Great stuff Iggy. I've learned so much from watching your vids for years! I hope you keep it up and keep it simple. That's what makes you a cut above.... Lol puns!
I make all my jigs from plywood scavenged from construction site dumpsters and old plastic cutting boards because of you, Izzy. Keep it simple, keep it strong! Thanks for the easily accessible info.
I’m going to be a whiner today. I got chewed out big time for doing two things in my table saw sled video which you also did in this video. That was for using an “inaccurate” framing square as a reference for squaring up my sled and for gluing down my back fence, which makes it impossible to adjust afterwards. I like to think that you doing those things in your video helps validate me doing them in mine. Ok, I’m done whining and I feel better now. 😌
Good day godfather of jigs! Awhile back you had a Dewalt jod site saw, that you built a stand for. I have the same saw but I find the top to be to short from front to blade to really use any jigs on it. Is it just my lack of experience or know how? Great to see the shop coming together for and that your still not wearing sleeves. All the best and thanks again!
Yes, you did the 5 cut test wrong. If my geometry is correct, the way you switched sides, rather than cutting from the same side all 5 cuts, cancelled out the 4× multiplication that's the whole reason for the test. It looks you would have gotten the same results as the flip over test.
Izzy. I’ve been watching you for years. First. I think your are much more tech savvy than you admit to being. You have an engineering mind 2nd. Your projects are simple yet fantastic. Keep me coming and ..... thanks
👍 Great video! I really need to make a sled for my table saw. Can’t believe I’ve gone this long without one. I love the way you keep it simple. Best part of the video, “Fancy Finger Gauge”!
The '5 cut method' as I learned it long ago, was to put each new cut against the fence, so that the 5th cut is taken off of the side that the 1st establishing cut came off of. This multiplies any error over the 4 succeeding cuts, so that, for example, a 1 degree error becomes 4 degrees off. There's also a complex calculation that involves the fence pivoting on one screw and moving the other temporary screw to pull or push the fence into square, how long the fence is between those 2 screws, which end (left or right) the pivot screw is on, which side of the blade you're cutting the square, which determines which way you're rotating it through the 5 cuts, etc. But the bottom line is, the 5th cut should be cutting the same side as the 1st cut, and if the fence is not square to the blade, that last offcut piece will not have parallel cut edges. Which end of the piece is wider, tells you which way to move the fence.
Hi Izzy, new viewer, loved the Binford sticker on the fence😂. Years ago I asked the wife to stop off a Oregon Tool and ask Milo for a Binford 6500 router for me, hahah was she pissed when she got home. hahahaaah
Yeah, that is definitely not the right way to do Ng's 5 cut test. The idea of the 5 cut test is to cut a piece of wood the most retarded way possible to magnify the error as much as possible. To this effect, you must keep the stock on the same side of the blade, and put the edge you just cut against the fence for each successive cut. So you end up rotating the piece 90 degrees between each cut, always in the same direction of rotation. I carefully watched what you did. If I am right, what you did is fine. But the last 3 cuts are all that mattered. And if you had done a 5 cut test, the resulting piece would show something like 2x as much error as the way you did it, meaning it will be a little more sensitive. Yeah, I already know. I have no life. I don't even own a table saw.
What's the thickness of the plywood you are using Izzy? Any kind of play wood or do you stick with a certain one for your sleds? Thanks man! Keep inspiring it has brought me out of a lot of dark places! I'm a disabled Iraq veteran and until I found you on TH-cam I was fighting to want to even get up every day. The first video I saw of yours was your tablsaw jig for making bowls. I thought it was amazing how you came up with all these ideas. Needless to say, you inspired me to get up and do something. Now I live to work with lumber. Just wish I could afford some of the cool tools to make it easier, lol. Any way thanks for everything!!!!
GREAT VIDEO. BUT WHY SO MANY PICKY LITTLE RULES? TOOLS ARE CHEAP AND EASILY REPLACED. FRIENDS EVEN IF THEY ARE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT SO EASILY REPLACED. JUST AN OUTSIDER LOOKIN IN...
Thanks man. Love watching you work and make some easy stuff for us beginners. I got a hand me down table saw and this is perfect for me again. Thanks a bunch
but if you had been off on the 5cut, you would have ca glued and screwed your fence down, and you'd be stuck. just screw it down with two screws (no glue), do the 5cut, then sink the rest of the screws when your fence is true.
