two of them. Then you can see how they fit together and sneak up on the height until they are flush.
Take one blade width pass on the end of two scrap pieces. Lay them flat on the table surface. Flip one over and try to slide them together. If they don't overlap the blade is too low. If they overlap with a gap between them the blade is too high.
I love K I S S woodworking...
@3:00 but what is the Lebron James of woodworking joints?
🙏👏👍💪
One problem I saw, You didn't show how you got the depth for the Half lap. So THUMBS DOWN. That is part of the Half lap process.
Ok. Set the blade at half the thickness. Take one blade width pass on the end of two scrap pieces. Lay them flat on the table surface. Flip one over and try to slide them together. If they don't overlap the blade is too low. If they overlap with a gap between them the blade is too high.
Labron who? I don’t see shirts and shoes with him dunking on them. Don’t even know his jersey number.
Please don't reach over the blade while it's still spinning.
Did I reach over it or did I reach around it?
@@JayBates 5:56. On second view, you did reach around, over the fence. Just made me cringe when I saw your hand in proximity to the spinning blade. Not meant to be critical; just thinking about your safety and all those, some of which are rookies at this craft, learning by watching. Keep up the good work. All the best.
Wow this is so complicated, if you can’t make a half lap joint, the most simple joint in woodworking, get a job cleaning a shop or soemtjing😊
What is complicated in this method. In fact, it makes making half lap joints accurate and repeatable, with a small one time effort of making a stop block.
You're telling people to get a job cleaning a shop if they can't make a half lap. Therefore, would it be appropriate to say that people who can't construct simple sentences with proper punctuation should get a job as a secretary or something?