This little jig taught me a lesson you need to know too! 

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One thing I learned about woodworking. It's not about the finish cut, it's about making the jig to make the finish cut.

You say "craftsperson". My wife calls it "madness". :) Joking aside, problem-solving is one of my favorite things about woodworking. Excellent vid, thanks!

I always insert magnets into jigs made for my Japanese saws. Very useful for accurate cuts.

Every project that I start begins with me telling my wife how long it will take to complete as I spend so much time working out the details. It's one of my favorite parts of the process.

Some of my favorite bedtime thinking is working through the next step in a project so it goes as smoothly as possible. I thought I was the only one.

Your comment about taking the time to figure it out completely reminds me of Norm and his attention to the start-to-finish detail.

I just cut it carefully by hand staying on my lines, just like my grandfather did. Love your work 👍

you sure have the tendency to always solve my problem when I'm having one .

As someone with over 15 career years in quality management and operation excellence, we have an old saying: "Good enough is the mortal enemy of better"

The real lesson I walk away with is You Don't Need a Powered Solution for Every Cut or Don't Be Afraid to Do It By Hand. Thanks James ! -Mike

For someone who recently got into woodworking as a hobby, I don’t feel so bad spending over a month working on one project for a gift for my father. When I see it hanging on his wall I truly appreciate the hard work I put into it. Even if no one else knows how much time and effort was put into it. It is definitely a unique piece of work! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

He went all Dr. Suess at the end 🔥

Well said advice to encourage us to be better woodworkers.

Your statement about a craftsperson putting in the extra time/work for a better result hit me right in the feels. I don't feel like I warrant that description yet, but now I feel a whole lot better about the extra time I spend trying to do things right!

@Stumpy Nubs wins RU-vid with this gem: "The hack just wants to get the job done. Their mantra is 'good enough.'...But good enough here and good enough there can quickly add to 'not good enough' by the time the whole project is complete." Speaking for all of us lifetime hacks, you just taught us a huge lesson. Thank you!

“…the end result will be something you can look at with pride rather than something you hope nobody looks too closely at.” Craftsman vs. Hack has never been explained so well. Thanks for so many great lessons. I’m trying to make some of your videos mandatory as ongoing training at our shop!

I had a similar issue when I worked in a shop. We had a drill press nightmare jig that performed poorly and we were always resetting it. I thought about this endlessly and never solved the problem through ten years and resignation. About three years later while watching TV, the solution flashed across my mind.

Spending more time making a jig, than using the jig = Yes. Love it.

this makes me feel better. I've spent so much time building a tool to build a tool to build the thing i want :D I don't feel bad now lol

Liked the idea... could add a couple or more magnets on the angled jig so the saw will keep at the desired angle... making it easier to cut

That works. I'd be tempted to do the math (which may be rusty, I'm happy to be corrected), and put a shim in a standard mitre box as a temporary jig to add or subtract an extra 3 degrees from the cut while reusing the existing 45° slot. Of course, that depends on the size of your miter box and your ability to securely clamp the temp sacrificial fence piece to the bottom of the miter box. Computing a tangent in this case is pretty easy, and lining up a 5/16" shim at 6 inches will get really close (it's like 2.98°). I'd bet well-used miter slots have more slop error than the difference. Put the workpiece (temp fence) against the side, tilt by sliding in drill bit in at the 6 inch mark, clamp to the bottom, remove the bit and cut. Yes, it's again a "close enough", but I think it really is close enough for hobby purposes. Just double check the angle is the correct one (not the complementary one) before you cut it. And the drill bit can be reused later. :)

Jig making is still my favourite part of woodworking. Having a problem to solve is what spurs creativity & weird lateral thinking, and for that reason I routinely create problems for myself. That's my excuse & I'm sticking with it.

I like your comments on the ethos of a craftsman

I absolutely love this video. I have a confession; I love to solve problems. That's one of the many reasons I love woodworking. Thank you for all your wonderful videos. 👍💖👍

Your woodworking skills are second to none, but I've got to question your choice of hockey team.

My question is where do you gain all of that knowledge??? Thats why i stick to this channel💯, you are the answer when it comes to woodworking mr. Nubs👍

As a teacher I congratulate you on your craftsmanship with wood and way you educate. Thank you!

