Tips and Tricks Every Woodworker Should Know
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In this video we cover 4 woodworking tips which were submitted by viewers like you. The tips include setting blade height for perfect half laps, getting cleaner rip cuts on the table saw when cutting long tapers, using tape to dial in better fitting dados and grooves, and cutting perfectly sized dados and grooves by using a drill bit.
HOW TO SUBMIT A TIP
Submit your woodworking tip by emailing it to us at tips@foureyesfurniture.com
Here’s what to include:
1. In the subject line of your email, include a short description of tip (example: “How To Chop an Onion w/out crying” )
2. In the body of your email, include a detailed description of your tip. If you have pictures or video, all the better. Anything that will help us to better understand your tip is appreciated. Don’t worry about high production on this stuff. We’ll take care of that.
3. Where you’d like to be credited. Your Instagram Handle, your KZhead Channel, just your name…or even anonymous. Just let us know.
Thank you to those who submitted tips for this episode
Half Lap Perfection - Phillip Taylor / phyrumtaylor
Clean Taper Rips - Jeff Carrion
Tape Dado Trick - Mike Po (leave a high five)
Dado Drill Bit Trick - Chris Salomone and Shaun Boyd - goo.gl/oVdN4f
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Perfect Half Laps
03:05 - Cleaner Cuts on Table Saw
05:27 - Micro Adjusting Router Cuts
09:12 - Perfect Width Dados
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Since you asked for feedback, here is mine: Yes, I enjoyed the woodworking tips - short, direct, well presented - and would appreciate more in a series.
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I bought this as a gift for my friend kzhead.infoUgkxcZqgZ8Ynkiz5n_LxIWRlAicuzmz5kCHG who is just starting out in the world of wood work. He loves it!! There is a great section on different wood and what to use for what kind of job and a similar section for tools as well. The projects in it are things you probably would have a go at with clear instructions, pictures, videos and diagrams throughout. Great for a beginner/amateur wood worker.
Man, these are really useful. I’m always overthinking this kind of thing. Will definitely use the first tip to get the right depth on my half laps. I’d love to see more of these tips.
I always think that math and measuring will help me, but it’s often a clever way of approaching the problem that makes everything easier and better
I'm overthinking to and this make a lot of things so much easier. Logical thinking
Guys, these tips are invaluable! Especially when they eliminate measuring…such a headache. Please continue this series. Love it!
I love this idea for an ongoing series! Keep them coming. I especially like that you take input from your viewers.
Please continue with this series. My only concern is remembering all of them in the shop! They are very, very useful.
Yeah! A helpful info graphic tip sheet would be great! (With little cartoon versions of Chris and Sean!)
I'll second that.
Fourth here 👍
The tip for using tape as a micro adjustment: So brilliantly simple I can't believe I didn't think of it.
I think this is a very helpful series. Would love to see it continue.
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I love it. I love the amount of content in a short space of time. Don't get me wrong, I like long videos as well, but if I am about to try something new, I don't always want to sort through a 30 minute video to find the trick I needed!
Thank you! I am a new woodworker and can use all the help I can get. Love your channel, love your style, can't wait to get in the shop and use this to create the tables I wake up seeing in my head.
This series is super helpful. I'm just getting started and it's nice to have some quick, easy to remember tips that have huge impact. Between this and your "Taking Math out of Woodworking" I'm feeling much more capable
Yes please, more! There are lots of tips out there but you guys shooting and explaining them nicely is a bonus!
You guys are such an inspiration, I admire your work and follow it. Thanks for sharing. It’s because of guys like you I felt motivated to start on woodworking. Last year after COVID19 put us on isolation. Again thanks !
Honestly, insanely useful stuff. ALL stuff I have NEEDED on projects and literally ALL stuff I'm going to be using on upcoming projects. Thanks guys, looking forward to more of these!!
Very well explained and without any ANNOYING music. Keep up the great work. 👊
My builder is building me a house and I'm going to be doing a lot of the interior finishing. I have lots of oak boards and will be using these tips on a variety of projects. Please keep them coming. And, thank you both!!
Great tips well presented. No fluff - quick and concise while still being nicely explained. More videos, please. 👍
Love the tips. Please make a series and playlist. My passion is to make beautiful pieces and I’m not there yet. You’re one of those channels I consider at the top of the heap in that category so your tips are much appreciated. Thank you!
"The tape as a micro adjustement" - a tip that is worth it's weight in gold!
