Workshop Tips and Tricks

Lots of cool woodworking tips and tricks that can be used in the workshop, like, in a pinch, using 2 common nails to make a mortise or tenon scribe; how to safely even out edging on plywood so you don't sand through very thin veneers; more Clamp hacks; how to check your squares for accuracy, something everyone needs to know; a quick and easy square holder to help keep clutter off your workbench; safely cutting small parts on the table saw sled.
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[@louislandi938]

Absolutely great! But don’t we expect that from you? I stop what I’m doing and watch every time I see a new video from you. Or an old one that’s new to me. I even watch older videos as a refresher. You have taught me soooo much!

[@verdhie]

I always love this channel..I am beginner in woodworking...thanks

[@donnajackson7712]

Love the color of the wood

[@HBTwoodworking]

I have had to retrue my combination squares several times. The higher dollar ones will remain true longer, but you are correct that they need to be checked regularly. Great time about the adhesive felt on the clamps. Thank you!

[@i8skeerd]

I'ma gonna call this one my birthday tips and tricks, I'm 63 today.:) keep'em coming, thank you so much for all you do for us novice woodworkers.

[@peterclifton7069]

Happy Birthday. Same as me except I am 64.

[@billymcgee5987]

🎶You say its your birthday, its my birthday too yeah🎶🎶😄Happy birthday

[@farrier2708]

I made something similar to this, years ago but this design is far superior in detail and function. Thanks for the design lesson, Colin. Keep 'em coming.

[@bobberguy6584]

Great tips Colin! That’s the one thing I appreciate about the woodworking community. They’re pretty good about sharing tips and knowledge! Keep the videos and content coming please!👍🏼

[@projectwood7221]

I love your presentation style

[@zumbazumba1]

0:25 use wood screws instead ,put it in a drill and use file to sharpen a countersunk part of head.Then you can easy adjust the lenght by a screwdriver .

[@Rusty_ok]

Love the square holder idea. I currently use a piece of pvc pipe cut off to about 2” and screwed to the side of my work bench to hold my wooden mallets. Always right at hand but out of the way.

[@Idahoanghost]

Love these tips. Thanks to all who shared them

[@wolfman75]

Thank You everyone that shared!!! Great Tips!!! 👍😎

[@eddiestipe2009]

Thank you and your viewers. Great tips!

[@fitzroyblackwood5418]

NICE TIP WITH THE NAILS FOR MARKING TENONS. THIS COULD BE IMPROVED BY USING DRYWALL SCREWS INSTEAD. THEY ARE HARDER, WON'T MOVE BECAUSE THE HOLES IN THE WOOD WEAR AND CAN BE ADJUSTED BY SCREWDRIVERS. HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE.

[@svenmencke9]

Great tip with the felt gliders. Thx. How to remove the hot glue from the sled?

[@Michael-Makes-Stuff]

Great stuff, Colin! I love the clamp pad tip. One of those good, practical, “why didn’t I think of that” tips. 👍🏼

[@terrybarkey3976]

This guy is great, love his delivery so honest 😀 👌

[@rickferris6987]

Colin, those were some great tips, thanks. I hope you are getting the benefits of the ads that are interrupting the videos. I think this short video had 5 separate commercials in it.

[@Daviddear30]

Not with KZbin premium :-)

[@markpowell4701]

Hi Colin, more tips and tricks please. I really liked the square hanger one.

[@eddycat6926]

thank you for all your tricks and tips! I've used a few around my garage shop and really enjoy watching all your stuff!

[@cymbaliv5586]

Hi Colin, some great tips as usual. (Not sure about the two nails to mark a mortise, though - I think you'd get a straighter and more accurate mark if you took out your false teeth and dragged those over the wood...)

[@robertnewell5057]

Very nice, Colin. One point (as I have learnt to my cost) - squares that are out by 1/16th over their length are actually a pain when building very large pieces, as the error is magnified over length!

[@tonypattison7971]

Hi Colin.Insted of using two nails to make the marking gauge,we have always used two screws with sharpened heads,they make it much easier to adjust.👍

[@elfpimp1]

Same here, I used flat head or washer head screws until I bought the marker that harbor freight sells. Was easier and cheap.

[@moretoptools]

Hey Colin. Great videos, very useful tips. We love your videos and keep watching them all the time. Thank you! Warmly, Moretop Family

[@A6Legit]

Thanks for all the content. Very educational

[@shawnsevern8429]

Thank you Colin. I always the enjoy the tips.

[@mdoddbama]

I'm with you on the combination squares not being reliable. What brand of fixed square do you recommend?

