4 woodworking jigs that solve BIG tool problems

[@MWAWoodworks]

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[@greglevandoski2983]

This might be the video with the highest density of useful woodworking information I’ve ever seen. Thank you!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Haha wow! Thanks so much for taking so much away from the video! Love it! 😄

[@jlivewell]

If I could like this comment AND video more than once, I would!

[@SurfbearInHawaii]

I agree. I’ve listen to dozens and dozens of video on woodworking tips. This one tops them all. All of the tips you shared are something every woodworker can benefit from knowing. Thanks SO much for taking the time and effort to share your knowledge,

[@Obtuse94]

Agreed, this was a meaty video.

[@MuharremGorkem]

That is very well said, though a littele bit understatement!

[@jonny8547]

I think others have already said this, but this was the most useful woodworking video I’ve ever seen in my life. Wow. I saved this and will rewatch it several times when I make these myself. Thank you so much

[@larry527az3]

Thanks, excellent video!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thanks!

[@fidgetshouse]

My heart sings because you made a paper template for the pocket hole jig. Thank you for listening to your viewers.

[@MWAWoodworks]

You're welcome!

[@jturnercustomheirlooms]

Man, I absolutely never comment on videos (this might be my second comment ever), but I had to on this one. This was perfect timing for me as I was about to build a new crosscut sled to permanently live on my contractor saw that I just replaced with a cabinet saw. And that means I was also going to move my router lift to the wing table and build a new fence for that as well. I'm definitely making a few changes to my build plans after watching this that will make everything more efficient. I really appreciate your channel and will pass this on to a few friends as well. It's going to be hard to beat the amount of knowledge and tips you put into this video and keep the runtime this short. Keep up the good work!

[@oskdiscostu]

I just wanted to say thanks a bunch for all your videos! You put out great information and ways to do things that aren't all "use this $1000 tool" kind of thing.

[@MWAWoodworks]

Ha thanks! 😄

[@jimmuir3060]

Matt, your tutorials are all so clear, sensible and easy to follow. I'm convinced that I can't build great furniture or cabinets until I learn how to build useful jigs to make them

[@MWAWoodworks]

Being able to build useful jigs is a great skill to have!

[@ellflynn]

Great video, thanks for sharing. I actually feel like modifying tools to fit your needs is a core skill for any woodworker. We get basic platforms for a decent price and go from there. To get the functionality that most of us want from things would be seriously expensive, and in many cases isn't available at any price. I can't count the number of times I've looked at things like router fences and dreamed of having my favorite parts from several different ones. Rolling my own is the only way to go.

[@markhopkins7204]

compliments to your continued effort to educate aspiring woodworkers.. straight, no-nonsense explanations and demonstrations give me a high possibility of success in my shop..thanks for sharing!

[@SaintFredrocks]

I was trying to decide which crosscut sled, and this video popped up. It is perfect. Thanks for saving me time.

[@rswearing]

19:16 A new idea in jigs! This is freaking brilliant. Will be making. Won my sub.

[@bjsmithart]

These are brilliant! I’m in the middle of renovating my shop so some of these ideas will come in handy.

[@danamcdavid782]

I've seen variations of the chop saw auxiliary fences, and the cross-cut sled, but your pocket hole jig is the first one like it I've seen, and is a show-stopper!

[@G.I.JeffsWorkbench]

Wow! Thank you! Lots of excellent ideas in one vid. Thanks too for the free plans & CNC files. Very kind of you to share.

[@gntfilms]

It’s like you took one look at my shop and said ‘oh yeah Tom, I have every solution you need and I’ll pop it all in to one video. Mind = blown.

[@MWAWoodworks]

Haha AMAZING! 😄

[@scottbyrd2157]

Dude you’re rocking it! Really you should make more videos to solve issues like this. It’s time someone help guide these engineers to solve issues at the design to make stuff the best to compete with others.

[@MWAWoodworks]

Hey thanks for the kind words! Glad you liked it😄

[@dustanmeaux797]

this cross cut sled idea is worth more than golddd! Thanks brotha! Very helpful!

[@4legdfishman]

These jigs are all great ideas! I'm definitely going to make a pocket hole jig. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent! Cheers from Maine!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Definitely worth it! Glad you liked the video my friend!

[@SmallShopBigIdeas]

Awesome job as usual. I think most of these jigs will be joining my shop in the future. Thanks for the great ideas and easy instructions on how to make them. Keep up the great videos.

[@richpeggyfranks490]

I'm always amazed at how many woodworker experiences are so similar. I appreciated the comment describing your latest sled had gone thru "a slow evolution into it's simplest form". My latest sled is similar to yours. Single runner with an aluminum fence with a sacrificial piece that pushes the end cut thru the blade (sound familiar?). However, the 90 degree adjustment is via elongated screw holes on angle brackets attached to the base and aluminum fence. Angled cuts are made with pre-cut pieces attached to the base as needed. I learned that this is WOOD working. Not proto-typing for NASA. Thx.