Brilliant simplicity. Several problems I had been plagued with, particularly the router dado and cutting the dado with the table saw. Thanks, I subscribed.
Love these tips, makes my woodworking easier. Keep it up guys, really appreciated, when I get further into my fun, I'll be watching you whenever there's a new one!
I love the router tip at around 7:15 or so. Adding the tape to move the router over just a hair to get the dado just a fraction larger for the board to fit into the slot is a great idea! Thanks for the other tips too! Great stuff!
Loved the tape as micro adjustment tip, and all were very helpful.
Wow just came across you guys the other day and subscribed. This is excellent info which I will use. Please keep it up. I also like the style and humor. Looking forward to getting some of your plans as your furniture builds are amazing. Thanks! Keep the tips coming.
Man, that first tip was great I'm a newbie woodie and you spoke directly to me lol. Thanks again and would love to see more of these.
Thanks, I'm a hobbyist woodworker and getting my first FTG blade for dados--about a year ago--was a life-saver (no more chiseling out grooves from ATB blades).
Thanks for the tips. I've used the tape technique and it works well. I especially like half lap--perfect and simple.
Very useful--please continue. These two guys are in my very short list of woodworking channels I watch regularly. Entertaining, and great at what they do....and this is coming from a largely hand-tool woodworker.
Love this! Always find it so fascinating to be able to measure something without proper measurement tools!
Please let this not be the last episode tip and tricks. It was extremely helpful
As a beginner, I need and appreciate EVERY tip I can find. Please continue!
I am new to woodworking in any serious sense. I find these simple (in the very best sense of the word) tips are so useful. Thank you for taking the time to share them 🙂
Thanks for sharing, I don't think I had seen any of these tips before. I especially appreciate your tip about the drill bit for the tenons!
New to wood working. I cannot tell you how helpful and inspiring your videos are. Thank you for this.
Just commenting to add my own vote to please continue this series. There are a lot of tips/tricks videos but the ones selected here hit that nice balance of extremely useful but not overly obvious.
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Whittier! I grew up there! Makes me all warm and fuzzy thinking about my hometown. Glad to see you guys adding to its history and commerce. I also liked the tips. I’m thinking about getting back into woodworking.
Love the tip on better lap joints by using the tablesaw itself ! simple but so effective
Thank for this, I needed the tape as a micro adjustment for this weekend!
I’m halfway through and all of these have been useful to me so far. Keep these videos coming.
I dig the new series. Thanks for all the great tips along with all the other great content
this is great! thank you for this. hope the series continues.
Cutting exact width dados just keeps getting easier. Great tip! One thing I do when I need a slightly looser fit is to add a playing card to the piece needed when you make that first cut.
Love the one for the burning 🔥 marks/tapering... Hope to see more of theses. Have a great New Year lad's
The jointer is another option.
Awesome, guys! Some of these I knew or kind of knew but it’s great to have these concise lists for when you think of it and you want to refer back to the video but you can’t think which project it was associated with. Definitely hope this is just the first of an Ongoing series. 👍🏻
This is great! I‘d love this to be a series. My son also loves listening to you explaining this stuff. He is for months old
Sure he does ..”four”
Wow guys! Thank you so much! These tips are really practical and clever. I have struggled thru each of these challenges so many times.
That tape micro adjustment is a surefire winner. Thanks for posting. 👍
Great ideas! I especially like the half-lap hack and the drill bit/dado hack. Thanks!
The tips are great, keep doing them. I like that you're crowd sourcing these too
I love these guys for making a fun way to do tips in woodworking Thank you all. I look for more tips and tricks from you guys in the future!
That dado drillbit was genius. You guys are awesome. Thanks for this video
Superb tips there, love them! The tape tip would have helped me earlier today when my drill press was out by a tiny bit.
You guys are a great mix of corny, and insightful. Thank you, I picked up a LOT of good info!!
Please keep this going. I just finished cutting a couple of half laps and missed the depth and had to sand a bunch to make it look right. The half lap top made so much sense.
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Tape method tip for cutting tapers was spot on! Keep the tips coming. Good stuff!
The both of you have such a interesting sense of humor. Over the years I always find my self laughing in the mist of learning something new on the regular. Props on the channel guys
Great idea guys, Love the format always great to get other views on doing woodworking tasks. dig all your videos. Have a great New Year’s cheers!!!
