How to Make an Octagonal Post with Tom McLaughlin 

All these other videos talk about jigs, building special set up, measuring on the end of the square leg, etc.... Your method is just simple and works. So glad I came across this.

I've been trying to figure out an easy way o do this for days. Thank you, Thank you, thank you.!

Thanks!

Short, sweet and to the point. Simple technique, great video. Thank you.

Great idea Tom! I am constructing a 4 post gazebo roof with a kingpost in the middle. This tip was great for creating a 6x6 Octagonal Kingpost. Now I need a simple trick in figuring out how to measure for a bird's mouth cut for my rafters. There has to be something to make it easier! Thanks again Tom for the tip!

What a cool tip!

- Thanx 4 the tutorial. Very helpful.

Great Tip.This is a Great Use of Video, no crazy music #1 for me. Thanks. Rob

Boy was I over thinking this. Thanks for the vid, helped a lot!

hello tom, i to like to see and learn the simple technique's for woodworking, thanks for the video, its always a pleasure to see your smiling face...

Thanks Tom for the great tip it was very informative.

Thanks Tom.........have a great day

good tips 👍 thanks

Great tip, thanks Tom!

Glad I saw your video, thanks

This is great

Awesome tip, I hope to come out to visit your shop someday if I'm welcome.

Great tip and video, Tom...thank you! Do you have a simple technique for making a hexagonal post? Thanks again!

Thanks. Gonna make a bench with pencils

Hi Tom, I just saw your episode on Tommy McDonald PBS show. I enjoyed it and sought out your RU-vid channel. It seems to be somewhat of a well-kept secret, only 2K followers. I doubt you'll be able to maintain the same anonymity going forward. Nice real-world shop with dust and lumber scraps and everything! I got a little bit too excited for a while there... I'm ok now... whoo... Anyway, I'm going to catch up on the balance of the video library and hope to be an reasonable 'able' maker myself in the coming months. I am really enthusiastic and excited about this new prospect of my life. I'm a maker hobbyist for many years, long before that's what I was called. It was more 'fix it or make it myself because: 1. It didn't exist 2. I can't afford it 3. It's broken, and I s/b able to fix

Is there a comparable trick for cutting hexagonal posts?

Hi Tom, I love these handy tips. Priceless for a newly retired amateur !!! Just a question, your table saw stop, is that a length of patio tubing down the centre? How do you lock it? it seemed to be free at the camera end so must have been quite firmly locked at your end. Just a photo would do, thanks mate, Stewie.

Tom, you make it look oh so simple, but when I tried it, it didn't work. I was trying to cut a 1" octagonal. Is 1" too small? Any tips would help. It's a project for my daughter. Thanks for a great video.

Great suggestion. I have since used this to make comfortable grips on my tabke saw sleds. I want to take this another step forward, and before I start, have you attempted to do this for say, a 36 sided length? I am making a barn model. Two silos would be 4" diameter by 12 inch tall, and say, .5 inch flat tiles.

Hi Tom this is very simple but my saw tilts in a different direction could you say me how to set a saw , I can't move the fence to other side in my panel saw

Could you use this method to cut a tapered octagon?

Can this be done using a circular saw?

I planed an octagon by hand today, and I'm hating myself a bit right now.