Best Way to Cut an Oval || Cool Router Jig

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[@PetraKann]

Something similar found in Euclid's elements and also used by Archimedes.

[@creamysbrianna]

In the material handling Industry we would call this an overhead bridge crane. Commonly seen in factories and foundries. The axis running the length of the wood is the bridge axis, which has a trolley axis that traverses the bridge girders that span between the two bridge rails. Then there is the hoist motion that allows one to raise or lower your load.

[@creamysbrianna]

We live in a 3 dimensional world. Y AXIS =Vertical Axis Up/Down X Axis = Horizontal axis Left/Right Z Axus = Depth axis Forward/Backwards

[@JamesGrim08]

How long did it take going back and forth leveling?

[@alfredfox8535]

First time watching, found it 2 B slicker than snot

[@iLikeMyOwnPosts]

I literally don't have anywhere to even put something like this, but I still clicked, watched, liked, and commented, because this is the best wood working channel I watch.

[@Bourbonmoth]

There’s no way you watched the whole thing. It’s only been up for 8 minutes

[@iLikeMyOwnPosts]

@@Bourbonmoth Sheesh! No, I didn't finish watching it yet... but being the forward thinking individual I am I realized people would be reading my comment in the future. Being the astute youtuber I am, I realized it wouldn't make sense to explain to people in the future that I was GOING to watch the whole thing straight through. Now that I'm at 16:30 maybe I'll just pause and switch over to getting my new quote on policygenius.com.

[@Bourbonmoth]

🤣🤣

[@mrtaylorrose]

nah it went faster cuz you cut out the sanding bit

[@devonmantimtim8263]

@@mrtaylorrose I found it so easy I watched it on 2x speed. I actually made the table top at the same time as the video played. I do admit I did skip the sanding bit too.. Now I have a heavy surf board till he uploads the next video to make the legs.

[@mrmike1700]

I loved watching this old house and Norm abrams work shop when I was a kid .ive always loved to watch quality Craftsmen build all sorts of things that's why I started watching your channel it's great quality work but your humor makes it so much better . Keep it up love your work

[@scottwright388]

I have built a handful of elliptical stairs over the years. I'm no math genius, but I thoroughly enjoyed having to figure it out, with nothing more than a book to understand an ellipse. Your jig worked very smooth, and I understand your fascination with how it works.

[@markaltenburg5081]

Agreed. "Flush on the bottom" is indeed the most important part! Such wisdom for oh so many things.

[@gabemyers6811]

Thanks for taking the time to get your whole intro filmed in one take! easy to think you can do it, a whole lot less easy to actually do it. nice and fluid dialogue too. much appreciated!

[@johnjensen8560]

Thanks Jason for a fantastic explanation of how to make an oval jig. I would like to share a method that I use on ellipse jigs and jigs. Instead of fastening the router base to the jig I drill a 3/4” hole in the jig and then use a router with a 3/4” guide bushing installed. The router remains oriented in the same direction as you rotate around the work so that your cord doesn’t twist with every revolution and any router that will accept a 3/4” guide bushing can be used. John Jensen

[@lolcutiepie635]

I mean, Can we be best buds already? Haha love the content. Without a doubt the most laid back, informative wood working videos yet. And I watch a BUNCH.

[@sanderschuringa1]

HAHA! Perfect timing.. 😀😀 I am planning to finish my 7ft. plywood tabletop. Working on it for over a year and this was my last headache... thank you so much!!

[@AshGCG]

Never a dull moment. Some of the jigs you make are far better quality than the furniture I've built.

[@jonhatchcirclejfarms1628]

I built a "router train" to flatten a cut out from a maple tree. Worked pretty good. Now I'm going to make an elliptical jig.

[@christopherking2999]

Do I want to you to read from a phone book? No. Would I watch a video of you doing it? Yes. Nice job.

[@mcseforsale]

I've made a lot of tops from dimensional lumber. Pine is very underrated as a table material. Sure, it dents and scratches, but it looks lived with. The ellipse jig is awesome and simple. And, I'm going to totally steal that router sled design. Thanks!

[@Lord9Genesis]

Ahem...that would be a router *train*...

[@JasonRosensweig]

I agree. I've made desks and even countertops with a 2x4 glue up. Yes it is cheaper material but if you are going for a rustic, worn-in look, other harder woods just don't cut it.

