How to put a staight edge on rough lumber

[@ricksmith9373]

Excellent video. I've several hundred board feet of rough cut white and red oak that I plan to use for window/door trim and baseboard. This video just made my job a lot easier. Thank you.

[@tributetomama]

Excellent. Love the idea of the clamps. A lot of people screw the straight piece on top of the wonky piece but I don’t want screw holes in my antique boards.

[@mikecrook8434]

Great approach! I've seen other strategies on this subject, but your method is the quickest and the simplest.

[@coldblu357]

Omg! Thank you so much for this tip & video. I always have crooked stock & 4-5 of those hold downs and never knew how to use them.

[@jaradjarvis3892]

George Mize and

[@savingmayberry387]

THANKS MIKE ! I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS VERSION OF A JOINTING JIG

[@IMKINDOFABIGDEAL13]

i used to work in a high end custom cabinet shop many years ago and i have done this before. but a few weeks ago i needed to straight edge a board and o couldnt remember ho. so i used a chalk line and a wormdrive skilsaw first and it worked pretty darn good.

[@neccowaif9]

This really answered all my questions on the task before me. Thank you!

[@Sweatinglikemymominchurch7860]

Great video! Short and to the point.👍🏻👍🏻

[@keithlafleur570]

Where are the clamps from?

[@sullyprudhomme]

thanks...I was trying to figure this out, had more or less the same idea, but the clamps were the trick. I was screwing the board on the guide board.

[@mortvid]

Dude gain some safety habits. Other than the push stick for god sake adjust for fence before starting the saw. You have been leading a lucky life to have all your fingers friend.

[@ScreamingEagleFTW]

nice vid. yes you made me nervous without a push stick. please tell me where I can get some clamps like that. thanks

[@tributetomama]

I’ve seen them at Woodcraft.

[@jxtdenco6984]

Is the board you straightened now square too?

[@tonysorcinelli]

I just snap a line and run it through the table saw as close to the line as possible (no fence) then I flip the board and run it against the fence. Then flip it one more time and take another 1/8” off the first side.

[@wagzbullmax]

Thanks for posting. This is great! But a little feedback, it would be nice if you could speak louder. Also, a link (or more info) on the clamps would be appreciated. It's hard to find those exact clamps at Home Depot.

[@denningst]

Harbor Freight carries them.

[@robertblalock5009]

Where is the sound..hope I can see and understand.

[@bobabooey8367]

Aaah Walnut..the Chocolate of the wood community

[@mrkoolio8494]

It really is amazing to me that many of you out there are safety experts, video producers, critics of everything, and producers of nothing. 100 to 1 that none of the yahoos giving their critique took the time to make a video showing their "correct" way. And on safety, telling a guy who has been doing it for 20 years is like telling a race car driver that he is going to fast. Maybe. But it is a personal decision. I use push sticks. Many guys dont, and never have a problem. The guy that does not for 30 years....then gets cut...and then he is all about safety. It is like an ex-smoker. Nobody can the guy to stop for 20 years, but then he does and now he has a fit if he ever smells smoke. We all have to live and let live. Everybody knows push sticks, driving slower, no drinking/smoking, no chasing fast women, no gambling, no over-eating, etc. Are all "safer." Great...and then you die of boredom. Unless the person is very young or new to doing something, that person knows/has heard all the safety suggestions. Do you like to hear people telling you to do x,y, or z to be better or safer. No you do not....same as me. Thanks for a fine video sir.

[@mortvid]

Blah blah blah dude is unsafe stop trying to justify it. And I've led a very productive life. Fully fingered I may add.

[@mikecrook8434]

@@mortvid The title of this video is "How to put a 'straight' edge on rough lumber." What the video isn't about are safety precautions as viewer attitudes on safety vary. Therefore, it's up to the viewer to add safety measures based on personal choice.

[@guyh.4553]

Why do people NOT use featherboards????? They add so much to safety!

[@pplatto]

Had to turn off. Put it on full volume, and just could not hear half of commentary. Please re-do at a decent volume so all can hear, understand, and appreciate this video.

[@johnwayne2103]

Now that is a neat trick! I'll buy that for a dollar!

[@jalinmurphy9]

John Wayne unfortunately it's more like 50 dollars. Clamps are like 20 bucks each plus the cost of the board....

