How to use the miter Jack to cut perfect tenons

In this video, I will show you how to cut perfect tenons using the Miter Jack and much more.
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[@ivanwalker3391]

Sir, you are "The Swiss Army Knife" of woodworkers. Absolutely brilliant! Keep 'er li Bro!

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you sir, my pleasure to read that and thank you for watching 🤝

[@crowlers6]

That's one of the best descriptions I've ever read, "The Swiss Army Knife" of woodworkers.

[@ivanwalker3391]

​@@crowlers6 Cheers Steven.

[@crowlers6]

I used a saw like this 45 or 50 years ago and haven't seen one scene until, I saw you using one in your videos, wanted to make one right away but wasn't sure what kind of blade you used. Thank you for this very valuable saw build, sometimes it nice sawing by hand instead of a noisy saw running! Cheers and Hats off to you!

[@shedactivist]

I just aquired an antique mitre jack and had no idea what is was for. Now I know, and I can't wait to restore it and use it in my own workshop. Thanks.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Good find! These are hard to find these days and they are no longer in production, good luck with your restoration and enjoy using it 👌

[@theofarmmanager267]

I greatly admire anyone who has the patience and precision to produce a perfect result. I also don’t underestimate the joy of working with beautiful tools and jigs - made even more delightful if you have made them personally. My shop has many, many jigs; some are used a lot whilst some only for a particular result. I have never found it difficult to make good mortise and tenon joints with one proviso that I will come to. Before I had a dedicated morticer, I used a forstner bit followed by mortise chisels to make the mortise first. Then, using a bandsaw or table saw, I would rough cut the tenons and finesse them with plane and chisel. I now use the 2 sizes of dominoes for virtually all that; either with standard dominoes or shop-made so-called mega dominoes. It does takes a bit of the pleasure away from making perfectly-fitting M&T joints but I have to do it that way now because my back and shoulders particularly restrict the amount of heavy repetitive work I can do by hand. I won’t get rid of the morticer or my shop-made tenon jig because, once in a while, I feel I ought to stress my body too far. It’s not a criticism of this jig; it’s certainly not a criticism of the skills involved in making the jig. I would suggest that, if you have all the skills required to make this very accurate jig, then you don’t need it. In other words, using those same skills you would be able to cut very accurate tenons.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you for your comment, yes there are many other ways to cut a tenon shoulder and miter cuts, you are absolutely right, I just wanted to try this one and see how it works and how accurate it can be, it ends up very accurate and delightful to use! However, there are few of these miter jacks left out there so I thought I would try making one, maybe this doesn't justify the need for one as much as the joy of making one or sometimes the joy of a challenge! To be honest I have made far more complicated projects that I have never published and the question remains does the joy of doing something lie within how much useful it is or within the sense of accomplishment and challenges to overcome.

[@theofarmmanager267]

@@TheWoodCrafter1 thank you for your reply and I agree entirely. I have made things were complicated to make but don’t reflect that in the result. Like you it seems, I get pleasure out of 2 elements - the joy in the making, the patience and the precision and then the joy it is for someone else. My particular favourite style is Arts and Crafts which evolved into Prairie and Mission. Perhaps not the very first stark products and not the final iteration by people such as Greene and Greene. I try to follow many of their mantras. A couple are: Patience, Precison, Perfection Have nothing in your house which is neither useful nor beautiful For the second one, I try to have both form and function in the end result. Again, thank you for the reply and I hope you understand that no criticism was intended - in fact, just the reverse for your skills.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

@@theofarmmanager267 Thank you sir, it is my pleasure to read other professional opinion, my respect 🤝

[@Einhorn-ut1mm]

Thx for showing old technics. I found this 45degree thing in my old carpentry, didn’t know what for it is. 👍😀

[@arielerlanger]

thank you so much for showing that flat saw holder, that's a brilliant and cheap idea, i'm making one today!

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you too, my pleasure to help, enjoy your saw :)

[@jimbo2629]

Wow. Great way to cut tenons accurately by hand. I must make that saw jig.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you for your comment, glad that the video was helpful in someway 👍 good luck

[@garrysmythe]

Bloody amazing, watched your first video making this jig, and watching you use it is mind blowing , you are a human CNC machine

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you Garry, my pleasure you enjoyed these videos

[@davefieldhouse5119]

Perfect I guess. Exactly what I expected 🤙

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

👍🤝🌹

[@ChristopherSalisburySalz]

The saw is ingenious! The mitered clamp/vise is awesome! Of course the saw will only cut as straight as your surfaces are flat. All of your surfaces look very square and flat.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

That is the most important part for the whole thing you nailed it man .