[@RonLeedy]

Everyone needs a friend like you 👏

[@barryirby8609]

Great Jig, just found out today that Rockler makes a bigger base you can buy to expand the size of the Ellipse you can do. I made one like yours and learned you can make the sliders longer , like a foot or eighteen inches, just so they don't run into each other in the middle. Then you can cut longer and wider ellipses. You could have made his top use the entire piece both length and width. Lots of possibilities. Great video.

[@MikeyDonna]

I bought a Rockler jig some time ago because , like you it was fun to play with until I found a use for it, a small oval table. I had the opposite problem that you had, it wouldn’t make a small enough oval for my table top. I had to make my Center cross section “do hickey” smaller by chopping the corners off. Biggest difference was I had a pile of black plastic saw dust. Seriously the stuff inside your head is very cool 😎!

[@lafaina79]

My shop is 200 sf, on a slope, tablesaw out of square, plywood around here scary expensive, so satisfying watching someone doing things smooth and right.

[@raydriver7300]

Another beautifully executed video. A nice gentle half hour in your company. Thank you Jason 🌞

[@lauramarshall6376]

I love everything you do. I will never do most of it, but I always learn something to use somewhere. You are talented in wood working and in entertaining.

[@scottthepiper]

This will work great on river tables and pallet wood furniture!

[@theclosetcarpenter7172]

Omg he put the grain going the same direction on 3 of the 4 pieces! My ocd is high gear right now

[@beefan2528]

I kept thinking - "He's playin', he won't leave it...

[@gordonwiley2006]

Don't think I didn't notice that train sounding music. Because I did. Nice job.

[@fractionmeister]

You are a master builder, Mate. I love your work. And I love your sense of humor- you pretty well crack me up, thanks!! 😊💙😊💙😊💙😊💙😊💙😊💙😊💙😊💙😊

[@MartyKeil]

Very cool. In geometry class, we learned this type of ellipse construction was based on the "trammel of Archimedes".

[@RenotSemaj]

And the wee slidy things are called shuttle. I was so pleased to see that someone made the association with Archimedes. I've made smaller versions and kids love to play with them, I do to, they are mesmerizing.

[@johnlee7085]

I look forward to each new video, even if they’re not new at all; just to me. I think this is one of the best.

[@bradymcphail9690]

Both of your descriptions are by far the best instructions on how to make something I’ve ever gotten. For an Ellipsis jig and the router flattening jig! Thanks man, really exceptional!

[@user-gg6zg1fn2p]

Friend comes over for a little help… thinking it’s gonna be an hour maybe if we chat and have a coffee in between.😂 Love your videos. I’ve learned so much. Thank you.

[@seibert1234]

Stars and stones, that's a lot of 2x4 to flatten... Yer a wizard

[@TheRPhelps24]

I was wondering if the "Hells Bells" was a Dresden Files reference! Looks like another Jim Butcher fan caught it as well!

[@jk-video2716]

Just LOVE the router sled!

[@claudeelliott3993]

Thoroughly enjoy your commentary and your obvious sense of humor! Your woodworking skills are exceptional and I learn from you each time I watch your videos. Keep up the great work and (try?) to enjoy life!! (That'a joke, son!! )

[@karamathussain3488]

lovely how wood can be manipulated into any thing with the correct tools and a bit of thought. loved the video please continue

[@PapaFlammy69]

Very nice mathematical construction!

[@charper9890]

Yo, didn’t expect to see you here

[@SenselessUsername]

It's gotten "the nothing grinder" as a name on KZbin, because you can turn it somewhat like a coffee grinder but nothing happens... Mathologer's 2018 version I like best: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXfRXmVsf9Kca6c --- he shows pictures of old ellipse drawing jig as well.

[@Neilcourtwalker]

Now we are waiting for wood working projects on your channel ;-)

[@dominikmarlenafilipiak4085]

....that's loyalty - i'm loving it.

[@rameshshah7899]

Excellent, Bourbon !! From Toronto , Canada

[@maurolimaok]

Nice peace for a table. I liked it very much!

[@rickybusby6123]

After watching your videos it does seem like you would really do that for a friend! Great job I love your work!