[@garymiller5937]

Thanks for all the great ideas! 😃😃❤❤

[@billymurphy3]

Your router fence just solved my problem of my new fence not going far enough to the left of the blade. I was thinking of something along the lines with something that cradles the fence but I’m probably gonna steal this! Thanks man!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Steal away! Glad you liked it 😄

[@fcschoenthal]

Great video Matt with lots of helpful tips that I'll eventually get around to using. - Chris

[@MWAWoodworks]

Glad you liked it!

[@Gryndir]

God that first jig is brilliant. Elegance in simplicity

[@averagejoesworkshop]

I like those giant chamfers! That's not a constant reminder of failure at all! Haha. Great tips! Thanks Matt!

[@robhoffman510]

“Slow evolution into its simplest form” - Perfect!

[@MWAWoodworks]

I use this sled a lot more than my old large sled. I decided I like simple better than pimped out. It's a tough thing for a woodworker to accept because we love adding all the stuff! 🤣

[@persibday.]

the best problem solver , good job sir

[@izzychen7537]

Nice cross cut sled! This is exactly how the Rockler cross cut sled works, which is inspired by how cross cut fences work on the outrigger of bigger sliding table saws. Screw based adjustments rock!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Yep it's a great form factor

[@marcuslittle8049]

Great video. Came at a time where i’ve been considering layout and having things within easy reach in my ‘shop’ (garage). Thanks!!

[@woody1320]

I just made a fence for my Bosch axial guide yesterday. I used elevator bolts with wing nuts so I can attach/detach them to the saw fences which also slide to each side for command/miter cuts. I added some holes at the very center to hopefully aid the Shop Nation dust chute. Haven't had achnace to test yet but should be a great upgrade.

[@MWAWoodworks]

I had a screw on fence for a year or so.

[@mmb811]

Thanks, I'm definitely doing this, tossing my duel track cross cut sledge. This is SO MUCH BETTER!

[@chainring_tattoo]

Genius! More reasons why I love your channel.

[@MWAWoodworks]

That keeps me going my friends!🤘

[@ltandrepants]

love the pocket hole jig!

[@eddymison3527]

I just bought the exact countersink bit. So far I'm very satisfied.

[@skippylippy547]

Regarding "small parts" - I use a fine toothed hand saw on a saw hook with a shooting board and a hand plane. Safe. Silent. No dust. 😅

[@MWAWoodworks]

I made a simple shooting board and love using it especially with a flush trim saw when you need a really fine trim or even shave the end with a chisel!

[@robhoffman510]

Yepp, me too - but it was several years before I fully appreciated the role hand tools could play…

[@MrRustyjackson]

That pocket hole jig is da bomb!!

[@jimrosson6702]

Great video and great jigs. Thanks for sharing

[@thelwood]

Excellent tips! Thank you!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thanks!

[@pmcg9690]

Superb.....cant wait to make them, ps newbie woodworker so every tip is greatly absorbed!

[@dwarden3]

That looks like my radial saw. Great video!

[@dustinandrew67]

I love how formica looks also that i even made a zero clearance insert for my tablesaw with a smooth black scrap I had laying around

[@MWAWoodworks]

Formica is KING of the shop

[@Michael-iepv]

Great tips tops. I am gone make some off these. Greetings from the Netherlands

[@MWAWoodworks]

Greetings 🤗

[@design8studio]

Great video with many good gems. Thanks!

[@markholder4054]

Great video. I need to take a breath and watch it again.

[@williammaxwell1919]

I like the table saw sled as it places the person on the right side of the blade and offcut on the left positioning the person out of the direct kickback zone.

[@StrikeKing3727]

I BOUGHT THE EXACT SAME THING AT A TOOL SHOP ABOUT 12 YRS AGO ONE FOR RIGHT SIDE ONE FOR LEFT SIDE, AND I USE IT FOR ALL MY CROSSCUTS

[@doyalkrishna5656]

Absolutely amazing video. Super solid content

[@1crazypj]

The table saw sled is inspired, I do very little woodwork but that is so much simpler than anything else I've seen

[@tonyrichmond9428]

Not gonna lie, I was kinda disappointed with your criticisms of the miter saw, specifically not pointing out WHY they are built that way (even the expensive ones) so people know what they are losing. But changed my mind when I saw that your jig was easily removable. Bravo. But where you won me over was the crosscut sled. First time I saw a sled and thought "I want to build exactly that, exactly that way." Real nice. Subbed.

[@robertapreston4200]

Very nice video...... I learned a lot

[@mriley52]

Cross Cut sled looks like the In-Line Industries Dubby Miter Sled

[@MWAWoodworks]

Yeah there's a few sleds that use this same design style.

[@ronniefromOR]

These are great ideas!

[@rizzidepizzi]

You can make some holes in the back of your miter saw jig fence next to the zero clearance ti mitigate some of the dust. Maybe not all. There's a video from Hooked on Wood that could be interesting regarding this issue (no affiliation)

[@jeremyclaybaugh8790]

Great content. Thanks!

