Custom Miter Saw Stop

I needed a stop for my miter saw, so I built a custom one. Did I over do it? Maybe...A bunch of machining, turning, engraving...but it came out pretty darn nice if I say so myself.
And yes, It's a "Miter" saw stop, not a "mitre" saw stop. If it were a "mitre" saw stop, it would be in Millimeters. This one is in inches, so it's clearly for a "Miter" saw.
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[@lynnwimberley2499]

"over complicated" is why I watch your videos!

[@jamespooler8809]

Great job. It may have been slightly over complicated, but it was a personal project that you shared with all of us. I personally think it is better than just about any that you can buy and it fits the space that you are using rather than being too short or too long.

[@deeiks12]

i think you almost had it with the shop made diamonds.

[@coplandjason]

Nice one, I love your Monty Python Sir Lancelot attack you build in to your videos

[@tilliesinabottle]

cool project! press/shrink fits are a real challenge. but so long as it's not a hydraulic piston there's always locktite, taper pins, welding it on, knurling the shaft and pressing it on.

[@JeremyMakesThings]

I’ve found it really helps to ream the hole with an undersize reamer, but that only works when you don’t grab the nominal size drill without thinking. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ThePaulGraham]

"It might be slightly overcomplicated". Well, I say if anything it's not slightly overcomplicated enough. I say you slap a ballscrew and a motor on there so you can dial in the length with a keypad. I mean I don't know if that would add a whole lot of functionality but it would definitely put to rest any idea of it not being overcomplicated. Anyway, cool project!

[@googleuser3110]

Perfect, well maybe not, but most definitely just right.

[@N.Cognito]

Channels super underrated.

[@striknein]

Sweet hat

[@ironhead65]

That fly cutter shot at about 2:50 was awesome!

[@rallymax2]

Thanks for going to all the effort for the editing gags and the gags in general. The engraving looks great!

[@dirtdart81]

That pulling rod out of the collet got me good 🤣

[@martinschroederglst]

It's like that scene in The Naked Gun where the camera pans up the endless legs of a woman^^

[@kendingsor]

My favorite part is where you make the thing

[@Rustinox]

A bit of paint can also improve the surface finish :) And it's never over coplicated if it's fun to build.

[@jerydob6499]

Nice saw. Mine cut true right out the box.

[@DangerousSportsForSeniors]

Always entertaining. Thanks for sharing

[@honeycuttracing]

Keep up the great work 👍

[@nadam35]

really enjoyed this video, thanks for sharing

[@BraxtonHoward]

Best time lapses on KZbin.

[@lumotroph]

I think this is a brilliant upgrade! Getting some shop jealousy already 😂 thanks for making the video!

[@RB-yq7qv]

[@jdmccorful]

Looks just "superb" to me! Enjoyed watching.

[@CantKillMe]

over built but I love it keep it up

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Nicely done Jeremy. An enjoyable video, thank you.

[@billbaggins]

What a great build Jeremy👍 Too many clever and funny things 🤣 Keep em coming mate

[@jackdelancey248]

As a cabinetmaker it’s overkill, but cool nonetheless 😎

[@Niels_Dn]

3:03 when you smacked your hammer for so long/hard that it looks like a pancake 😅

[@JeremyMakesThings]

It’s Grandpa’s lead hammer. Re-casting it will be a future project, but unfortunately, it’s not one with a commercially available mold.

[@captaincavern200]

@@JeremyMakesThings , soooo , mold fabrication ? huh ? thanx for your vids it's very instructive !

[@Niels_Dn]

@@JeremyMakesThings nice! Doesn’t matter what it looks like if it was your grandpa’s 👍🏼😎

[@jeremylastname873]

You have a taper on the lathe. That’s why it’s thinnest in the middle.

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

That lead mallet tho.... 🤔😂

[@JeremyMakesThings]

It’s getting close to time to recast it. 😆

[@ebrandwine]

I miss ToT…

[@barthanes1]

Do you have a casting mold for your lead hammer? It would be cool to see you make one of those.

[@JeremyMakesThings]

I don’t have one. This is one of the ones that there’s no mold available for, but you can trade in for a fresh one. But….this one came from my grandfathers tools, so recasting it is on the list of things to do, and is (obviously) overdue.

[@garrettjones7202]

Green loctite is just press fit in a bottle.

[@garrettjones7202]

Also loved the 700 feet of stock you pulled out of the collet. It was not lost on me. Love what your doing.

[@desertTooHot]

I dont think its overly complicated if it useful and you didnt have to rebuild it 5 times just to get it working.

[@philmenzies2477]

Is there enough depth in the scratch graving to fill with paint?

[@JeremyMakesThings]

Not really unfortunately.

[@spikeypineapple552]

What are you using for your timelapses? They look amazing

[@JeremyMakesThings]

I just shoot in in real time, then adjust the speed so each frame is one cycle plus one frame apart (if that makes sense)

[@spikeypineapple552]

@@JeremyMakesThings Makes perfect sense. I thought it was too perfect to have been automated. Thanks for the videos, really appriciate the work you put into them :)

[@pjofurey6239]

Why engineer when you can over engineer ? My old man always used to tell me “do,it right and and you won’t need to do,it again” Once you get you technique dialled,that stop will be so much faster than before.

[@ironhead65]

How do you like your ER positioning blocks? (Assume you have square and hex). Are the ER32 size?

[@JeremyMakesThings]

They’re ER40. I have mixed feelings on them, they’re sometimes difficult to repeat- I have trouble telling when they’re fully seated in the vise, and the nut gets in the way sometimes. On the plus side, the nut acts as a depth stop in the vise, and having a range of sizes each collet will hold is a plus over 5c.

[@ironhead65]

@@JeremyMakesThings (to continue a discussion we had on discord) I’m still thinking er32 to get “good enough” Sounds like not that you regret them being er40, but sometimes wish they were off the smaller variety due to the afore mentioned issues

[@ironhead65]

(Craig was the one who finally got me on the ER luck instead of 5C)

[@neffk]

There's a formula for machine screws: 0.060 + N*0.013 So a #0 screw is 60 thou and each successive screw is larger so that it's tensile strength is about double. Works for #00 (N=-1) screws too. IMO, meters and yards are just apples and oranges---both are arbitrary and their adoption is primarily a political process. I always wonder why some people are so excited to talk up a foreign unit system, regardless of the utility of the system and the cost re-tooling. It seems that the more unqualified the proponent, the more aggressive they become. There are obviously good reasons for some shops to have metric tooling but it's hardly a universal solution. Anyway, nice project and nice video.

[@JeremyMakesThings]

This is one of the most useful comments I’ve gotten. Thank you for teaching me something! 👍🏻

[@peter360adventures9]

Your funny.

[@Vikingwerk]

Just over complicated enough to be good.

[@dieSpinnt]

Panic!!!!!! ( 2:59 ) A little piece of swarf in the vice!!! (Most left side in the 90° stop angle ... but probably also an optical illusion, artifact, color difference:) ) Thanks for the entertaining video, Jeremy!:)