[@TankGunner84]

Looks like I have a couple new projects and you have yourself a new sub! Great video and great creations!

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

🤝 you are most welcome

[@odger3700]

When I first saw your miter jack, I thought "I wonder if there´s much you can do with it". This video definitely delivered. Especially the clamp saw jig made me "whow!" - so much possibilities! Oh, yes, you´ve got yourself a new subscriber :)

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

😊🤝 Welcome on board mate, glade you join this journey 🌹

[@ianpearse4480]

What do you do when the depth of cut is greater than the depth of the blade on your mitre jack saw? Fantastic video share, thank you.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

You can continue to cut the remaining depth freely using same saw blade, the saw line is already established.

[@badassfood5713]

I think you could give Tom Fidgeon a run for his money. Your wood projects are crisp, clean and beautiful.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you sir 🤝

[@jaydwy8069]

Ah ok, I was wondering what that thing was for. Great work

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you sir

[@sheslop888]

Your wife called. She wants you to come out of your shop, sit on the couch with her, and watch a movie. Lol. Just kidding, man. Beautiful work! You must be a machinist. Love your Japanese saw blade holder thingy - simple and elegant. Keep up the good work.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

😊🤝Thank you

[@Ham68229]

Hmmmmmmm, now I'm gonna hafta make one for my shop. Awesome job. Cheers :)

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you, good luck with your build, there is a detailed plans if you google benchcrafted miter jack🤝

[@jeanlucvassort6411]

regards to you and thanks for this very detailed video. I just made my own saw based on your video, works like a charm and look so pretty . I already see a lot of applications in my amateur woodshop. Now it's tome to think about the miter jack tool, an other story 🙂. Hope to own one , one day ... brilliant tool. What i do not understand is how we can use a plane without damaging the miter jack surface ?

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Nice to hear that, good luck with your woodworking. The hand plane can definitely damage the miter jack reference surface if you kept planning, the thing is you have to keep watching your progress as you get closer and stop when you feel both the vice jaws and the work piece are aligned with no edge to the touch, it seems complicated but it is not if you watch your progress and work slowly.

[@jeanlucvassort6411]

@@TheWoodCrafter1 Many thanks for your advice ! Regards and congratulations to all your nice works, impressive ... Today i just put some tung oil on the miter saw, lovely ...

[@kubilayylmaz1716]

Great brillent idea.

[@scottcountryman6090]

Your stuff is dope. Keep making content

[@Christopher-pf8qt]

Dite’s fookin’ brilliant!

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

👍

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

09:05 Holy cow! This video hasn't ended yet, and I'm on the verge of getting slightly nuts. You'll become [if you haven't been already] *the* reference when it comes to hand tool high precision wood joinery. I tip my hat, Sir.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

🤝 Thank you sir, my apologies for the long video, I tried to make it as short as I could without skipping essential steps! It is a pleasure reading your comment though, respect 🤝

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

@@TheWoodCrafter1 Hell, no - for the sake of God: don't shorten your videos: by no means! I've just watched the miter jack video and there hasn't been one fraction of a second of boredom. It's perfect the way you did it. I have already subscribed. Keep it up.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

@@GNU_Linux_for_good glade to hear that bro and welcome on board 🤝

[@jerrynix5206]

Not sure if it was your channel or not, probably was you though making that miter jack. I had no clue what it was you were making but was mesmerized watching you, know I know what it is for and it is very cool! You sir are a Fantastic craftsman and I look forward to more content from you.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you Jerry, yes that was me building the miter jack. I made this video to show how to use it. Appreciate your nice comment and time🤝

[@harveyalan788]

Me, too! It was fun to watch, even without a clue as to what it was.

[@ondrejivanko3261]

Well done. I admire your skills and knowledge. Good luck!

