Essential Woodworking Skills - Measuring and Marking - Tools, Tips and Tricks

[@nkabui8wnabnd8099999]

Dude. I use a combo square at least 10 times a week and I NEVER knew that knob looking thing on the end was a scribe. Two minutes in and learning. Bravo.

[@brandongraham3509]

I love the Veritas square. In my shop, my dad's, and my grandpa's, it is known as the Most Used Tool. Great videos, thanks for all the effort you put in for education.

[@TrevorDennis100]

It's great to see you using the 1-2-3 blocks. I came to woodworking as a retired engineer and toolmaker, so I naturally bought my engineering skills and tools with me. 1-2-3 blocks (they also come in 25-50-75mm size) are incredibly versatile. I even use them for setting up jointer blades along with a DTI and scribing block. I have 6mm stud with a couple of nuts for joining the blocks together - extending the range of 150mm calipers for instance. They are the sort of tool you are forever finding new uses for. BTW They are totally affordable from the likes of wish and bangood, and easily spec'd well enough for wood, and acceptable for metal. I have an Incra square but never really use it. I don't like the sloppy fit of the nuts in the T-slot, and even with my closest reading glasses I can barely see those tiny holes, and the pencil mark is so fine you can't see it anyway. A nice idea, but not practical. I might invest in the Veritas square. I own about a dozen (probably more) squares, and was disappointed to find that none of them stand up to tool shop inspection checks. In fact my most accurate square is a Starrett combination set - that surprised me seeing as it comes to bits and has moving parts, even if it _was_ made by Starrett. The worst square I have came from Wish.com and was sold as a Precision knife edged machinist square. Not only was it a long way from being square, the inner and outer were not even parallel, and by something like .05mm if memory serves,

[@robertcamacho5482]

Came across your KZbin videos and I am very impressed by your ability to workers in woodworking. Your triple inlaid dovetails really caught my attention among other. Looking forward to viewing the others. Thank for sharing your knowledge.

[@katzmosestools]

Cheers Robert and thank you!

[@wb_finewoodworking]

Great video on the basics. It’s a good reminder for us veterans and excellent for those who are fairly new to woodworking.

[@katzmosestools]

Totally agree

[@spazboy3539]

Loving this essential skills series!

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks Nathan!

[@Divyanshu0236]

Marking tools you use are -- Carpenter pencil, #2 pencil, 0.7mm pencil, 0.5mm pencil, Sharpie 👍

[@MrDazthaman]

Superb content pal

[@Adventuresfromtheshedofdreams]

Great video once again, your ability to explain woodworking techniques has really helped me to improve :)

[@CatCityDesign]

Thanks for this post - I was shopping for a marking knife and I knew you would have a good opinion. I searched your channel for marking knife and found my answer ;)

[@keenancoby8223]

My wife says height the same way you do I told her she was the only person to say it that way I stand corrected... Love the channel and can't wait to purchase some plans God Speed brother

[@WolfRidgeWoodworking]

I love these Essential Woodworking Skills videos! I've been looking at getting a few planes, but I'm very confused on which ones I need and how to properly use them. It would be awesome if you could make an Essential Woodworking Skills - Planes edition video. I look forward to seeing more videos in 2019. -Ed

[@whoashop4420]

Love the video as always! One thing I've found really annoying is clamping because my workbench doesn't currently have any vises. I'm always clamping random boards down to try and keep a piece stable while I'm planing another board up against it. I'm still trying to figure out a decent way to hold a board securely to try and cut dovetails, without having to clamp it so tightly that I dent the surface etc. So maybe a video around different ways of clamping different size boards without a vise? I recently watched a Diresta video about making a chessboard and saw the wedge method with one wedge screwed into the bench and the other tapped between the piece and the first wedge to clamp it. Stuff like that would be awesome. Thanks man, love all these videos, cheers!

[@Roct3874]

Check out holdfasts

[@katzmosestools]

Not sure there's more than two ways to clamp a board to cut dovetails. Either to the face of your bench with a clamp or a vise. Check out my video on a moxon vise

[@phragmunkee]

+1 for a clamping video! If it helps, I'm using a 2'x4' folding table as a "bench", so clamping can be interesting. If your bench has a little overhang you can clamp a 12-24" length of 2x2 stock to the very edge of the bench. Then you can clamp stuff vertically to that (see imgur.com/wvKFMLf).

[@bobt2522]

A clamping video would be helpful. There are a lot of ways to secure your workpiece to a bench. Some of them hold the piece DOWN (clamps and holdfasts), some keep it from moving on the bench (dogs and wedges) and others hold the piece perpendicular to the bench (vises and 1-2-3 blocks). Izzy Swan uses wedges to do a lot of his clamping. I watch several craftsmen so I can see different solutions to the same problem.

[@igbanebridge6204]

First - great video! Loving this series.

