6 Woodworking tips & tricks for beginners

So no matter what you do, no matter if it's carpentry or anything else, one of the best ways to be efficient and get things done quickly is to have

tips

and

tricks

, and that's exactly what I'm going to show you with some of these

tips

and

tricks

. There are things you've probably seen, but to be honest, there's probably one thing you haven't seen before we dive into this video. I have a new project I'm working on and I really need your input. I'm thinking about creating a step-by-step online course on

woodworking

. I want it to be something really useful for you, so I'd love to hear from you.

There is a link to a short survey in the video description if you are interested in learning how to make. some of the projects on my channel, take a few minutes to fill out the short survey and I hope to see what interests you. With that said let's get to the tips but with this tip I'm going to show you how to make a center marking indicator really quick and simple all you need is a piece of wood to start lay out the line that goes down the center and then mark three stitch in the center and both sides for the pins now if you want.

To make this even simpler and more accessible, you could use two button head screws and put them in place of the cotter pins I have here, and since this is supposed to be beginner friendly, we'll assume we don't have a drill press. and we can't drill a hole in a straight line, so take a piece of wood, draw a straight line and then use that piece of wood as a guide, lean against it a little bit and keep it straight with the line, so I know I did it. Don't drill the two half-inch holes for the dowel in a straight line, so what we're going to do here is use wood glue to hold them in place and finally just check to make sure it's square at most. marking indicators you will see. pencil for this one I'm going to use a screw and the main reason is durability and if you've never used one of these you'll love it just place it over your subject and twist it onto both pegs. tap all you want to do is drag it and create that line that goes right down the center.

Now one of the advantages of this being a vise is that you can adjust the depth of your scribe so the more it sticks out, the deeper it cuts and it might also mean it's a little harder to drag, but you'll get a deeper cut and you'll always be able to remove it to support this quarter surface as shown. This can mark multiple sides of materials as long as you have a parallel line going down both sides. that straight line that goes right down the center and one of the first things you're going to pick up is some spring clamps because they're cheap and then you're going to take them home and realize that at least you don't use them as much.

I don't, so I'm going to show you how to give them extra use without just leaving them in the corner collecting sawdust so these banded clamps will shine nicely when you need to put a piece of molding back where they work. apply your glue, I mean, just leave that on and the rubber here really does a great job of holding this piece down so it doesn't move and it's very difficult to use a bar clamp because this tends to want to ship, that being said. Basically, I'm going to try to duplicate what this clamp does with these.

You're going to need some spring clamps and two rubber bands, so what you want to do here now is grab the two loops and you can bring them over the top like that and leave it there and do the same thing on the opposite side and this is just a very quick temporary fix. . I want to take that and repeat the process again. You can see there's a little bit of tension here good enough to hold this down. Now the nice thing about these clamps is that you can force them down because you have a deeper jaw here, so that's the positive side of these clamps, they're really cool, they're really innovative and they're called flexible clamps and everything I'm doing.

What I'm trying to do is use something I already have and haven't even abandoned the clamps. There has been a time or two where I needed more and I just didn't have them and this could have been an easy substitution and obviously rubber bands don't work. it will last forever, but if you're in a pinch, this is something that could probably save you and get you out of that jam so you don't have to go crazy and try to figure out how to attach the front, so next we're going to do that. We are going to use some right angle clamp jigs and I think these will be the most used of all these tips now, as this will fix most of our pieces at right angles, we want to make sure this piece of wood is as suitable as possible . as straight as possible, I would also suggest using plywood or MDF.

I set the miter gauge to make a 45 degree cut, then made the first pass, flipped the board over, and then made another pass, so now I have two pieces 45 degrees from the ends. I'm not always successful at this, but I always try to go for the simplest approach, for example I use the first cut to set up a stop block on the miter saw to reduce corner interference and also prevent the edges from breaking. . Let's remove them all. The right angle corner can be a little tricky, but if you set up a stop, you can hold that piece down with a push block or something to keep the wood from flying around while you're at it. cutting up to this point nothing has been measured.

