13 Game-Changing Woodworking Hacks You Won't Believe! #woodworking #woodworkinghacks

0:14 dog woodwork so today I didn't Google deep but I YouTube deep I found 13 hacks that I thought were pretty interesting let's take a look at these 13 hacks and see if any of them interest you so over the last week I've scoured YouTube trying to find some unique hacks that I hadn't seen before and we all know there's a ton of videos out there showing you some unique woodworking hacks and tips so what I wanted to do with this video was to present 13 interesting hacks that I found on YouTube that hopefully you find interesting as well and because of this none of these hacks were invented by me they were just presented on other YouTube channels which I found quite interesting one resource that I really found valuable was Colin connect's Channel woodwork web if you haven't checked out this channel go check it out as it really is a valuable wealth of information and that's where our first hack is coming from let's get into it

1:01 and I'll show you this hack so somewhere in your shop you probably have some brass setup blocks and if you're anything like me you probably have one or two missing and that's what this first hack is all about creating a storage solution for these setup blocks so the material for this first tack really couldn't be easier all you need is a little piece of scrap 2x4 so let's go over to the table saw and I'll show you how to get started so the first thing that we're going to do with this 2x4 is to scribe a line right about at the center of the 2x4 once we have that line scribed we're now going to create hash marks evenly across the board and the number of hash marks will equal the number of setup blocks you have now I have a five piece setup block set but I only have four right now but I'm going to go ahead and put five hash marks in case I find that setup block so now it's just a matter of

1:47 scribing out those hash marks so now that I have those hash marks lined out I now want to take a drill with the forstner bit that's just a little bit larger than your largest setup block so in my case I have a half inch setup block and I have a three quarters inch forstner bit and now it's just a matter of boring out those holes each one of those hash marks and this doesn't have to be perfect by any means so now we have our block with the five holes and you will notice that I switched over to a smaller forstner bit just to fit some of those smaller setup blocks and here it is with all the setup blocks lined up and in place however this isn't what caught my eye about this little hack there's one more thing we have to do to this block let's go over

2:33 to the drill press and I'll show you so over here at the drill press I've grabbed a small Rare Earth magnet and I placed a forstner bit that's approximately the same diameter as this magnet I'm going to drill a small hole in the back of our setup block jig so that we can place this magnet right in the back so let's do that next lastly I'm going to add a little bit of CA glue to the back of the setup block holder and then I'll apply some accelerator to the back of the magnet so now with the magnet installed and the setup blocks in place I've placed some labels and now we can place this anywhere there's a metal surface and

3:20 this makes it great to have your setup blocks exactly where you need them when you need them and guess what I found that last setup block so now I have my full set so big shout out to Colin Cadet at woodwork web for sharing that first little hack now let's move on to our second little hack so we all know you can never have enough clamps and clamps can be quite expensive but did you know that there's a way to glue up small boxes without using a single clamp so this is a classic way to glue up things without using clamps and that was recently reminded about this technique when watching David over it make something so for this technique all you really need is a flat surface and a couple of two by fours now for this right here I've taken an old piece of Walnut and screwed in a couple of two by fours so let's go take this over to the

4:05 assembly table and I'll show you how this works so once you have the structure of this jig set up all you're going to need is a couple of shims and these are shims that I just got at Home Depot you can make these on your own at the bandsaw or you can just purchase these at a big box store now the key for this is to have both of your two by fours approximately the width of what you want to clamp up once you have that done you can grab your shims and put them into place once you have your box in place you can place those shims on the other side of the box and tighten it down by just tapping it with a hammer and this can be done on each side of the box and by adding those wedges to both sides of the box it provides a really secure clamping surface that you can even lift this entire jig by the Box itself and

4:51 this can be a very useful method if you're batching out a bunch of boxes that are all the same size or if you just make a lot of small boxes in general well that's two quick tips for you now let's move on to our third tip which has everything to do with sanding so this next tip is one that I saw on one of the foreign channels that doesn't speak any English that just show how to make it and all you need for this is a little piece of 2x4 a couple of binder clips and a couple of screws let's go take a look so for this hack all we're going to do is attach two binder clips to either side of this 2x4 we're also going to be using a washer to give the head of the screw a little bit to hold on to so now you can see we have both binder clips attached to either side of that

5:37 2x4 and it's these binder clips that we're going to place our sandpaper into so by placing our block in the center of our sandpaper we can wrap around the Sandpaper and attach it with the binder clips and just like that you have automatic sanding block well that covers three items so far now let's move on to our next one which I also found on one of those foreign channels so maybe you don't have a marking gauge or you have a Mark that you need to create that your marking gauge can't handle that's where this next tip comes in handy and all we're going to need for this one is a flat piece of 2x4 and a wood screw so let's get started so this one literally couldn't be easier