[@hanyhanna5214]

Awesome as usual there is no way to error with this tool..it deserved time and effort that you spent working on wish you all the best 🇪🇬💐

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you Hany 👍🌹

[@nelsonmeza444]

Ok, amigo efectivamente es algo fuera de lo usual; facilidad y precisión ..... juntas!!! Muchas Gracias; no pude encontrar los planos.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

¡gracias amigo! aquí está el enlace de los planes, buena suerte 🤝 benchcrafted.blogspot.com/2015/05/building-la-forge-royale-miter-jack.html?m=1

[@rayneaustephane2757]

hello and thank you for your videos! I have a question: how do you plan and reset the wood in the vice with the plane, without touching or attacking your beautiful vice or chair vice in France? Thank you for your answer.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you, The short answer for when using the hand plane is to be careful and check your progress frequently, or change to chisel when you get very close to the vise jaws that is the only way as far as I know.

[@lapislignum]

I love that saw sled/handle, is it an original design? If the tooth tip line was parallel to the face on that side you could use it as a depth stop, and adjust with shims to vary the depth quickly. Some time ago I cut trenches/dados for a shelf and clamped a board to the plate of my tenon saw to work as a stop, was awkward but worked pretty well, but I had to make sure the saw was at 90 degrees to the board.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Man, that shims tip is very useful thank you, I saw other designs like that on the net they do the same function but not Japanese blades, but that is what I found and I can use it now for cross and rip cutting though.

[@lapislignum]

@@TheWoodCrafter1 you could still use it for both but would have to have a think about how to get both blades aligned, maybe index pins or a tapered handle. I'd be tempted to make one with a western tenon saw because they are much cheaper than Japanese saws (here at least) I like shims, easy to add cardstock or masking tape for small adjustments.

[@johnlake6321]

I feel you were / are a machinist in an earlier life judging by the techniques you use and the precision of your work. Great job!!

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you John, not exactly that! But I admire precision and quality work, trying to make things as good as I can🤝

[@rogermiller2159]

Good job

[@chrisstearns10]

Looks perfect👍👍👍👍👍

[@michaelrosenlof1084]

This is really an outstanding approach to precision joinery, I’m going to try it-thank you very much, well done ✅👍

[@AyoMembuat]

Awesome skill 👍👍👍

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

🤝🤝👍

[@АлександрЧумак-м2о]

Просто нет слов. Как я рад что попал на Ваши видео.👍👍👍

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Я также рад, что вы нашли это видео полезным, спасибо 🤝

[@edhalson3154]

@@TheWoodCrafter1 You are either a Polyglot or you work the Google translate function well! :-)

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

@@edhalson3154 the 2nd one 😊👍

[@johnevans1625]

Wonderful video, thank you. When using the mitre jack, however, is there a danger of taking off material from the jig when using a hand plane to square edges?

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you for watching and commenting, yes true! You need to be careful with that or you will end up removing material from your miter jack, always check your progress to avoid such a painful mistake, good luck 🤝

[@barryallin8161]

Excellent. Now build a jig for making perfect mortices to fit your tenons :-)

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

:-) good idea

[@brenttauscheck8147]

Great idea truly. But what’s wrong with the miter box. Love the trick for a hand grip.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you, this is much accurate than the miter box IF constructed properly, and this can cut the 4 faces of the workpiece, the miter box can cut 2 opposite faces only unless you have a tilting compound miter box!

[@Karya-z1y]

Hasil buat purusnya bagus bang 👍👍

[@lindaloftus8780]

Amazing.

[@MrQotoz]

الملزمة دى فى مصر اسمها صندوق كف 😊 تحياتى لحضرتك.. شغل حضرتك اكثر من رائع

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

تحياتي لك وشكرا لك على المتابعة والتعليق 🤝

[@lindaloftus8780]

I'm assuming you made vise you're using in this video, do you have video as how to make it? Would love to have one like it since it's portable.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

That’s true kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6Wzg3qCjdFpmJY Thank you for watching

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

This might be helpful too benchcrafted.blogspot.com/2015/05/building-la-forge-royale-miter-jack.html?m=1

[@mikecurtin9831]

Very good stuff. Thanks much and thumbs up to crush a troll.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

🤝🙏

[@cicerorodrigues9955]

Muito útil este vídeo. Interessante este serrotinho. E é bom saber como usar esta morsa. Gratidão

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

obrigado por assistir meu prazer

[@joaobatista4070]

O corte ficou ótimo!