I'm just removing a little bit of material and then duplicating the same thing on the other pieces to make this a true right angle template. I need to cut some holes and I need to use a template this way I can keep the hole consistent. I'm marking a location to drill three holes because I feel like this gives me a little more flexibility. I used an inch and three-eighths with a bit of forcing, but anything in that neighborhood should work. If you're just starting out or you've already been doing it and you just don't have any of these, I would totally recommend making at least eight to twelve of these just because they're very useful if you're not staying true to a framing square or something like that.

I would totally say just redo them, it's not worth the headache if they're off even a little bit, so I'll take one of these and now let's cut it down to the workbench and pass the class. and again, this is what shines a third hole in the middle because it allows you to sneak under that wood and hold your piece, so the beauty of these is that it doesn't matter if you're trying to make a corner or you're trying to make a intersection and these holes are there to be used so just use whichever of them you need to clamp and if you remember these clamps which I say I don't use much, they work great for this and the bar clamp can work too. this too, but it's a little more cumbersome and all you need is to stay in place and allow yourself to have your hands free so you can then join the two boards together and be able to watch this clip in an upcoming video, but what I wanted What I had to What to do here was to show how you can take a piece of scrap wood or sacrificial fence and use it if you need to make repeatable cuts of different lengths.

I don't think it gets much easier than this. I transfer the measurements once. I put them on the temporary miter saw fence, of course if you have a miter station this is pretty irrelevant, but if you don't this is a really quick and easy way to get up and running to make quick jobs and repeatable cuts this is a really simple attachment all i am using is a 2 by 2 attachment to the miter saw table which is secured in place using the existing holes and long enough screws through the fence if you use wood glue First, here is a common problem you may recognize when gluing together multiple pieces of wood.

The moment you put a clamp on, things start moving, so let's look at a couple of problems and then we can introduce a solution first. I'm going to use 2x4s which have a little bit of warping to them, so we can look at the plywood and see how they work and even though I'm using 2x4s and they have a little bit of cupping, sliding and shifting will still be an issue. I'm trying it with two pieces of wood and I still saw chef and I'm going to try it with three pieces and see how much difference there is so you can see at the top here how they want to shift and misalign and a common approach in

woodworking

is to sprinkle a little bit of salt on the stuck parts and that should keep them from moving using a salt that completely eliminated a change.

I don't want to make this too long, but I guess it's best to display this on a smooth surface. To see how it reacts with the plywood after gluing them together, let's look at it from a different angle with wood glue in the middle, which will allow it to be extremely slippery until it's done. The real problem here is when you have perfectly cut the pieces you want. to glue but with just a clamp you will have moved the pieces and then you will have to sand them but let's see how this reacts when you add a little salt on these two pieces so now that I have the pieces lined up with a little salt, I'm trying to move it as best I can and it doesn't move so this shows that this really works if it's news to you how this works once you apply clamping pressure to it.

A grain of salt then bites into both pieces of wood, preventing the wood from moving. I've used them in the past and they're great, they let you put things together without seeing the fasteners. There are several ways to use pegs. You can use a jig like this and there are many different jigs on the market or you can just drill a hole, use a dowel center and use it to mark and while they are a great option for attaching things to each other, they are still a pain. to work with and of course I like to think of you who are just starting out and just don't have all the tools.

So what happened if you don't have a dowel template or you just misplaced it or know exactly where it is? but you're terrified because it let you down last time, so I don't know if this has been done before, but I'm going to share this silly little idea of ​​putting a small nail between the two areas. that you are trying to attach now, don't be afraid, you can add one nail, two nails or three nails here, but Larry, you just need to tape them together like this, nothing moves when you apply pressure and just like that, Demark is now transferred to both parts and you know exactly where to drill now all you have to do is simply flood the area with wood glue, clamp the pieces together and you should have a solid joint.

There are a lot of tips for the trade and I wish I could move on, but unfortunately, we have to end this guys, so if this is your first time doing this, I don't mind sharing these tips and tricks with you and I hope you enjoy them if are interested in more things like these tips and tricks. and cool DIY bills, be sure to subscribe to this channel until next time. I'll be Glenn, your DIY Maker host, and that'll catch you in the next one and don't forget to subscribe.