Hi Izzy have you ever thought of taking a Holiday in the West Indies. I would really like to meet you. You seem to be a person I could get on with. Neils
hey your going to get tired of replacing the batteries on your simply safe system bro. my aunt had one and its not worth it. a security system is some thing you set and forget really but hey just fyi there sir
Great timing! I was just about to build some fixtures for my table saw and after watching your video it's going to be a lot easier to build them now. Thank you for the step by step simple method. It will save me much time. Keep up the great wood working tips.
Dear Izzy, nice simple jigs, no complain there. But why do you have your sled so far away from your blade? It does not make sense at all to me. Regards, Etna.
I dig it, simple and effective. these are working jigs, and be made over and over again. well done. miss the hangouts on Google. gota hook up again some time
Perfect timing, I'm going to be building some jigs for my table saw next week, having never actually owned one before this is super useful. Keeping it simple is ALWAYS better in my opinion
Hey Izzy, a tip from a security expert friend of mine. Avoid putting that sign in your front yard. It might scare away an amateur thief. However, you're only telling a good thief how to knock out your security system before they even walk up to your house.
Boom. I love the "Simple Jig" philosophy. Yes, here's a place for Space Shuttle fancy jigs. But hands down the simple jig will be used much more frequently. Thanks for these tips!
I LIKE that they're not super fancy. They're jigs, not projects. Though many woodworkers appear to think they are. I've watched a few of your videos and they're very low key, informative and down to earth. Subscribed!
"Table saw sleds are really easy and straight forward"....Hold my beer izzy....I STILL can't get mine built. STILL. I've got everything, but i've ruined it 4 times! Not so simple apparently...
You have any kin folk in TC, Izzy? Maybe inlaw/outlaws? I swear I have seen you better half in the area. Thanks for some cool jigs and cool thoughts! ATB, Bill
Your channel was really interesting at first and you presented really innovative projects in an easy to understand format. Your presentation skills are really above the average TH-cam guy. But, now you really have too much advertising so bye bye.....
... Great video, Izzy... this is my 1st one, but certainly not the last one ; )... I liked & subbed & am looking forward to your offerings... i agree with the uncluttering of '3rd hand devices'... i'm an old KISS craftsman.. & @ 73 i can't keep it simple enough... So Thanks, & i'll see ya on the next one ; )
Can you make a video showing easy ways to make the "fancy" jigs without ruining the simple sled's? I have a simple sled and figuring out different things to do with it isn't always fun or easy and my shop is way too small to have multiple sled's just floating around.
Great tips! Do you mind sharing what configuration SawStop you got? I'm in the market for one too, and am considering the cabinet model with 36" T glide, but can't decide whether to get the 3HP or 1.5HP version
Love that saw! Hope to have one someday. Until then I will just have to use what I have. Love your videos!!! Always fun to watch and always learn something. Glad you didn't kick her out.
I like the way you did the sponsor promo, as an inset and voiceover, while continuing cutting pieces for your builds in the main screen. Unlike some others, I don't mind videos that talk about sponsors, since their support helps get me more Izzy content to watch. Also, cool table saw sled. For me, I'd prefer adding a block or something around the blade exit in the front fence, so I don't accidentally lay my thumb across it while pushing. But I'm absent-minded that way.... :)
Congratulations on getting a SawStop table saw 👍🏻. My son gave me one for Christmas; I don’t know how I ever got along without it before-I like all your videos.
the super easy super practical clamp always gets to me. kept repeating it over and over. and I agree with you these jigs should make our job easy not more complicated and longer by making'em fancy.
Another interesting video Izzy. You screwed the runners to the board. Would I be correct to think that the heads of the screws do no touch the bottom of the slots?
Izzy, absolutely love your work, your builds, and especially your style. You have that quintessential midwestern get the job done sensibility I grew up with in Pontiac. I often miss it living on the west coast. The ads in the builds just kill me though. I pay to have TH-cam ad free. I don’t mind and pay gladly. I also give as much patreon cash as I can afford. I know you believe in the products, but that’s not why I’m watching your videos. All my best.
Thank you for this video, sometimes I get disheartened seeing complex jig videos, this was a good reminder for me to not overthink.
Yeah man ! I love your last sentence about the simplicity of jig. You don't need a piece of art to make a piece of art after all!
I like the simple videos the most. I sometimes, (often to be honest) can't completely understand the more complicated ones.