[@serge.shikov]

Идея приспособления гениальна. Но можно сделать второй шаг - сделать приспособление для пиления в вертикальном положении полотна. То есть, некая шина + деревянный блок, который фиксирует полотно. По сути - перевернуть jointmaker pro от bridge city вверх ногами, и сделать это доступным по цене. А может даже и не переворачивать, а просто сделать так, чтобы полотно выступало из плоскости стола (в таком положении скорее всего придется регулировать полотно по высоте) + нужна шина/направляющая для детали.

[@michaelking3629]

Precision joinery without the use of power tools(except the ones used to make it) :-)

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

👌🤝

[@paulolopes3726]

Great 😁👏👏👏

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

🤝

[@AssafOppenheimer]

great video - did you make the parallel saw your using?

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you Assaf, Yes, I did, on the beginning of this same video, it is a regular Japanese saw sandwiched between two pieces of wood, very easy to make.

[@coreycollins5702]

Great video, what is the model number of the Seiko watch you are wearing. I think it’s pretty sweet. I would like to sport one of this around.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you, Seiko SSG001 Mens Radio Sync Solar Chronograph Watch But not sure if it is still available on Amazon today! Good luck

[@edhalson3154]

Bwahaha....I noticed the same too!

[@adrian-mu3jr]

Brilliant.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you

[@Dede0362]

Ótimo trabalho

[@austincraft327]

do you have plans for the saw? thks

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

I have posted a video how to make it, please check “how to cut perfect tenons” on my channel! Thank you

[@austincraft327]

@@TheWoodCrafter1 k thanks. genius saw definitely gonna make one

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

@@austincraft327 good luck 👍

[@harveyalan788]

If he has all those nice power tools that he used to make the jig, why not use them to cut the angles, etc.? I am a novice woodworker and would really like to know.

[@scottcountryman6090]

I like your watch too

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

:)

[@scottcountryman6090]

I hope you get to woodwork as your primary source of income

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Maybe one day :), thx

[@EclaWood]

Kreatif teman 👍👍

[@domingolopez2715]

Buen día gracias por compartir tan ingenioso proyecto sería posible obtener los planos

[@chesterwsmith]

That parallel cutoff saw is super clever. The miter jack looks like a pleasure to use. Have you ever tried wetting the endgrain with water/alcohol before planing? I find it cuts easier.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Thank you, yes you are right it is much easier than planing dry end grain! I prefer alcohol over water as it evaporates faster.

[@JamesWilliams-en3os]

Wow! How did woodworkers ever do precision joinery before this jig was made?!? Oh, right, I forgot… with good planes, chisels, and measuring tools, a bench hook, and a shooting board. Hand tool woodworking skills, tools, and jigs that have been used by masters for hundreds, even thousands of years. But thanks, I enjoyed watching the build.

[@dushk0]

Did they do it faster while getting it all spot-on every time?

[@wilson5780]

Excelente.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

🤝🌹

[@padraics]

A jig saw?

[@kevinmccann316]

What is the name of the saw that you're using for the shoulder cuts and do you have a video on building it?

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

If you mean the saw that is sandwich between the 2 wood pieces, then that is the saw I showed how to make at the beginning of this video! A Japanese saw blade, link for this saw in the video description.

[@kevinmccann316]

@@TheWoodCrafter1 Yes, that's the saw I'm talking about. I did see the build at the beginning of the video... was just hoping for more information on it. Is it an original idea? If so, fantastic!

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

@@kevinmccann316 yes it was used by French carpenters back in the 18 and 19 centuries. But they didn’t use Japanese saws 🙂, there is a special saw for that but it is expensive so I thought to make this one.

[@enigmaticunknown2862]

I don't understand. You cut it and then plane it. Planeing will remove any error in the cut. Why go to such lengths in the cutting?

[@lourias]

Wing nuts would sure be faster than having to pull out an allen key to change positions.

[@joaobatista4070]

Isso se chama espiga !

[@dave_ecclectic]

Not to disparage this tool.... but there is a simpler Miter tool to use. Its already been in use for a very long time and has been dumped on the wayside of power tool development. I think a whole lot of people will go OH yeah! It is the Miter Box. It will do most of the things you want to do with this Miter clamp and modified block saw. It occurred to me while surfing KZbin offerings and it also occurred to me that although the regular Miter Box only does left and right 45*s and a 90 there isn't any reason why it can't do dovetails or any other angle desired. It is the simple idea of a guided saw jig. The thing that so many people have put down as "learning to use the saw" I even used a high end miter saw box that was made of metal and had the guides on posts, with the posts able to swivel to any degree. Kind of like a powered miter saw capability without the power. Any way a specialized Miter Box needs to come out of history and take its place in workshops everywhere.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

The miter box can make very accurate miter cuts as you just mentioned, but you still need to flip the workpiece on it’s 4 faces if you are cutting a tenon! The miter jack will hold the workpiece in the same position until you finish cutting all 4 faces at the same level and squareness! Or maybe be a chair’s maker vise will do that job and yet much easier to make than the miter jack!!

