Watch This before Buying a Digital Angle Gauge (AKA Digital Inclinometers)
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I finally broke down and purchased a Digital Angle Finder or Inclinometer as some call them. Basically, they are a small box that after being "centered" they can be tipped to one side or the other to measure the degree of angle, simple ... or so I thought.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/PWYEq-RM1v0
Someone gave me one of these well over 10 years ago, he told me that he had owned for a while but that it didn't seem to work correctly and that I could have it and if it didn't work, I was to throw it away, he didn't want it back. Well, after fussing with it for a time, I chucked it out and let him know, that he was right it was not working and I disposed of it ... roll forward about 15 years ..
Woodworking with Plywood - What You Need to Know!
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There is so much to know about using plywood that as I was making this video I kept thinking to myself, I could use a whole YouTube channel just on PLYWOOD, there is so much to know and learn.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/MYxgo4ULPr8
One of the first things every woodworker should know about plywood is that there are some basic "need to know" things about plywood and first of all is the species selection ...
Subscriber Submitted Workworking Tips - Episode #30
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More and more ideas and tips from my YouTube Subscribers this episode and if you have NOT already subscribed to my Channel, you are coordinately invited to subscribe, it's free, painless, and easy and if you click the Bell Icon as well, you will even get notified each time I upload a new video
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/A7Ujr7e8iiA
To has a mix of new an old tips, some tips I re-discovered from many months ago and finally getting around to posting them ... enjoy
Woodworking Tips You'll Actually Use! Subscriber Submitted Tips #31
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The whole point of workshop tips is to find a better way of doing things and to share these ideas. What happens a LOT to me, and other Subscribers see these tips and they (or me) often come up with improvements or other ideas that leads to other interesting ideas and suggestion. I know that some of the ideas I get are not actually tested by some that send them, I know this because they tell me that, but I test everything before I publish it.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/U3k2TgBMMBw
My testing might not be intensive, but I do need to build, modify or otherwise test out all of these suggestions, which of course takes time, and once in a while I find things that either don't work, or maybe not that well or that I think are not necessarily recommended or might even be somewhat unsafe ...
Sanding Tips including 3M Xtract™ 710W Net Sanding Discs
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Sanding has changed a lot in the past few years with new better sanders, better dust collection and extracting, and now, even better sanding mediums in the form of sanding discs. Easily the most popular form of sanders is the Random Orbital Sanders (ROS) versions which are available in a variety of brands and sizes. They offer the best sanding results with the least amount of effort, but can often be "dusty", but that is about to change ...
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/XexrGY8Oo98
When you combine Random Orbital Sanders (ROS) with 3M's NEW XtractTM 710W Net Sanding disc, not only can you get superior sanding results on your projects, you can also achieve a virtually dust free environment.
Watch This Before Using a Wood Thickness Planer
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Planers often hold a bit of mystery to new woodworkers until they come to realize the real name is Thickness Planer, which helps to make the function of this tool self-explanatory. It is sometimes confused with a "jointer" because they seem to have similar functions because of their wide blades, but both machines to quite different functions.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Dv5mt3eeYRw
For my long-time Subscribes who have seen that big green 15" planer in my shop for the past 15 or so years, this new 13" addition may seem like a lesser planer, but in fact, I love it more than the bigger one ...
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