This Hold Down Stick Uses Interesting Parts

[@davidcarr5734]

Thank you for sharing. Will be making one of my own as soon as I can order some valve stems

[@mymido4322]

very clever ideas 👏👏👏👍👌

[@63Ducati1]

Metal parts around your saw blade? I used dowels with rubber feet attached with contact cement. Add a couple blocks on one end for the needed width to get the1½" dimension vertical and cut the end that sits flat to be parallel to the bench top. Fastcap uses two bumpers on the single end cut parallel to the table top for a good reason.

[@Buddy-po4hv]

Brilliant channel, greetings from Saudi Arabia!

[@chriselliott726]

Glad you said what you did about the drill setup. I was looking the will to live :-)

[@Jay2525Jay]

Jusin, great build. I enjoyed the video outtakes.

[@dochennesy5968]

Nice little helpstick...Justin...good idea..👍✌🖖

[@shofar-man]

Just a thought . . . tire shops routinely install new valves with tires. One prolly wouldn't find metal ones but the all rubber ones would be free for the asking. The design could be modified to have wood legs drilled for the rubber stems. Thanks for posting I will be making one for radial arm saw use.

[@robertstigter9195]

Great Idea Justin. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheEveryMaker]

I like it. I actually did a cut the other day where I didn't quite feel that I was being as safe as I should have been, this would have helped. Nice job!

[@akbychoice]

Now I need to get tire stems and build a couple

[@martinrandez7021]

Excellent project Justin! I've been trying to come up for a DIY alternative to the infamous 10 million dollar Stick by Fastcap. Where I live, it retails for over $30 + shipping. This is a great solution :) thanks

[@kennyatkins6448]

Another good idea Justin 👍

[@2ndtononecustoms896]

@Justindepew Awesome video as always, love the bloopers too

[@maxreynolds679]

Great idea, thanks for sharing it.

[@JustinDepew]

Thanks for watching!

[@VladimirLavrinenko]

хорошо сделал, спасибо

[@TheWoodYogi]

Very handy Justin :) Thank you :)

[@thomasmarliere2505]

It seems a good idea. After 3 months, do you find it still useful and would you improve it in any way ? Thanks ! 🙂

[@JustinDepew]

I still love it. I haven't thought of anything to make it better.

[@SurfcastingVideo]

good idea!

[@RichieRich845]

Thumbs up once again.

[@marwanabutarieh1868]

Good job.👍 I name it 10 million $ finger.

[@ginoasci]

Good idea, i like that hold down tools. That router was loud, what time of day did you run that? With sound proofing on that door and wall you could be certain the neighbors won't hear it.

[@InterCity134]

Good on ya for getting to the realization in the end that the exact angles of the front legs are irrelevant. Anywhere close is just fine. The reason the general idea works is 3 feet make a tripod - and 3 points are always on a plane - so no matter what the exact angle of the legs or even if they are exactly the same length doesn’t matter as you will be able to use a tripod like that to hold down small workpieces. All that matters is the two close feet at a small bit apart to add stability at that end , the shorter leg is far back to allow leverage and keeping your hand away from the short legs and thus the blade. The two close legs need to be long enough so one can be on the workpiece and one in the miter saw base. The rest is just artistic window dressing. The tk;dr is: get 3 tire valve stems from the auto supply store and some epoxy glue. Hand drill approx - glue them on , cutting the back end stem short. Done.

[@JustinDepew]

You got it! Thanks for the great summary.

[@alexcooper689]

Couldn't you have just tilted the drill press table and then rotate your piece to get the compound angle? I think this could be done without the makeshift stand. But good video overall, definitely something I could use in the shop! Thanks!

[@JustinDepew]

Hmmm I believe you're right. Good idea.

[@TJStellmach]

Alex Cooper I _think_ if you tilt the table by about 27° and rotate the workpiece by 45° with respect to the table, that will do the trick. This is just back of the napkin.

[@rider660r]

The angle isn't real important. Instead of tire valves that have metal (Usually brass) inside them let alone the fancy chrome exterior piece on the outside I used 3/8 or 1/2" hardwood dowel then dipped the ends in Plasti dip from HF.Once/if the rubber wears through just dip it again.It does take a fair number of dippings to build up a nice coat but the dip's cheap and usable for many other things. I ain't even an engineer. I used to just give G'eer's hell and chase them off when they used to come into my work area and start screwing things up all because "the computer says it'd be more efficient this way"......hahaha

[@AJDRAGON01]

Hi, I hope you dont mind me asking but what brand of forstner bits do you have?

[@JustinDepew]

They are porter cable

[@NASTYcraftX]

Great idea. I always use a pencil which is pretty dangerous.

[@JustinDepew]

I use a pencil when cutting dowels too sometimes

[@alexpettigrew8971]

Nice hack with the valve stems, but I don't like the idea of metal that close to my saw blades. Thanks for sharing.

[@kodoan411]

Good call. I think this could be done with dowels and rubber stoppers. I think I'll give that version a shot.

[@bradlloyd3208]

Great video Justin, Thank you very much, I wish more people would submit videos with this clarity, and less Bull#@*, - Thnx again.

[@XavierTuber]

Too difficult! lol But cool.

[@trustmeppl]

The lack of use of polyurethane construction adhesive is just disappointing...

[@JustinDepew]

Haha!!

[@rauladame2105]

Lol!!

[@terrysullivan1992]

Or you could buy a bigger and better one on Amazon for $ 27. It's called "The ten million dollar stick".