How to make box joints easily without any jigs 

People going on about him using the expensive planers are missing the point. Just buy the wood planed and buy a router bit that is half the size of it. It was worth watching the video just to see the use of that pushing tool!

Am I the only one who loved the charisma of the host?

Crying out loud! If you didn't learn anything from this video, move on and look for something that you feel can help you better. This man has taken the time to share some of his knowledge to some of us who are not experts on woodworking. Personally, I found it helpful, not only on the steps to do this procedure but in the way he tackles a problem. Thank you to Woodworking Finland.

I almost choked on my coffee when he said “Yeeeesss”….. and that was all.

Straight forward explanations, Clean, simplistic editing without irritating music or shouting, job done. EXCELLENT! Invaluable method to a newbie with very limited resources Thank you for sharing :))

Simple, yet effective. I loved how your video got straight to the point without endless talking. Thank you!

Masterly woodworking, no excessive talking. Finnish people are the best!!

This was like a magic show. Suddenly there was a perfect finger joint. I went back and watched it about four times. It's a really simple, clever method for making this joints. This is exactly the kind of video I like.

i particularly liked the 'Finnish mallet' used to tap the joints in :D

That's a fantastic idea! I especially love it that you're using a serious of pre cut wood piece to control the spacing of the joints. -- such a simplistic and wonderful approach!!

Love what you did here. I’ve been wanting to make some new boxes. I’m doing this tomorrow. Thank You!

Very good !!! In a very down to earth way he showed how you can make boxes using box joints and also showed you how to install the base to the box. Very clever!!!

I like the trick of using your hands to push the board through the blade instead of a push-stick. It makes it so much more...adventurous.

Perfecf and beautiful! Beatiful machines too! Beautiful your kindles.... Long life to you! Thanks from south of Brasil!

I enjoyed your video and learned a new way of making Boxes, THANKS!

GREAT VIDEO! Ten fingers, precise woodworking, no nonsense. Feve out of five stars.

tried this myself on my table saw with a dado stack.... this is just brilliant!

Very very well done, i've watched other YT channels make elaborate jigs that take up more time than its worth. Thanks so much for sharing

No way. Love him. I’ve watched this video several times. He’s to the point and relaxing. Thank you for teaching me a new trick.

I'd like to spend a few days with you to learn your perfection. Thank you!!

Perfect results. It's great to learn new and simpler methods, keep up the great work! 👍

Gotta love that organic dead-blow hammer. Kind of like karate training. I like your spacer block method very much and will try it.

This is how it's look like when you know what are you doing! I can tell he got immense experience in woodworking! Best regards from Hungary!

Love it. This is men’s TV! Not much talking. Very Finn style. Cool.

The simple approach is often the best, love it and will definitely use it

I used to make boxes in Hampshire in England. Hundreds every month. So this was like a blast from the past for me. We always used to use a proper stacked set of cutters on a spindle moulder to make finger joints though. Never seen this method before. Brilliant! I'm going to keep this method in mind for making headstock joints for the guitars I now build. Cheers guys!

Although I have just come across your video, I'm pleased that I did. As a newbie in woodworking I need all the help I can get as I have been watching thousands of woodworking videos to get all the tips I found this one to be on my top five as I don't need a jig . Nice job I will catch up on all your videos but so far bloody good job.

I have seen several videos on the subject. At first I was a bit hesitant but your video made me want to make these little boxes again. Thank you so much for your help.

Thanks for the video. I just tried your method and it works really well. I used 1" thick MDF for the spacers and a ½" router bit. The MDF thickness was very accurate, so I didn't need a thicknesser to make the spacers (although I have one). I've been woodworking for over 30 years and never got around to making a finger-jointed box. I'll be making plenty more now.

That was very cool, never would have thought of it myself and don't need any jigs. Thanks

Thanks, and thanks for narrating in English, I appreciate that!!!!!

I like the Finnish way to do things on this video. He only shows how to do this thing, and doesn't talk or shout constantly like a machine. The main thing is the box and how to do it, not himself, unlike on too many videos like this, on which some airhead talks or SHOUTS like a machine throught the whole video. They are so annoying! But he is great and very Finnish.

I tried this method today, for me this is the easiest way to produce box joints. It took me awhile to get the shims exactly the correct size & I added a face plate to the push block so I could clamp the stock to it ( I’m not comfortable having my fingers that close to the router cutter). Once you have the shims at the correct thickness you really can produce a box in a few minutes. Great video!

perfect! thanks from Argentina :D

Thanks, you saved me money. I have a saw bench, and a router. All I needed was to watch your video, and my woodworking workmanship quality just went up a couple of notches. THANKYOU, We all have to start somewhere.