Really enjoyed this video, great tips that can be used in regular basis, quick, precise.
Great tips. Will use the dado width tip later today for a flip top bench cart build.
I remember your guys other video doing a cabinet built in job. I'm a carpenter that works with one other carpenter it works good to build each others skills and challenge each other to constantly improve our work.
The tape idea is amazing, thank you...
Since I have been at this since 1976 all of the tips were solid. One point is that the drill bit idea could present issues. Just keep a few shims handy of the appropriate thickness. Nice work, I enjoy your shows.
Hooray! Thanks for sharing! I'm especially fond of that first one 😉
Oh, yes. These are simple and very smart tips -- lots of "why didn't I think of that!" in these, but - as you said - they're applicable for lots of cutting tools. They also appear to be really quick and fool-resistant. Thanks!
Smart viewers! These are great tips. I'll double down on endorsing the painters tape for micro-adjustments. Sneaking up on cuts was the biggest revolution for my projects when I learned the value of it.
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This is awesome. I am a pretty seasoned woodworker and didn’t know these. Great job guys. Keep this “Tips” concept going!
I just found this channel and I want to see more like this! Keep it coming.
That was a lovely set of tips! Very comforting and informative. Cheers,Rob
Awesome video! I love that it explains some subtleties in things that may (or may not) seem straight forward, but where people would've made a mistake if they didn't know about them (including me of course) Thank you guys for your top notch quality videos and your very unique style of making them. Wish you both a happy New Years eve🍻
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Thanks for these great tips! Here's a product idea: shim tape. Tape that comes in precise thicknesses, like 0.010" etc. Doesn't have to be a huge roll, but it would really help in sneaking up to the precise width of a dado.
Hey yes, please continue with this series. I love the way the two of you explain and do woodworking. Well, there's one thing I miss: you talk about the thickness of the wood without using that funny plural. Keep on being foureyes!
@Thomas Braun - Thicknesses?
Awesome tips especially the last one I just made that mistake last week lol but figured it out. Looking forward to seeing more content from you guys
GREAT idea. Clear, to the point. Pure protein knowledge. Thank you!
Very useful tips. I can't wait to see more of these videos from you guys!
I always enjoy the tips and tricks series videos that the different people who I follow on KZhead post once in a while so I’d love it you guys continued on with yours.
Yes please continue this series, it's fantastic!
Yep, happy with this tips and tricks...nice to see/learn from other folks' experience and thought processes!
Great tips! Thank you :D
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Dope series guys! I’m into it! Keep making more!
These really are invaluable tips. Would definitely love to see more!
Tips: yes please! Keep them coming. I will be using the crosslap tuning tip very soon.
Very, very good tips here ! I am not into woodworking yet but I plan to build furnitures for my future home currently in construction, and such details always "fear" me because I think that perfect details are what make any piece of work look professional. I am looking forward to test those tricks in a near future !
Nice! I'm relatively new to wood working and these tips are the things I've been looking for well done guys. I'll tell my friends to hit you up. I hope you guys don't stop. I'll check out the sponsors.
Absolutely loved this clip and the concept. More please!!
This was fun. Would love to see more like it mixed in on occasion.
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Gentlemen, the information/content was amazing. Please continue providing this valuable and educational information. Thank you.
Great , enjoyble and very usefull filler-rubric video between big projects. Hope you will continue it , if you see fit in this and enjoy yourself as well. Thank you guys :)
Really like the last tip with the dado. I’ve seen a piece of wood that fits in a blade kerf rather than a drill bit. This compensates for blade run-out.
Love the blue tape fine adjustment. Will be using that one thanks friends
Sweet tips in this video. I particularly like the painters tape idea on the dado 👍
Excellent tips! Thanks! Hope I’ll remember all of them when needed.
I love this series. Please keep it up! Cheers!
Excellent - please do more of this series!👍🦧
I don’t usually like tips videos because I know em, but this one had to I will definitely implement. Thank you !
Loved it. Brilliant idea collecting tips from viewers as it brings in a lot more ideas than from just one person. Please continue.
I really like the format. Bring on volume 2!
That last tip is exactly what I need for my next project. Thanks guys.
Hey guys ... I love this concept and format, it's creative and extremely informative. I sincerely hope you both are successful with this channel as well as your own personal endeavors. BTW ... new sub here. Cheers, dave
Great content, please keep the series going.. Learn a lot from this short video 👊👍👊