Thought I was a woodworker/craftsman. Learned I think like a hack more than I don't, hah

I find your videos fascinating. I look at the things you do and realize I am just a hack! Lol. Rustic projects for me only. Hahaha

I have always said, the amount of effort you put into the front end of a project will pay you back in the finished product. It is always worth the effort.

First jig I ever made was to help align holes drilled into both ends of a miter cut to accept dowels to help hold it together. Spent 2 hours making it and 5 minutes using it but the result was spot on. Worth it.

Really appreciate the philosophy behind why we take our time to create a quality product.

Your last words are so true. Always remember you are doing woodworking for YOU. Not for others. Even if you sell what you make.

It is often not the results, but the road we take that brings the satisfaction. Not the tools, but the solution. Thanks James. Another quality lesson hidden in wood working tips.

Great video, as usual! That large T-square at the end! I - MUST - HAVE!

Perfectionists, I think many can connect with that way of thinking, I know I can. It’s taken me a month to make one end grain butcher block out of walnut, but each time I complete a stage, the effort shows more and more.

I agree 100% James. A well thought out plan always makes for a better outcome in the end of the project. I spend a lot of time making jigs that I may or may not ever use again. It's a big part of the fun of being a woodworker. Great jig BTW.

I just have to say, I really enjoyed the advertisement at the end of the video. Very cleverly worded!

Woodworking is something that I do because of the process involved. The endresult is just the last step of the journey and not always the purpose.

Great video with a lots of lessons. My neighbor calls me a jigman. I am always find myself spending more time building a jig than the actual project. Your video assured me that my approach may not be completely wrong after all. Thanks.

Thank you Stumpy.

Hi James. Nice job matey. 63 years of learning under my belt and you are still able to teach this old dog new tricks. Whilst creating A frames for re-roofing an old house, I made a similar jig to the one you displayed. I too had a site table saw that was not large enough to cut the whole way through the jig, but I left the waste wood in place and used the resulting slot as a guide to ensure correct alignment of the saw blade. There was less risk of the saw floating off-line and it made the cutting process much safer by keeping my hands away from the cut. Please carry on the good work my friend. Cheers, Chris

I always thought I was a jack of all trades and a master of none. Thanks, you've now helped me realize that I'm just a hack.

I'm a hack, and I'm okay with that. But I really like watching a craftsman work. It gives me ideas and helps keep my hack skill levels up high enough that my stuff still turns out good enough.

Well done, sensei!

Being creative in problem solving makes one feel good when a project is done. Good video

Thanks for the insight and thumbs up for safety! I truly enjoy your videos, James. :)

The underlying message resonated deeply with this software developer.

Hi James, a nice video that shows some good tips, but if you want to make a 48-degree cut and your chop saw only goes to 45 just slide a 3-degree wedge in between the wood and the fence, job done.

Love the tune at the end, see you on Spotify with that ad

Like you said, its the difference between someone that is a craftsman by nature and passion versus someone that is simply trying to get it done as fast, as cheap, and as simple as possible.

As a woodworker, metal fabricator, and graphic artist, I seldom get any sleep, because my brain is building stuff at night in my head, and during the day I physically build what I was building in my head the night before. I personally have 45 years of jig making experience, whether it be used for cutting, building, or printing, I made 100s

That's going to come in handy! I sure wish I was better at thinking outside the box like that. Thanks for sharing and for the education.

One square, two squares. Better squares for me squares! Love you videos, your knowledge and your humor!

Career custom residential frame and finish carpenter here and this is a great video. There is so much more here than making that cut...

Very good presentation and explanation.

Great video 👍 Love where you said a craftsperson will take the time to make a jig to do the task right ❤️

I agree! The ability to create custom tool will always take any artist and their art up to the next level regardless of whether their art is painting, pottery, or even woodworking.