[@ScottyB0AllDay]

Jalin Murphy Amazon has them for $13 for 4

[@jalinmurphy9]

Scott Border ya I did see those I was getting ready to get some. Still remains though that the big will take around 20 bucks to make which is absolutely not a bad deal compared to a jointed and definitely worth it. I just still don't understand the "I'll buy that for a dollar" comment. I mean, of course you'd buy it for a dollar. That's ridiculously cheap for what it's worth. If you say you'll buy a fancy cotton swab for a dollar, that's one thing, because people wouldn't typically spend a dollar on that. But to say you'd spend a dollar on a $20 jig, I just don't understand.....

[@mailingjoseful]

I believe the “I’ll buy that for a dollar” is in reference to a quote from Robocop. The antagonist says it when he likes something

[@gipiac]

great video thank you for posting

[@gregl2249]

fantastic video

[@flyingsawdustjemtz9226]

How did you determine that the board from the lumber yard had a straight edge? Did you look down its edge, and your eye was sufficient for you to judge the edge as straight? Did you have it cut at the lumber yard to get the straight edge? This is like the story of the chicken and the egg; which came first? Maybe what we need is an 8 ft long angle iron that is hopefully straight, and we use that as our "straight edge" to create all other straight edges from?

[@cheek1m0nkey]

FlyingSawdust JEMTZ - At my local lumber yard, you can ask for different types of mills. It's fairly common to find wood there that has at least one straight edge that you can align to. I wouldn't count on the big box stores to be that accurate.

[@ScottyB0AllDay]

I have some experience with metal working and have never found angle iron/square tube to be straight.

[@30eesh]

you can always rip a two feet strip from a plywood sheet while retaining one edge as the factory edge...there you have it a 8' X 2' plank with a factory edge on one side...

[@wayneblalock87]

Glad I kinda knew what was going on..Sound is not good at all. Until t-saw started.

[@ShawnClarady]

5 year old video and the only one. Are you still wood working? If so you should make more videos.

[@chelseametayer9940]

Bro get a push stick

[@leonruvalcaba1549]

A boomstick is way much better ;v

[@bobabooey8367]

Ineffective on such a large piece of lumber

[@neccowaif9]

Ikr, I was screaming at him! Looks like he's got still got all of his fingers though.

[@tsbtech]

As someone who has ran his thumb through a tablesaw (Tired, fatigued and in a hurry), why wont you people use push sticks? (Yes, they manged to sew the mangle thumb back together, with loss of feeling in the tip and nasty scars.

[@petermcmurray2807]

Good idea but please sort out your volume when speaking

[@silntklr]

Can't hear a word you're saying.

[@drnosina]

Hi, may I know what do you call those clamps? Thanks

[@GregK2754]

They are called toggle clamps

[@crychedad]

Harbor freight has them cheap

[@wagzbullmax]

For those that are interested I found the clamps here: www.fastenal.com/products/details/0316893

[@pedrosmith1394]

cant hear this, or is it me?

[@08c6vette]

You could do the same thing wit a circular saw and a straight edge, probably be safer.

[@grzegorzkr6890]

Ciekawe czy jeszcze ten sympatyczny Pan ma wszystkie palce.

[@markblackburn8685]

Like the video but all I could hear was the saw,lol

[@richardbedard1245]

poor audio, can't hear you

[@mikemerc74]

Put the captions on it works pretty good

[@MrTumbleweed1951]

No volume !

[@cgaccount3669]

I guess if I watch on a computer rather than phone I might be able to hear this. If you go thru all the trouble of editing a video you should at least make it watchable bro

[@tennesseesawmillguy1590]

Smh

[@awlebo]

You and your "camera" completely skipped over the measuring before clamping the board to the guide edge board. THATS THE WHOLE POINT OF WHY WE ARE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE! Unfortunate, because I liked the rest...

[@figueredoruley8050]

In my first work I always used Woodglut plans.

[@andysylvester2566]

What!!!!?

[@Trentberkeley86]

Sweet accent.

[@jdlambeth]

USE A PUSH-STICK at the end! Gonna cut your thumb off on video, man. AT LEAST use a push-stick when you're recording!!

[@rod1148]

AMEN!

[@ckohar]

Should be titled “ how to cut a straight edge IF you own $50 g’s in equipment

[@ShawnClarady]

50g? A table saw, a piece of wood and two clamps is not 50 grand lol