[@johnleins5593]

I first made this jig 15 years ago by copying one from the Trend catalogue. I lent it to a friend to make 30 elliptical card playing tables for a local club. Highly successful so I then made mini version which I have used ever since. It, s easier to make the sliding dovetail on the router table with a suitable bit. Good Video.

[@earlelzy7243]

You crack me up. I enjoyed watching from start to an outstanding finish.

[@dannybrown7928]

Thank’s you’re videos with your humor have help me on something. Well maybe a lot of thing maybe

[@chetnash5991]

Making lemonade from lemons. Nice job!

[@inspiringbuilds]

Lol no wonder houses are so heavy to pickup. You’re a good friend. 👊🏼 Jigs make our lives so much easier. Do you happen to have a favorite router bit if you had this project planned? In a perfect world you’d want one that takes off more material width wise with each pass.

[@lorenklein8093]

Thanks Jason, for sharing this really good Video. Your patience to detail is going to be very helpful to a person not familiar with cutting ovals.

[@MrWoody17309]

Did you know you can’t buy an elliptical router jig in the uk. Go figure. This is invaluable to me thanks for all the fun tutorials. Watch them constantly

[@tjohnson8127]

Interestingly satisfying to watch the elliptical movement 👌 You're a good friend!

[@jayspell179]

Love this jig, but if you connect the hold-down screw holes with a slot, you'll have an adjustable oval jig. It's advisable to add a ruler next to the slot for easy setup. Likewise, I'd paint one of the knows and run a line dyed the same color next to the track It is on, just for easier referencing when setting up the adjustable oval jig. Maybe you could explore that upgrade in a future video. I love your workmanship.

[@DawnDBoyerPhD]

Wow - pure genius and geometry!!!

[@alexandershearer]

Brilliantly done👍enjoyed every bit of it.

[@kmc8804]

Love love love your narration!

[@jdbca5]

It’s almost like you’ve done it before. Very creative jig

[@captain34ca]

i spent the last three nights trying to figure out how to make a jig to make elliptical window frames out of big slabs of wood from a tree that was cut in my father in law\s front yard instead of sleeping. thanks for this.

[@RobertEchten]

Nice. Makes me think back of a 80 inch by 40 inch oval table top I made using pretty much the same jig. Not quite as spiffy as yours, but it got the job done. Maybe some day I'll get to use it again....

[@windsonghillranch4306]

Just a tip. I have a 6 socket cord hanging over the center of each of my work tables. Saves me having to grab a cord, jump up on my table and wrap a cord around a ceiling hook. Your way is fine too, however at 75 my table hopping days are long past. Enjoy your videos, thanks and Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@billswink6711]

Much easier than the hand plane/belt sander method I used before seeing this video.

[@kieranjones3696]

You're a cool man fella! Love the videos. Support from the UK

[@donaldjclaxton]

Jason, when I was a kid in the mid-1970s, my grandfather gave me a 5" x 5" piece of black walnut that had the grooves cut into it and the sliding pieces, a 1/8" x 6" x 1" piece of alternatively colored wood with a dowel glued into a hole on one end and on the bottom was a piece of paper the clued to the bottom that said the product was called, "The Do Nothing," I just looked on Etsy and there are a number of shops making something approximating the 1970's version; there's even a "Tremmel of Archamedias," that has pieces moving in and across at 45° angles simultaneously. You looked like you were enjoying the function of the "do nothing machine" so much, I couldn't help but recommend this to you. I recall as a third grader even being mind-numbingly intrigued by the device and no doubt wasted an accumulation of hours and days trying to get those two damned pieces to run into each other. Strangest thing that they never did, ha ha.

[@raffaelesala992]

As usual, a great job. It's always a pleasure and fun to see you at work and I have decided that from now on, I will evaluate your projects with a scale between 1 and 5 hammers "🔨". This time, like all the others, you deserve 🔨🔨🔨🔨🔨. Thanks for your sympathy my friend. 👍👍👍

[@tteot1wph]

definitely my favorite video of yours so far.

[@louisel.sinniger2057]

Nice job! Did your friend see all you did to cut that top? You are one nice friend, my friend

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Pro tip from a pro video guy - when turning from camera shot 1 to camera shot 2, as in your Policy Genius commercial, look down while turning. You’ll notice that all news anchors do this while turning camera angles. It smooths the turn and gives it that pro look!