Excellent! I watched this last week and have now made a brand new box for my Unimat DB200 mini lathe. I added some attachments and a base plate and it no longer fits in the excellent, old box that it came in. I now use that box to store all the various parts and attachments that do not live on the lathe, and the lathe itself goes in my new box that you helped me to figure out. Now I have to figure out the finish I want to apply to this box. THANKS for the excellent video, sir!

brilliant , simple and well presented im signing up !!!

Damn that is just ingenious. And a beautiful finish too! Can't wait to try this out for a few projects.

Very innovative. For those complain about the machinery, it is not a problem to make joints with a saw, knife and chisel. If you are really good, like Roy Underhill on "The Woodright's Shop". My bet is that most watching this video aren't. Jigs don't work with slightly warped wood beyond about a 6" box. This method does. I have made a perfectly finished 24" by 24" box with this method, out of plywood with a very thin layer of veneer, that was slightly warped. Try that with a jig. Great idea this one.

Excelent, I've been searching a Real good way to make that kind of joints, thanks a lot.......👌👌👌

Very good. I usually do mine with a jig on table saw. Ill have to try this. Looks way simplier. Subbed.

Simple, quick and perfect!

Very smart, I like these kind of well thought-out solutions !

Absolutely Brilliant!!!! Thank you for this video. I have been looking for a way to make this joint without having to build a jig or buy dado blades.

Welp, looks like I have a list of video's to watch. Nice method and editing!

Beautiful. I'm a hobbyist and love learning new ways to make my router productive. That was inspirational. My 'workshop' is my (cold) garage and I have no table saw, so I make most things with track saw and router. A table saw would be faster but I'm not on the clock, and so far I've been unable to justify buying one. My router table is used a lot, and with thought and planning it's amazing what can be achieved with one. Thanks for posting.

Happy and amazed this guy still has both his thumbs.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU, always wanted to make some boxes as those, but didn't want to invest in the plates or systems, your technique is so smart and ease to modify for alternate sizes, will be trying this soon. ! ! !

@2:46 how satisfying that must have felt when it all hit square and flush :)

Great instructional video :) no nonsense and straight to the point. Kudos!

Beautiful, I love these joints. I really like Japanese boxes that use finer wood but Im sure its the same process. Wish I had the gear to do this

I found this video to be *wonderful! No loud music, no talking down to people, just a well-filmed, short, pithy video. ❤ I, personally, could have used *more description, but then, I am very new to wood working. I have, however, been dressmaking and sewing quilts for about 50 years, and apparently, the mental skills overlap. 😆 I watched the video a half dozen times and answered all of my own questions. 👍 I don't think he has too many tools. I have many items in *my sewing room that you would also scoff at ... especially if the only sewing you do is to hem your pants or replace a button now and then. If you're making quilts for sale, or dressing the bride, both mothers, and six attendants, you understand my collection of sewing tools. I imagine Esa is the same. 👍 Thanks Esa, and much love from Texas, USA! 🇫🇮🇨🇱🇺🇲 ❤

Nothing like good old-fashioned Finn-genuity!

Nice and easy, just how it should be! 👌🏽 Awesome work, mate 👍🏽

Are you kidding me I’ve been trying to make box joints forever and it always comes out wrong on one of the corners, flip the board over and all that , this is so simple way hasn’t anyone showed this way ? Great video and thank you so much

I just had to tell you again, you are a genius and thanks for the video, I have made so many jigs and even bought a jig and something would always go wrong but just in the last few days I’ve done it your way and never had a problem works every time and so easy I can’t believe it, thanks again

Well done !

Это лучшее что я когда либо видел! Спасибо тебе мужик!

Elegant method for box joints. Once the spacers are produced for a particular router bit setup for future projects is minimal. Well done!

Merci d'être là et de partager votre expertise !, merci pour la vidéo !!, vous faites un travail magnifique !!!

"esss" :)) . I like this guy

Never too old to learn, thank you.

Love it! Smart, simple, very little talking and especially the dead-blow mallet!

Smart guy, few words and straight to the point. A master gentlemen, no doubt at all. Greetings from Costa Rica, Central America. Alberto Corrales

Simple, elegant, and effective. The three elements of genius.

This guy is 10 kinds of awesome. "Yes." 👍

What a GREAT IDEA for box joint construction. NO JIG REQUIRED! That is what I am going to use on the construction of my Wall Hung Tool Cabinet instead of Dovetails. So easy, quick, and accurate. BRAVO MAESTRO

Displaying the Finnish national spirit perfectly. They don’t say much, but that what comes out counts. Loving it!

Wow, keep making more videos! It looks like your shop has a lot of handmade jigs and cool gadgets, show us how you made them. Thank you for this video.