My life just got easier. Thanks for sharing.
G-REAT! 3 very useful jigs in an 11min video. And a nice lady on top. Perfect!
Bookmarked for soon use, thank you!
Simple keeps the versatility more practical and appealing.
Awesome work, mate👍
Great stuff Iggy. I've learned so much from watching your vids for years! I hope you keep it up and keep it simple. That's what makes you a cut above.... Lol puns!
Get fancy with a jig is, getting Jiggy with it.
Always interesting thanks for sharing have a blessed day
I make all my jigs from plywood scavenged from construction site dumpsters and old plastic cutting boards because of you, Izzy. Keep it simple, keep it strong! Thanks for the easily accessible info.
Exactly what I was after, thanks!
I’m going to be a whiner today. I got chewed out big time for doing two things in my table saw sled video which you also did in this video. That was for using an “inaccurate” framing square as a reference for squaring up my sled and for gluing down my back fence, which makes it impossible to adjust afterwards. I like to think that you doing those things in your video helps validate me doing them in mine. Ok, I’m done whining and I feel better now. 😌
Izzy what brand of CA glue or gel and accelerator do you use and is it available from amazon....?
Thanks
Good day godfather of jigs! Awhile back you had a Dewalt jod site saw, that you built a stand for. I have the same saw but I find the top to be to short from front to blade to really use any jigs on it. Is it just my lack of experience or know how? Great to see the shop coming together for and that your still not wearing sleeves. All the best and thanks again!
I think simplisafe went out and sponsored ever woodworker on TH-cam. Hey there simplisafe.... I’m single and ready to mingle 😝😂👍🏼
Yes, you did the 5 cut test wrong. If my geometry is correct, the way you switched sides, rather than cutting from the same side all 5 cuts, cancelled out the 4× multiplication that's the whole reason for the test. It looks you would have gotten the same results as the flip over test.
Really nice work, man... Great ideas! 😃
I hope to start building some jigs like that for mine soon! 😊
Izzy. I’ve been watching you for years. First. I think your are much more tech savvy than you admit to being. You have an engineering mind 2nd. Your projects are simple yet fantastic. Keep me coming and ..... thanks
This is the old Izzy style of video. Glad to see it. What happened to the Bosch table saw? Have you created any “T” miter slot strips yet?
How to find a straight piece of wood in my garage = impossible.
I have two of the three Izzy. My favorite is the tapering jig. I may have to steal the handle idea though! Well done man
Hi from France, very good job and congratulations for all share.,. See you soon bye😉👍
Hey Izzy which countersink bit is that ?
👍 Great video! I really need to make a sled for my table saw. Can’t believe I’ve gone this long without one. I love the way you keep it simple. Best part of the video, “Fancy Finger Gauge”!
The '5 cut method' as I learned it long ago, was to put each new cut against the fence, so that the 5th cut is taken off of the side that the 1st establishing cut came off of. This multiplies any error over the 4 succeeding cuts, so that, for example, a 1 degree error becomes 4 degrees off. There's also a complex calculation that involves the fence pivoting on one screw and moving the other temporary screw to pull or push the fence into square, how long the fence is between those 2 screws, which end (left or right) the pivot screw is on, which side of the blade you're cutting the square, which determines which way you're rotating it through the 5 cuts, etc. But the bottom line is, the 5th cut should be cutting the same side as the 1st cut, and if the fence is not square to the blade, that last offcut piece will not have parallel cut edges. Which end of the piece is wider, tells you which way to move the fence.
Great jigs and tips, Izzy.
Thank you as always ;)
Izzy you lose your pencil for awhile;? I love simple. Apparently so do my ex's. Sigh.
Rock on.
Useful stuff, Izzy. Thank you. And that statement, "Sometimes the fancier jigs get, the more you limit yourself" - so very true!
Very good Izzy, thank you for passing your knowledge.
Have you show how-to compound miter cuts on a table saw?
Say a cradle or flower box w/12 degree off vertical \ / type sides and ends?
thks.
Simple jigs are the best for beginners. Thanks for the video
Hi Izzy, new viewer, loved the Binford sticker on the fence😂. Years ago I asked the wife to stop off a Oregon Tool and ask Milo for a Binford 6500 router for me, hahah was she pissed when she got home. hahahaaah
Do you have a video on what table jugs are used for and how..? Still a beginner, but want to learn as much as I can.
Yeah, that is definitely not the right way to do Ng's 5 cut test.