6:22 and we're done but let me show you a little bit more in depth on how we're going to use this jig let's go back to the assembly table so once we have that screw started we then can take a hand screwdriver and lower it until it's at three quarters of an inch once we feel comfortable with our measurement we then can move it on to using it as a marking Gauge by resting the base of our marking gauge up against that wood we then can move it back and forth to strike our line and you can see there that should be exactly three quarters of an inch and it is exactly and by taking your handheld screwdriver there really are no limits with this marking gauge you're just limited by the thickness of the wood and the length of your screw all right so those have been some pretty easy hacks so far this next hack has everything to do with fixing those

7:08 cracks in your Lumber let's see how we can fix this board so in this example I'm using some pallet wood but this trick works with any type of wood let's say this was Walnut and we had a crack right down the center of it and this really sucks the problem with this is when you try to apply some wood glue to the top of it all that wood glue stays on the top of the surface and doesn't get sucked into that crack and yes I said this sucks the good news is I've got two suckers right here that I can apply to that wood glue and get that glue sucked into the seam so now with some wood glue applied liberally to that crack I then can take my vacuum and suck that glue into the seam now with the glue and the seam I then can apply my clamp

7:54 and you can see from this angle here how that glue has reached all the way through that crack well that wood glue hack was one that I learned from bourbon moth a couple of years ago and this is the first time that I've actually tried it and I'm quite pleased with the results so now that we're talking about glue let's move on to another glue hack that I use all the time if you don't know about this one you need to because it is super helpful so this next hack is a little bit of a clamping hack however it doesn't involve any clamps whatsoever this little tip is very useful if you're trying to get a project done and you don't have the time to let glue set up overnight it's also very helpful if you have an angle you're trying to glue together where your clamps might not easily attach so for this example we're going to use this on a simple Miner let's go over to the assembly table and I'll show you how to do this so for this

8:41 hack all we need is some wood glue some CA glue and some accelerator what we're going to do is we're going to apply the wood glue in little dabs across this miter joint once we have that wood glue and little dots across the miter joint we're now going to apply some CA glue in the same fashion I'll apply some little dabs of CA glue where I didn't place the wood glue and you can see from this here there's wood glue CA glue wood glue CA glue next on the opposite side of the miter joint I'm just going to apply some accelerant then we can attach the two pieces together and it should create a bond immediately and in less than a minute that CA glue acts as a clamp as that wood glue is allowed to cure and this is perfect when

9:27 you need to do a quick glue up and you need to move on to the next step so we're about halfway through our 13 hacks that was hack number six before we move on to our seventh hack I ask you to do me a huge favor hit that subscribe button leave a like and leave a comment as it truly does help out the small woodworking Channel now let's move on to our seventh hack so this next tip comes from 731 Woodworks and I want to give a quick shout out to Matt Outlaw as he was actually the 13th subscriber to this channel so thanks Matt and this next hack has everything to do with straightening out longer boards that you may have a problem getting through your table saw let me show you how you can extend your fence so for this tip you want to grab a 2x4 and look down both ends of the two by four you want to make sure that this 2x4 is completely

10:13 straight and flat once we've confirmed that this board is completely straight and flat I'm then going to take a couple of clamps and attach it to my fence another helpful thing to have as you're trying to straighten out longer boards is to have an outfeed roller at the front of your table saw this will give you support as you're trying to straighten out those longer boards with the table saw fence extended this will give us the support we need to straighten out one edge of that long board so let's do that now that you have one side flattened out you then can remove the fence and straighten out the other side and with one side ripped and straightened we then can straighten up the other side

11:04 and just like that we essentially have a board that's jointed on both sides without having a jointer and this is why if you're saving up for either a planer or a jointer I would recommend getting a planer first as you can do a lot of the features a planer can over at the table saw since we're talking about straightening out wood at the table saw let me show you one other way that you can joint smaller pieces of wood just using a piece of plywood so for this example I'm going to use this very strangely shaped piece of wood you can see there's curves on one side and there's some bar conclusion on the other now since this is such an oddly shaped piece of wood we're not going to get a whole lot of wood out of this material however we will be able to straighten it out so let's go grab our plywood and get started so for this example I'm simply going to take some double-sided tape and attach it to the edge of the plywood

11:52 once I have that double-sided tape in line I'll then take my piece of wood that I want to joint and I'll line up the edges that I need to get straight so in this case it's at the very bottom right here and at the very top right here so if we look a little bit closer you can see that I have the edge of the bark inclusion at the very top lined up with the edge of the plywood and the very bottom lined up as well next I'll raise the blade so that sure to cut through the entire piece of wood once we have the blade raised I'll then pinch the plywood so that the plywood is touching both the blade and the fence and then I'll lock the fence down now it's just a matter of making our first cut [Music] now with one side flattened out we then can remove our piece of wood from that jig and then flatten out the other side

