Thanks man! Wish I remembered where I saw that pivot the first time so I could credit them. So simple and obvious that I smacked myself for not thinking about it originally,
*_Hey my friend! Super video! I saw you in Cathrin's comments and wanted to swing by and say hi! Wishing you lots of amazing success on your RU-vid journey! Blessings ^_^_*
Great tutorial! Will be following your method when I make mine. I think I saw JSK woodoworking use the pivot idea some months back, probably not the first but the one that came to my mind!
On a tapered leg, wouldn't the pin on the thicker part of the wood pull the center of the tool towards that side. Seems like you would need to rotate the tool for a second pass with the opposite pin on the thicker part. Then look for the center of the lines made.
I think it probably depends on the taper - if both sides were tapered by the same amount it would probably cancel out, but you're right, I typically just run it the other way and aim for the middle of the lines. Certainly accurate enough for my work!
I know this is an old video but I just saw it. Here's my formula for making a can't miss center finder using a pair of dividers. 1. Cut a straight scrap about 6 inches 2. Draw a line through the approximate center the whole length. 3.Using a pair of dividers, Pick a spot around the center of the length, make a mark there using the divider point. 4. Swing the divider to the left and make a mark with the divider point. 5. Swing the divider to the opposite end and make another mark with the divider point. These 3 marks are spaced exactly the same distance from each other. Drill your holes at the marks and insert your pegs in the outer holes. Then insert your marker in the middle hole and mark the center of the workpiece. I hope this helps some folks out. P.S. You could do the same thing with 2 nails in a stick of wood as the divider points. Stick one near the middle, Swing the stick around to the 2 ends and mark the peg spots.
This is how you turn something really simple out of something what would likely be very hard. Reminds me about Woody Hyezmar’s Woodworking Bible which is being given away and can try go’ogling, but I’m not so sure, have a good one!
thanks for this - I'm a total beginner and working on many lap joints for my garden boxes - this was a very easy explanation on how to get what I need - I got a metric ton of scrap wood to try and make a nice one of these. Thanks again !
@@TheWirelessWoodworker so I got 12 4' long 2x4's (cuz that's what I could fit in my car) from store - used 6 for each of my 2 garden boxes for top rails - for my first time - I'm pretty pleased with the results - not perfect, but does the trick and looks "acceptable". little sanding to soften up the couple of protrusions and I'm happy with it ! thanks again !