The idea of the 5 cut test is to cut a piece of wood the most retarded way possible to magnify the error as much as possible.
To this effect, you must keep the stock on the same side of the blade, and put the edge you just cut against the fence for each successive cut. So you end up rotating the piece 90 degrees between each cut, always in the same direction of rotation.
I carefully watched what you did. If I am right, what you did is fine. But the last 3 cuts are all that mattered. And if you had done a 5 cut test, the resulting piece would show something like 2x as much error as the way you did it, meaning it will be a little more sensitive.
Yeah, I already know. I have no life. I don't even own a table saw.
What's the thickness of the plywood you are using Izzy? Any kind of play wood or do you stick with a certain one for your sleds? Thanks man! Keep inspiring it has brought me out of a lot of dark places! I'm a disabled Iraq veteran and until I found you on TH-cam I was fighting to want to even get up every day. The first video I saw of yours was your tablsaw jig for making bowls. I thought it was amazing how you came up with all these ideas. Needless to say, you inspired me to get up and do something. Now I live to work with lumber. Just wish I could afford some of the cool tools to make it easier, lol. Any way thanks for everything!!!!
Can someone explain the five cut check for accuracy to me?
GREAT VIDEO.
BUT WHY SO MANY PICKY LITTLE RULES? TOOLS ARE CHEAP AND EASILY REPLACED.
FRIENDS EVEN IF THEY ARE EMPLOYEES ARE NOT SO EASILY REPLACED.
JUST AN OUTSIDER LOOKIN IN...
You make me feel better for the quick and simple jigs I make.
Really, an ad right on top of your video? Thumbs down and an unsubscribe too.
Nice simple jigs. I have table saw envy now. Damn you Izzy! 😁
Thanks man. Love watching you work and make some easy stuff for us beginners. I got a hand me down table saw and this is perfect for me again. Thanks a bunch
2 thou... what's your opinion on that 2 thou for a diy er building his own kitchen cabinets
Wish you were living next to me - life would be so much easier !!
but if you had been off on the 5cut, you would have ca glued and screwed your fence down, and you'd be stuck. just screw it down with two screws (no glue), do the 5cut, then sink the rest of the screws when your fence is true.
Hi Izzy have you ever thought of taking a Holiday in the West Indies. I would really like to meet you. You seem to be a person I could get on with.
Neils
Excellent video! I love your common sense approach!
Cheers Izzy, love ya channel mate 👍👍👍
Can you send me one of them fancy finger gauges? Haha
Careful Paul, you might only get the middle one! 😁
That's a good one!
Great job Izzy good to see you making videos again hope you are doing well .
Woah! Bad safety, reaching over the blade!?
Anybody say, "Gettin' jiggy wit it!" yet? No? Ok... Gettin' jiggy wit it!!!
hey your going to get tired of replacing the batteries on your simply safe system bro. my aunt had one and its not worth it. a security system is some thing you set and forget really but hey just fyi there sir
Absolutely excellent video ‼️👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I would like to see more of the things we can do with the basic jigs here. Tyia
I never realized that framing squares were not perfect
Great timing! I was just about to build some fixtures for my table saw and after watching your video it's going to be a lot easier to build them now. Thank you for the step by step simple method. It will save me much time. Keep up the great wood working tips.
Title should be 3 easy not so fancy jig....
Dear Izzy,
nice simple jigs, no complain there. But why do you have your sled so far away from your blade? It does not make sense at all to me.
Regards,
Etna.
well good I'm not the only one who uses his fancy finger gauge
is there a reason the front of the jig has a wavey wall and the back a straight one ?
i paused the video made a crosscut sled and now i’m back ten minutes later
I won't tell you what your handle on the jig looks like... Lol
that thought crossed my mind as well hahaha
These simple jigs are better than all the alternatives.
Thank you for the video.
Gracias!, tu video de carpintería casera
Why over complicate simple things?
My buddy Dave just got this same saw. I’ll share this with him. I know he’s wanting to build a few sleds.
I dig it, simple and effective. these are working jigs, and be made over and over again. well done. miss the hangouts on Google. gota hook up again some time
Izzy's Finger Gauge - patent pending!
Lol
Perfect timing, I'm going to be building some jigs for my table saw next week, having never actually owned one before this is super useful. Keeping it simple is ALWAYS better in my opinion
Great videos! Thankyou.