[@mattedwards4533]

You had me laughing because You reminded me of myself only I don't verbalize my thoughts! Loved the video , nice work!

[@Mark_Wood]

Thanks Jason. Always the best!

[@kocken2009]

Your videos are both funny and educational! I like them a lot! You’ve got some badass skills man 👏🏻👍🏻

[@HayderAlNaqqash1964]

One of the very best educational and informative videos. Thank you sir,

[@JF0913]

Man awesome job as usual!

[@miketurany2082]

Im headed off the rails on my rail train. Ozzy Bourbonmoth

[@stanleydenning]

It's called a Router Bridge. I made and used one last Summer. I was making window ledges out of Eucalyptus. The Eucalyptus was roughly cut. With a chain saw. I don't have a thickness planer. It worked out well.

[@aaron82435]

That is awesome....think I will make a half oval table for my wife. you have my brain thinking now. thank you sir!

[@tomloran1884]

When he finds out CNC routers exist lol Always love watching the videos and commentary! Cheers

[@demigodnogood1595]

Came here to say the same. XD. Yea, nice to watch these videos, and it gives you rush of "I can do that, challenge accepted." But how many times will you really use it? Is it worth the hassle? If I need an oval shape, I just take it to a CNC cutter. 5 minutes and 5 bucks later i have the perfect oval shape.

[@rodcormier7428]

Great video ... definitely making this jig .... awesome job .... thank you again

[@jordangreen1646]

Same! This is exactly what I needed right now! Thank you sir!

[@takeamericaback1554]

A merry-go-round

[@stuff8195]

I love the self deprecation

[@jodyraines7380]

Another great video, very informative, I like the subtle humour. Oh, and maybe call them the major and minor axis, some other people do. Carry on! LOL

[@HowIDoThingsDIY]

I love a good two for.

[@deancitroni4447]

You calling it a router train is not as annoying as you calling the bit the blade lol love your stuff

[@craftfix5834]

This guy is funny as hell😹😹😹😹😹 I love this and I was able a to learn x2💃

[@jimgardner5129]

Thanks so much for this absolutely fantastic video. I hope to cut a similarly sized oval one day and you've just made it so easy. Great work! I hope your friend realizes the lengths you went to and got you a nice meal at least. :)

[@chemicalvamp]

I can only plop once a day, You're plopping all day long, You're a plopping machine!

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[@travelinzac]

When glueing up the jig, if you put a layer of tape over the spacers it will leave a couple thou of clearance so you don't have to sand for the final sliders to move freely.

[@NewBeginningNewCreation]

That was a nice shot of you blowing wood

[@jamesyoung6883]

Two jigs one vid 👍

[@BETAmosquito]

That is way too cool, you math wizard

[@fishon7301]

Who hoo! My slab is full-dimension 2x6 Alaskan Yellow Cedar. It's 8' long and 36" wide. I think I'm gonna do this. Nice job.

[@SSBailey77845]

Brilliant! I could watch this all……never mind…

[@josevillanueva6992]

Thanks for sharing that proyect. I'm tempted to make one jig as that. Greetings from El Salvador

[@halsti99]

must be a very close friend if he trusts you with 500.000 dollars worth of wood in 2x4.

[@jjyemg2397]

Saw Tommy Silva build this jig 10 years ago

[@alwaysinblue]

PERFECT! This is just what we needed

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That jig is cool to the ultimate maximus!

[@johnmay371]

Excellent job

[@AlAllerton]

Pretty slick jig! 👌

[@JRADMAKES]

its like synchronized swimming!!!!

[@MrArcher0]

I did this 20 years ago to make a free standing dressing mirror for my wife. Only difference was a second pass 3” inside the first pass. 3/8” deep with a 3/4” straight bit then through with a 1/4” bit. This made the recess for the mirror glass itself as I cut it out.

[@iainhetherington4608]

Love the router train ! Cheers from Aus

[@newrootswoodwork7458]

Nicely done. Thanks for your videos. Hope to follow in your footsteps.

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Awesome project looks great 😎🇵🇷

[@alfredfox8535]

First time watching, found it 2 B slicker than snot.