12:37 having the flat side resting right against the table saw fence with my flat side resting against my fence I'll adjust my table saw fence so that we can remove all those curves and then I can make the cut well it's a little bit pathetic but after straightening out both sides of that piece of wood we were able to get a perfectly straight piece of wood that could be used in a project and you can see by adding the pieces of cut off so you can see how we were able to get that perfectly straight piece of wood out of this crazy shaped piece so we're moving right along here now let's move on to our eighth tip which is another one from Kong connect at woodwork web so this is a simple one and I'm not quite sure I didn't think of this myself it involves a sponge and a little bit of water so

13:23 for this one all we need is that little sponge and you can cut these sponges into little pieces depending on how big you want them the other thing that you want to have is a piece of Tupperware with some water in it and you can seal this water up when you're done using it and these two little items are going to help us out on cleaning up a lot of that glue squeeze out let me show you what I'm talking about so let's go back to that piece of wood that had the crack that we fixed earlier the first thing that we want to do is to take an Old Rag and wipe off all the excess glue now one problem with this is there'll still be some blue residue on that wood so if you apply some stain later that wood glue will show up and that's where this sponge comes into play you simply take that sponge get it a little damp and wipe off all that excess glue

14:10 and it's as simple as that who would have thought having a little bit of damp sponge in an old Tupperware could save you a lot of trouble and heartache when you go to stain your wood and not only that but if you dump your water out and rinse out your sponge you can use this little hack as many times as you want so our next hack is not so much a hack but it's something that I recommend that you have in your shop and that's starbomb's medium thick black CA glue let me show you how you use this so knots and wood are something that you're going to run into on a regular basis if you do any amount of woodworking these knots can be unstable and they can also create divots in your work piece but by using this next tip you can not only remove those knots and stabilize them but you can also make sure your surface is completely flat so here you see a small knot in this butcher block now if this

14:56 were a countertop this knot would collect all sorts of residue and this knot could potentially fall out but if you add a little bit of this black star Bond super glue you can simply fill that nut up with the black glue and then you can apply some accelerant now if you're not in a hurry you could let this dry overnight and then simply sand it down for me I'm just going to add a little bit of accelerate once you've let that CA glue cure up you simply take your sander and sand it down and just like that you have a stabilized knot that's ready to be finished so if you don't have any Star Bond medium thick black CA glue I highly recommend it as this will stabilize

15:41 almost any knot and any species of wood so if you've been watching this channel for any period of time you know that I have a little bit of a weird Fascination on how we can create circles on wood this next hack has everything to do with that let's grab a tape measure and a nail and I'll show you exactly what I'm talking about so I found this next tip on one of those foreign channels where they don't speak at all and when I saw it I knew I had to try it let's grab some plywood and see if it works so for this tip I want to take my nail and place it where the center of my circle is and for this example I want to create a tenant Circle so I've extended my measuring tape to 5 inches which is the radius of that Circle next up I want to take my tape measure and hook it on the edge of that nail and place my marker right on the tip of the tape measure then I'm going to take my tape measure

16:27 and rotate it around that nail and just like that we have a perfect 10 inch circle so this was a pretty easy way to make a circle now I'm not going to lie and say that this is exactly 10 inches diameter but it is pretty close so if you need to make a circle and you're not too particular about how wide your diameter needs to be this is an easy way to do it while we're getting down to it only two tips left to go let's take a look at this next tip as I'm sure it's going to help you find those missing items that you put around the shop so if you're like me you probably have a million things like tape measures laying around your shop and this is because I simply misplace them I'll be working on something I'll set it down and then I'll forget where I placed it and then I was thinking what can I do to make this thing stand out and that's

17:13 when I watched Colin Cadet once again who had a great idea for making this thing stand out now I chose red because it's what I have laying around the shop but really you could choose any color you want a fluorescent color would be a great idea for this hack so this idea has everything to do with helping a blind person find something and I thought what better way to do it than to put a big red x on it now time will tell with this little tip but I think it's a good idea by placing some red tape or some fluorescent tape on those items that you lose regularly maybe you'll find those items just a little bit easier maybe you want to put it on a pencil or a pen or a key for your drill press which is something I'm definitely doing or maybe things have

17:59 gotten so bad you need to put this stuff on something like a hammer either way I'm going to give this a try and see if it helps me find those misplaced items so we're down to our last tip and this is one that I also got from Colin connect and I think it's a really good idea so you've all heard me gripe about my drill press a number of times this next tip has to do with removing a couple of pieces from that drill press to make it a little bit easier to use so almost every drill press has these three little knobs that allow you to move your drill bit up and down on your drill press however a lot of times these knobs can get in the way but you can actually remove these knobs and this is kind of a game changer for me by removing the two knobs you still have one knob where you can move the drill press up and down and not have the

18:45 other two knobs get in the way so I'm not quite sure why I didn't think of this before but by removing one or two of those knobs you could free up a lot of space to give you the extra capacity that you need at your drill press well that's 13 quick and dirty tips that I learned by youtubing Just A Little Too Deep if you haven't already make sure you hit that subscribe button leave a like and leave a comment until next time take care as always [Music]