[@Ham68229]

Call me wrong if you wish but, on the sled, I've always used a #2 pencil with it's eraser to hold down the piece I'm cutting. It doesn't take a lot of pressure to hold the piece in place and since the blade is turning towards you, the blade is actually pulling the piece down on to the sled. Not going to add to the use of using wood screws in place of the nails for marking, that's just a very old trick. I will add for your alignment of squares, rather you're using a marking knife or pencil, put that down on your top line first then bring your square into that, then mark. You CAN make your square seem out of square by actually moving it first before remarking your line, it happens. A marking knife is really the best way to check anyway. Cheers :)

[@daviddura1172]

on the toggle claps....why not mount them on an L shaped piece(s) of plywood that could be clamped to the horizontal hand hold...infinfite adjustable and not (semi)permanently mounted to sled....

[@richardstrada212]

Great set of tips, especially the clamp pad replacement.

[@jacobsullivan9920]

I love your videos! Keep them coming! 😀

[@timhunt7830]

I love using toggle clamps I’m in the process of putting t track in my sled now for the toggle clamps actually. I like to use miter bolts. The rectangular nuts fit into the “type 30 chute” t track. The kind made for hex bolts n such. I just drill the holes out on the clamps so the bolt I wanna use will go right thru and into the rectangular miter bolt nuts.

[@valterleao6795]

PARABÉNS, sempre nos surpreendendo com suas dicas, um verdadeiro show de conhecimentos!!! MUITO OBRIGADO Abraço aqui do Brasil 🇧🇷

[@hernanmonte]

Great tips! Thanks 🙌🏼

[@SMee67]

Great bunch of tips there, guys.👍🏽 Cheers.

[@zyamadeadborn1785]

About those toggles I think, I've got an idea on how to improve it. Look, you get that piece of plywood or whatever you use for base of those toggles, screw them on and then glue a vertical piece of wood to the front edge. That way you can just clamp it to your sled with some random clamp instead of gluing and it would be much easier to adjust.

[@ibubezi7685]

Might work, but it is not 'fixed' on the bottom of the sled that way - only onto the edge - when you clamp them down, they might move (a bit)? I don't have a sled nor clamps - just wondering as you would have to make it pretty sturdy?

[@Tcbmap]

When Collin glued that piece w/ the toggle on it, doesn`t that make it more or less permanently attached to his sled now?

[@Tcbmap]

Collin, when you glued that piece w/ the toggle on it, doesn`t that make it more or less permanently attached to your sled now?

[@charlescoyle433]

Hi Colin. Love your videos as a several year DIY woodworker for home projects. Joining an earlier comment / question. What CA Glue accelerator are you using? Where did you find it. Do you buy the CA Glue and Accelerator at the same time, same manufacturer? Tnx

[@clemmcguinness1087]

A pinch of bicarb of soda mixed in a table spoon of water can work

[@LogHouseFarm]

I have a couple of combo square that I have suspected were not good, I better check those out.

[@joebrown1382]

Good tips Colin especially the last finger saving tip.

[@hansdegroot8549]

Great tips again. Thanks for sharing. I like that toggle clamp tip very much. Not square squares are a big problem. In the past I saw videos on KZbin that it is possible to punch (indent) the squares on a certain point and that should make them square. Does that really work?

[@hansdegroot8549]

@Aleph Leonine That is a quick, short and clear answer. Do you have some more specific information on it?

[@tonybarracuda3505]

That works on framing squares but won’t do anything for a trisquare like Colin was using

[@rfrisbee1]

On combination squares there are usually two small tabs on the aluminium or iron casting either side of the locking bolt that the edge of the ruler presses against. These can be filed to make the square true.

[@jack002tuber]

What do you think of framing squares? My dad was a carpenter and seemed to use his a lot

[@markkoons7488]

Re paraffin wax: use waxed paper where one-molecule-thick application is desired. A small wad polishes surfaces like slides and machine tables/fences and never leaves excess that holds dust or interferes with finishes.

[@waltermarcel627]

you probably dont care at all but does someone know a tool to log back into an instagram account? I was dumb lost the login password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me

[@lylearies8342]

@Walter Marcel Instablaster :)

[@markkoons7488]

@@waltermarcel627 not me

[@markkoons7488]

@@lylearies8342 What's this Instablaster stuff? This is the second time I've heard the word.

[@custommadecrafts1271]

Great tips will definately use some in my next video!

[@michaeldohm6471]

Where did you find the alley tool punch? Hopefully my spelling was correct!

[@rjtumble]

When checking your square, you could use a marking knife at the beginning to make a little "divot" for the pencil. Then you don't have to worry as much about getting the second line to start at the same spot, just drop the pencil in the same spot the knife made.