Hey Izzy, a tip from a security expert friend of mine. Avoid putting that sign in your front yard. It might scare away an amateur thief. However, you're only telling a good thief how to knock out your security system before they even walk up to your house.
PS. I really enjoy ALL your videos!
you make jigs the way i do. really really basic, that it doesn't matter if you make a mess of them while making them do all the things you need lol.
Easy Peasy
Lemon Squeezie
I like it
what's the spray you're spraying on it?
Can we do a crowdfunding for a pop-guard 😬
Excellent video btw 👍
Just what you said - great, simple, very useful and versatile jigs! THANKS!
Boom. I love the "Simple Jig" philosophy. Yes, here's a place for Space Shuttle fancy jigs. But hands down the simple jig will be used much more frequently. Thanks for these tips!
I LIKE that they're not super fancy. They're jigs, not projects. Though many woodworkers appear to think they are. I've watched a few of your videos and they're very low key, informative and down to earth. Subscribed!
"Table saw sleds are really easy and straight forward"....Hold my beer izzy....I STILL can't get mine built. STILL. I've got everything, but i've ruined it 4 times! Not so simple apparently...
love your videos and mo to fancy jigs too
You have any kin folk in TC, Izzy? Maybe inlaw/outlaws? I swear I have seen you better half in the area. Thanks for some cool jigs and cool thoughts! ATB, Bill
What can I say but thanks. I've been in need of a jig. Couldn't figure out which to build. Simple takes the cake.
Another very good video with lots of helpful ideas. Specially the last jig. Just what I need for working with pallet wood.
Nice saw ... which one did you get (1.75hp or 3.0hp)? I've had mine for seven years and wouldn't part with it.
Thank you for not making them so fancy. Im just learning so I really need simple not crazy complicated.
666k subscribers...? That just got you one more 👌😂
Your channel was really interesting at first and you presented really innovative projects in an easy to understand format. Your presentation skills are really above the average TH-cam guy. But, now you really have too much advertising so bye bye.....
Good points 👍👍👍
whats the stuff in the yellow can you are putting on the back of the wood ?
Sgt Cude That’s some paste finishing wax. It helps the jig slide nice and smooth over the table or fence.
... Great video, Izzy... this is my 1st one, but certainly not the last one ; )... I liked & subbed & am looking forward to your offerings... i agree with the uncluttering of '3rd hand devices'... i'm an old KISS craftsman.. & @ 73 i can't keep it simple enough... So Thanks, & i'll see ya on the next one ; )
Can you make a video showing easy ways to make the "fancy" jigs without ruining the simple sled's? I have a simple sled and figuring out different things to do with it isn't always fun or easy and my shop is way too small to have multiple sled's just floating around.
Great tips! Do you mind sharing what configuration SawStop you got? I'm in the market for one too, and am considering the cabinet model with 36" T glide, but can't decide whether to get the 3HP or 1.5HP version
Love that saw! Hope to have one someday. Until then I will just have to use what I have. Love your videos!!! Always fun to watch and always learn something. Glad you didn't kick her out.
I like the way you did the sponsor promo, as an inset and voiceover, while continuing cutting pieces for your builds in the main screen. Unlike some others, I don't mind videos that talk about sponsors, since their support helps get me more Izzy content to watch. Also, cool table saw sled. For me, I'd prefer adding a block or something around the blade exit in the front fence, so I don't accidentally lay my thumb across it while pushing. But I'm absent-minded that way.... :)
Hey Izzy, in your opinion what is the best size and thickness of plywood that should be used? Thanks for your great videos.
No 5-cut method to dial in the fence?
Congratulations on getting a SawStop table saw 👍🏻. My son gave me one for Christmas; I don’t know how I ever got along without it before-I like all your videos.
the super easy super practical clamp always gets to me. kept repeating it over and over.
and I agree with you these jigs should make our job easy not more complicated and longer by making'em fancy.
Another interesting video Izzy. You screwed the runners to the board. Would I be correct to think that the heads of the screws do no touch the bottom of the slots?
Izzy, absolutely love your work, your builds, and especially your style. You have that quintessential midwestern get the job done sensibility I grew up with in Pontiac. I often miss it living on the west coast.
The ads in the builds just kill me though. I pay to have TH-cam ad free. I don’t mind and pay gladly. I also give as much patreon cash as I can afford. I know you believe in the products, but that’s not why I’m watching your videos.
All my best.