[@dave_ecclectic]

@@TheWoodCrafter1 Not meant as a replacement, as any jig can't replace them all. A possible improvement ( at least for casual users such as me) is to embed very strong magnets in the block of wood. This way you use any saw and can have several blocks for specific spacers such as used at 9:30 (or attach more spacers to the bottom of your 'permanent' saw block) Another use for your system, clamp and block saw is for modelers who are working with itty bitty tiny but accurate stuff.

[@scottcountryman6090]

That shit is dead straight. Nice cuts

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

👌

[@RFMongoose]

i'm not gonna say it isn't a cool jig because it definitely is. but I feel like if you have the skill to make it, you probably don't need it.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

That make sense though.

[@ibrhemahmed170]

where is PDF?

[@woodturnet]

На что способен человек, не любящий торцевые пилы!

[@michaelmarino2886]

can I be your apprentice?

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

❤️🤝

[@VladimirLavrinenko]

хорошо

[@cowboymarlboro3208]

👍

[@wolfgangreichl3361]

Well, I guess I'm just too stupid to get what you're doing. I could really do with some explanations. Why are you constantly changing the angle of the blades in the blade holder (which I really like)? What's the big difference between your jig and a plain vise? What is the lock on the back of the jig for?

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Well, I guess I wasn’t too clear about what I am doing. I was switching between cross-cutting and rip cutting blades on this Ryoba Japanese pull saw, they are different from each other. That miter jack is designed as a vise with 3 cabinet makers common angles as references 45, 22.5, and 90, if constructed correctly it will give you all these angles by registering that saw bottom to the surface of the vise as shown in the video, you shouldn’t consider this as a vise, its a jig for specific purpose! Something similar to the shooting board. The brass hook when engaged will pull the 22.5 degrees reference block to allow you to cut 22.5 miter cuts. Hope this will help 🤝

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

I am not sure if you saw the build video for this miter jack on my channel, if you need a link for the free plans let me know.

[@wolfgangreichl3361]

@@TheWoodCrafter1 I saw it. I admit, I fail to see the forest for all the trees. I thought the usage video would make it all clear. I guess I will watch both videos again, and give it more time.

[@wolfgangreichl3361]

@@TheWoodCrafter1 Ah, yes that makes things a bit clearer, thank you.

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

@@wolfgangreichl3361 thank you for your time and comment 🤝

[@davidhardaker192]

How to make a simple job complex

[@theRealSpencerRoberts]

Wearing gloves on a drill press bad idea.. drilling into a metal blade. Wow

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

👍

[@randycosgrove3608]

I may be missing something but I don't see anything here that I can't accomplish faster and easier with a decent table saw. Interesting piece of equipment but it seems to be re-inventing the wheel. Unless you are in an area where table saws are not available.

[@dashriprock5720]

What happens when the wood in your jig expands and contracts changing the angle of your cut? This is all so time consuming and time is money.

[@billstewart1653]

Not impressed....You've made some Rube Goldberg device to cut angles that can be easily made with much simpler tools.

[@marcz9482]

We call this, the long way around. Take double the time to do something simple

[@dushk0]

But what if speed or ease of use matters (not talking about 2 cuts...)?

[@nagamendo5655]

I don‘t want to spoil the party, but to me this looks like a huge overkill to a japanese saw. If you know how to handle the saw, there is no reason for this jig. The work is done nicely, yes, but it is way unnecessary to build the jig. You still need to use the raw japanese saw anyway… Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@TheWoodCrafter1]

Very well! thank you for taking the time to comment and to share your experience, it is still beyond my skill level to cut a 22.5 degree miter free handed without the aid of a jig of some sort, but as you said there are many woodworkers that can handle the Japanese saw and make that achievable! Sadly I am still not one of them, but I shall keep practicing! Respect to you sir 🤝