[@louisecruz5189]

Whoa!! Glorious!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Haha that's very high praise 🤣

[@BobMuir100]

Hi, you are so bloody clever!! Video on how you got that please!? Great video and yes black is cool! 😊 Bob England

[@ALFREDDUHON-lq9dp]

Awesome info!

[@johnkleczewski5671]

You'll have exactly zero seconds, made me LOL!

[@manybikesrbest]

OMG, great sled! However, you need to 'balance' the bottom with another piece of plastic laminate or backing sheet (which is hard to find--at least in 'big box' stores). If you don't, the sled will warp over time, even if you use marine-grade ply like Baltic Birch.

[@nicholasmanovich4330]

I just built a very similar fence for my router table. Needed something taller to make raised panels. I started with doing something similar to your frank. Got frustrated and ripped it apart and started over and wound up with one Luke yours. Simpler is always better.

[@MWAWoodworks]

I agree and I use mine for similar purposes!

[@hebierob]

Great video!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vbikcl]

I like the design of that cross-cut sled but putting formica on just one side is a recipe for making it cup in humidity changes. Also, the formica will make it easier for workpieces to slip.

[@MWAWoodworks]

with a steel miter bar I don't think the plywood will move. My previous one lasted 10 years with no warping. The formica can be slippery but with a fence and stop block it shouldn't be a big deal for the durability you get.

[@filipemiranda5998]

At last I'm gonna have all the jigs I need to build a whole new set of jigs 😅

[@MWAWoodworks]

😂😂😂

[@MG-vo7is]

Very cool!

[@bostonbaked9023]

Thank you for this tutorial! Does that wooden end cap end up getting cut a little when making crosscuts?

[@rulowth4815]

prime work

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thx 🙏

[@rulowth4815]

@ nah, TNHANK YOU 👆🏽

[@andyespenan5919]

Very Nice! Subbed for sure!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Thanks for the sub!

[@JSCRocketScientist]

One thing you are assuming is that your table saw fence is roughly square. I have a 40-year-old Delta table saw, and the fence is a 2x4 stuck in a bracket at the front of the saw. If you grab the fence at the far end, it wiggles quite a bit. Since the bars that the fence rides on are round, I am unable to install an after-market fence. They all expect bars with a square cross-section. This means, to use my saw, I have to set the fence by locking it in the front, then walk around to the back, measure, and clamp that end. It’s extraordinarily dangerous to use and highly inaccurate. I still haven’t found a solution.

[@mlomax8040]

Great video. Ion seems you need a specific part number for the bracket with micro adjustments. Do you k ow which one to get? What product did you use for making the arc with the router?

[@tiladx]

With a little modification, your pocket hole station could make a decent bat'leth. Qapla'!

[@jkf359]

Yup

[@MWAWoodworks]

🙌

[@JSCRocketScientist]

You should mention that you can’t use MDF in the south. I live in Texas. It’s 90% humidity at least 3/4 of the year. My garage workshop can get to 130 degrees in the summer. Under these conditions, MDF will NOT stay flat.

[@billyweston949]

Just a question Why would you want to take your new zero clearance set up off you miter saw ? Thanks love the videos

[@MWAWoodworks]

Dust collection is the main reason. It significantly reduces good dust collection.

[@stephencleary2231]

do you have a video showing the table saw wing router table build?

[@MWAWoodworks]

unfortunately no. I made it 10 years ago before KZbin 😭 Perhaps I need to rebuild a new one.

[@jlrebor2626]

for the miter saw dust colection problem, couldnt you just cut a notch on the back plate? idk what the dust colector part is made of, but it seems flexible so once is past the back plate it souldnt be a problem?

[@MWAWoodworks]

You can cut a notch there but it won't be zero clearance anymore at least for the full capacity

[@jlrebor2626]

@@MWAWoodworks yh thats the only reason i could see that makes it bad, tbh you could add something so the cut pieces get holded from the back so you bet best of both words, and well, if the piece is that big, you can put it sideways but if its wide its not gona help, i dont even have that tool so tbh idk hahaha

[@researchandbuild1751]

Is it bad that this video make me depressed that i haven't thought of any great ideas like this before? Lol

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

pretty fucking great video mate

[@Tensquaremetreworkshop]

The big advantage to having a front to a table saw sled, is that you can fit a crown guard to it. And no table saw should ever be operated without a crown guard in place. You can also fit a front blade shroud (and there should also, of course, be a read blade shroud).

[@f.kieranfinney457]

It’s a miter saw that can’t miter. That tool is meant to be portable for job sites. Get a radial arm saw instead if you like cutting this way.

[@onocoffee]

Micro adjust the fence with a screw???? Where was this video last week when I was making a crosscut sled!

[@MWAWoodworks]

Sorry bro I work slow 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaeltona5034]

Tell my wife I'll be in the garage!

[@gfdia35]

1000mg of salt😮 what in the what

[@MWAWoodworks]

Hahaha salty AF! 😂

[@radish747]

Great video! Thank you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