[@katzmosestools]

8th! Hahaha

[@JTWoodworks]

That measuring tape is like 3 tools in one. Thanks for sharing. I didn't know that existed

[@katzmosestools]

It's so useful

[@michaelpatrickmilligan]

Excellent demo. Fyi, you didn't say what the micro-adjustable tool with the metal wheel on the end was called. Thanks again

[@MultiTom1956]

Thanks for the tips on the tools 😊

[@katzmosestools]

Cheers!

[@davewmck]

Very informative. Thank you for this

[@katzmosestools]

My pleasure my friend!

[@grahamparsons6620]

Another great vid as always, that veritas square looks like it could end up on my xmas list, it does seem that my squares seem to be square in name only of you know what i mean!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@katzmosestools]

Such a crazy tool and very square

[@grahamparsons6620]

That’s definitely going on my Xmas list then thanks👍👍👍

[@FranksDIY]

Great tool tips Katz

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks Frank!

[@danbarrett6113]

by the way love your magnetic Dovetail jig I just bought and made my very first dovetail keepsake box with..... great product..

[@katzmosestools]

I really appreciate it Dan!

[@heyimamaker]

Looks legit to me!

[@RabidCheetah]

Does the blade on the marking gauge supposed to roll? or do you just scratch with it right?

[@KyokushinKichiKai]

Great advice thank you Sir!

[@mikeo759]

Is the Starret combo square really that much better than a swanson? It's $75 compared to $10 with pretty much the same reviews

[@thewoodboss5647]

Where can I buy a brass hammer that you use in your videos?

[@katzmosestools]

I link it in the apron video from early 2018

[@FredMcIntyre]

Thanks for the info! 😃👍👊

[@katzmosestools]

Cheers freddy

[@tomlagatol4448]

Enjoying the series! I also like my festool tape, it lets me immediately “see” the metric-imperial numbers. A lot o guys nock Festool but I’m not one of them. I’ve got many Festools and they’ve never let me down. Thanks for another good vid.

[@katzmosestools]

Festool take rocks!

[@nixonwu1754]

Do you recommend a 6" or 12" combination square if I could only buy 1?

[@katzmosestools]

a 6" is way more useful and you can flip it if needed

[@keningilbert]

Is there a draw back to going with an engineers square with measurements (like in examples link below) vs the one without markings shown in your video at 2:26min mark? It seems adjustable with markings would have greater use. Adjustable: www.amazon.com/PEC-7105-406-4R-Double-Square/dp/B0002FTQVC Fixed: www.amazon.com/Swanson-Tool-TS152-8-Inch-Hardwood/dp/B000VYJ93O

[@thewoodboss5647]

And are you having any giveaways anytime soon?

[@katzmosestools]

None planned

[@SteveHiemstraAKAspeg]

I know you disagreed with Garrett but he is right, that's a combination square.

[@katzmosestools]

Its also a tri-square.

[@spazboy3539]

@@katzmosestools Both of you are right. One of the functions of a combination square is as a try square. A try square is for "trying" if a piece is straight or square. Combination square just has other awesome functions, too!

[@phragmunkee]

You kept using the terms "try square" and "combination square" interchangeably. I believe your engineer square is closer to a try square, and a combination square is a combination square. However, jargon is jargon and not an exact science! I noticed a speed square was missing from your arsenal. I use mine like it's going out of style, mostly because I find it a little easier to grip than a combination square. That being said, my 6" combination square is by far my favorite. And if anyone is on the fence between a Veritas marking gauge and the one you show in this video, I'd recommend saving the money and getting the one in this video. The Veritas one is very nice and might be worth the expense if you find yourself needing the dual marking side of it, but I don't. I should have bought the cheaper one at about half the price!

[@katzmosestools]

Disagree on tri vs combo but semantics. Not a fan of speed squares but can appreciate what you're saying. Cheers bud

[@GMAN420BC]

I think a tri square is shaped like a "T" where as combination square also acts like a protractor as well as a tri square.

[@looopy2u]

I only use mafell tape measures!!!!!!!

[@katzmosestools]

Il check them out

[@stephenobrien2408]

I don't know why, but it irks the shit out of me when I hear people pronounce "Height" as "Hyth." I hear it everyday on YT. Great video none the less

[@carbonitegamorrean8368]

When it comes to your squares = get the best you can afford.

[@katzmosestools]

Totally agree!

[@r3d33m3dn78]

Though it may be called an engineer square (seldomly) it is actually a Machinist square. Engineers don't use squares you silly wood worker you.

[@Myrkskog]

I've been noticing that a lot of American folks say "heighTH" not "height". Real world Americans as well as youtubes.

[@rjamsbury1]

And 'acrosst'! It's a nice bit of variation - plenty going on in the UK too...

[@brewsterly2927]

@@rjamsbury1 ...and "then" instead of "than".

[@brewsterly2927]

@@rjamsbury1 ...and"then" instead of"than".