[@bobthegeeknc]

Colin Where did u get the ca glue? Thx bob

[@Overture9182]

What did you spray on the opposite of the CA glue?

[@borys444]

Activator. It comes paired when u buy CA glue.

[@Overture9182]

@@borys444 thanks

[@borys444]

@Mama C in most big box stores u can’t even find CA glue in stock without having to preorder it. Richard from finish carpentrytv has a good brand behind his name when it comes to CA glue. Defiantly check his store out on u tube if u haven’t already.

[@elfpimp1]

On the rubber for the clamps. That's great except I've discovered that the clamps will flex because of the rubber being too soft. It's great for clamping delicate work that doesn't require high clamping pressures.

[@jerryjohnsonii4181]

Thanks for the Tips and Tricks, Sir. Also have a Happy Halloween !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@fayz44awad]

thanks

[@getyourfeelgoodbackbjones1576]

Great tips

[@HBSuccess]

Decent tips but wanted to point out a square is actually off only half the distance between your lines when you use that method. That’s a good thing, right?

[@GodsMan500]

Hey, you’re right! Excellent point.

[@מעייןהמלבלבתחייםםםם]

Thanks!

[@sislertx]

Those rubber tips on clamps aeem to sneaknoff when u turn the lights off..same.with my beeswax and parifin too..

[@mariushegli]

I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.

[@johncunningham5799]

good tips

[@GNJmusic7]

This square holders positioning is a dump on. I would love to hear how you will swearing when you cut your leg on the sharp corners that sticking out on you bench leg :)

[@bouhunter6176]

where did you get the large machinist square in canada

[@rickreed123]

Instead of toggle clamps you can use a piece of wood with a block on one end to pivot against then just push down with right hand away from the blade.

[@Cecil_X]

Ir you chamfer the hole in the square holder, it is easier/faster to insert.

[@rickreed123]

You can adjust those cheap squares to make them accurate by filing the track.

[@meleader]

I just use screws instead of nail for my mortise marking gage. So much easier that "tapping"!

[@richardreis5865]

the error in the square would be 1/2 the gap between the lines

[@GodsMan500]

That tip with the sled... doesn’t this remove the ability to do normal cross cuts?

[@jeantremblay3383]

ask my self the same question.... look like you need to build a new sled 😊

[@dwightl5863]

The piece that is hot glued can quite easily be pried off the sled. Or hit it with a heat gun for awhile to soften the hot glue. Alcohol to remove any glue residue.

[@ledzep331]

Why is it needed in the first place? just clamp a stop block to the fence.

[@ledzep331]

@Mama C Fair comment. Guess I just like the danger..lol

[@grwuk8290]

Enjoy the videos but hate the number of adverts

[@lmallard3788]

I am glad i found your you tube channel. I left facebook

[@borys444]

Leaving FB is probably the best thing u could have done.

[@sislertx]

I tried about six years ago... now it appears to be hacked and i guess its still mine...its like my passwords get.changed with in a day.after.i change thr...its not.that.i.forget.the..or.they are.easy

[@kennethspengler9934]

I left Facebook because of their lack of privacy issues and all the garbage posted. I don’t miss it at all.

[@mervyngreen257]

Hot glue how do you remove it

[@robgullen]

That was my question too - IME the glue gets hold of the fibres and tears if you try and chisel off the bit you've glued on.

[@inventivejester]

Try isopropyl alcohol. Dab it all around the hot glue and give it a minute or two to wick underneath. It may not completely release, but it will often weaken it enough to be chiseled or scraped off without damaging the wood.

[@kelvinpankhurst9379]

Warm the area with a heat gun to soften the glue often works.

[@timhunt7830]

Wonder if u can put something thin down first. Maybe something like the non slip drawer liner stuff you get in rolls. It’s almost like a screen.

[@kelvinpankhurst9379]

Warm the area, then use a thin paint scraper also heated up to lever off the temporary patch. greetings from London UK

[@garvielloken3929]

1:58 wheres the link?

[@bangkak4590]

10 menit lalu 😎🙏

[@borys444]

So what happens when u own a combo square that isn’t square? Garbage?

[@inventivejester]

If you remove the ruler and look into the slot it rides in, you'll see two tiny bumps that the edge of the ruler runs on. If the combination square isn't quite true, then one of these bumps is too high. Figure out which one by which way the combo square deviates from a right angle. Work some sandpaper into the slot, preferably folded around something for better rigidity. CAREFULLY sand off a TINY bit from the high bump. Be very patient and slowly sneak up on the right height with repeated brief sandings, just a few strokes, testing every time.

[@миротворец-к2ц]

Ну кто нибудь перевидите на русский