Outstanding episode. I have purchased a jig for these joints and no matter how well I set up the jig, I always ended up with some problem during the construction. This method is excellent, it would be nice to know how you determined the sizes of the spacer blocks. Thank you for sharing, as I said in the beginning - Outstanding. Best wishes from the UK.

This is awesome! I need something like this. I can't seem to get the cuts right. I will try this today! Thank you so much for this video. Also, I am very interested in knowing about your table saw build. Was wondering if you would share it with us? Thanks again. Brilliant.

Simply beautiful! Thank you so much for your video!

I am truly flabbergasted. Sometimes the most simple process gets over thought. This is so easy and accurate with much less set up than a table saw jig or a traditional router jig. Holy shit. You just changed my life lol! Thanks man 👍 you just got a new subscriber!

Excellent video and process. The easiest and most effective I've seen without the prep of time consuming jigs. Bless your heart. He knows what to do and not to do. Mr. Finland has all of his fingers and judging from his shop he knows about stay away from sharp objects. Thank you Sir for sharing. Keep up the excellent work.

I really loved that technique, thanks .

Wow, this is such a simple yet elegant method! Thanks for sharing.

Nice. Might be helpful to mention that you should predetermine the height of the box by adding up the tongues so that you don't have half ones.

👍 Nice job, great skill, 👉 for all its very important to have some kind or any kind of skill to survive in life, young age easily pass us buy but when you turn 45 to 50 that is the time any sensible person get worried about his life and thinking about what to do what he have done with his life education skills achievements and how he going to spend his or her last days, normal retirement section 8 or in a shelter house, if you are in 40s give yourself 2 year, learn a skill so you don't have to write this note for others like i do, i am worried man

2:21. YAY! I finally understad now what a router table is for! Thank you so much. So I guess I should get a router table. I have a vintage Craftsman 6" wobble dado blade that fits on my table saw, which works beautifully and makes perfectly flat, smooth cuts (don't believe the negative talk about wobble blades, the angle of the tooth always remains flat to the work piece). But the problem is, with a variable dado blade, you don't have "fixed" preset sizes. The router table seems easier to use for light duty dado cuts, where you don't want to stop and change the blade on your table saw multiple times. ALSO, the plunge cuts that cut a groove to hold the floor of the box, are something you cannot do properly with a tablesaw dado! Thank you so much for sharing!

Que practico, fàcil y ademas queda un hermoso trabajo. Gracias Maestro

Excellent sir. I'd never seen this method before.

3:09 My favorite part of the video.

- Thanx 4 sharing. The router is my very favorite tool. Thanx a multibillion for showing your technique to extend it's use.

No loud music, no advertising, no nonsense just a great educational lesson, excellent.

My favorite part of this whole video 3:06

Hahahahahha at 3:09 that YES is great man thanx for video brother

Thank you for making woodworking easier -and fun 🙂

You sir have saved me a beautifull amount of time in not making a box joint jig. Will be using your method to make boxes for my van conversion. So effective and yet simple. Thank you. 😁

It says "The guide pieces have to be two times the width of the router bit", but also does the width of the wood have to be an exact even multiple of the width of the router bit?, otherwise when you spin the ends around and try and build the box the fingers will not match. I think I understand this but it depends on having very accurate spacers and wood pieces. Seems like you don't need a jig but you need a planner to get the results shown here?.

How does this guy still have all his fingers?

I've been contemplating on how to make box joints and watched many video's. All you need are spacers of similar thickness and then you're set... I can believe it. Even with a handheld router, all you need are spacers of similar thickness and then just adding until the cuts are made...

Very clever using spacer boards against the fence instead of a jig. Thank you this is a great cost saving idea

Nice, but I also admire how fearless he is of not losing a finger on the table saw

Nice craftsmanship, but I am surprised that he still has all his fingers.

Ingenious! This video was a great help to me. Thank you for sharing a very interesting way of making box joints. Can't wait to give it a try. Thanks

Top! Sou iniciante no ramo e esse exemplo foi muito esclarecedor. Um abraço de um Brasileiro para você.

So use every other industrial/professional tool except a jig... got it.

3:08 Finish "YESASS" 🤣😂🤣😂

I am 70 years old and that was " EXCELLENT " from start to finish - have to make sliding drawers - for kitchen and bathroom - this is going to make my day !!!!!!! and fast - too - I might add - What an educational video - Wow = put this in my video collection - going to try this - after installing my French cleats - system - make my shelves - then make boxes to put on my shelves- Wow - Thank you for the wonderful experienced - watched three times - THANK YOU

Thank you. What an excellent idea. Now, all I need is a thickness planer and a router and a router table. No problem. Blessing to you and yours.