Absolutely, James... I occasionally get "crap" for "inventing work" by some of the so-called builders around, because I spend a significant chunk of time on more projects than not, just planning it out and thinking, "There's GOT to be a better way to do this." Until I figure out something that will reduce my work-load in the cycle of repetitive pieces... SO I drop everything and sketch out and build the jig, rig, new tool variant, or some other piece of doo-dah... AND then end up "tweaking" a bit to suit me, because almost nothing is right the first time out of the gate. I enjoy the "inventing" part of it, though... That moment when a good idea "dawns" upon me and I'm suddenly excited and inspired and I just have to get that idea to paper and start breathing life into it. It's the best part of any craft. OH sure, I can still "free-hand" my dove-tails and pins... If the scale is appropriate and my saw-benches are right, I can even free-hand most of them quite reliably with a plain old circular saw and paring chisel... I've done it before... and finished a dozen boxes in two days... BUT to "rig up" a completely re-usable dove-tailing jig is also fun and ensures that I can do a hundred boxes with exactly the same tails and pins... or a thousand... or stop doing dove-tails for two years until someone needs a box or a side to replace one of the old ones, and I can just knock one out as if I'd never stopped... The jig sits on a shelf with a "toe-tag" labeling it for use, purpose and metering... Just recently, over winter... my old saw-benches gave up their ghosts... collapsing in the back yard. It's okay, since they WERE some 20 years old and had always been reliable, good weather and foul, mud or no... SO with the early break into sort of a spring, I've been at it... building new... I'm sticking to the old design. There are more convenient benches all over YT, but I like mine with the folding brackets, and a few different "tops" to pick from for a set. A fistful of screws and I can use 2x6's for a little extra height... a short set or long, depending on the size of material, whether I'm hacking out planks or timbers or plywood... I'm just now hacking and chiseling out notches to top the things with 4x4's for a bit of extra material, and I'll make a set of each with a lap-joint in the middle to criss-cross a "convenient as hell" skeletal work-table... AND with the scraps, I'll be chopping out notches to fit over the top-materials for "sacrificial supports", as most of my current supply is "salvage" and so rittled with nails, I'd rather not run a new sawblade through it... BESIDES, these little rising cross-braces also lift the material for the project above the benches simply so I don't have to build any more benches than necessary, and unfasten the legs and brackets, and EVERYTHING folds down conveniently for storage... There's also the added safety of just not driving a circular saw blade (at speed) right through the saw-bench while you work... no needed accessorizing or planning... and any old scraps can be broken down for a new "sacrificial support" in shorter order than any saw bench can be made... I suspect I'll be painting these benches, too... haha... Most don't, as the saw bench has long been it's own "sacrificial" material... BUT I rather like how that last set stood up to time and trials, tossed into truck-beds or box vans, skittered over the various debris when on the road, and then fastened together in a flash to be battered and dragged and borrowed and used for literally EVERYTHING... Only to get home and hose them off a bit, before folding them down and putting them away... ;o)

My favorite tip is the edge guide on top of the fence. I'm going to use that this weekend. Thanks again, James.

Learning the correct way to "handle a saw" is a work in progress for me. Loved the jig too. Thank you for the great video! 🪚

As usual.... Thank you very much. 👍👍

Listening to this video is like a relaxing meditation exercise. Great idea and mental health at the same time!

Great information. Thanks, James.

3D printers are great for low use jigs & fixtures. And my old radial arm saw is perfect for the problem in this video.

I used a jig very like this to cut a precise angle into an installed banister to turn it into a continuous banister. Long story short it worked great and got me a great angle that I was easily able to replicate to extend (aka board stretch) the complicated banister profile. That joint once dowels were installed was only off less than 1/16 of an inch which was more than enough veneer to blend into the next piece. Yes I used a Japanese pull saw and they are great. Thank You Stumpy Nubs for posting this jig.

My wife got me a Japanese hand saw for my birthday. No looking back! Haven't used my old western wood saw since. Get one, they're great!

It's about the process! That's right!

I'm happy to be a satisfied woodworker 🌞🙏🏻

Hallmark of an interesting instructional vid is when you sit through the whole thing even though you doubt you'll ever have any use for it. Thanks.

Thank you James!

If all you have is a standard wood saw, you could add a handle to your liking, to the opposite end of the typical wooden handle, and than you have a pull saw. Creative thinking can make most anything you need... Thumbs Up!

Thanks for sharing! I recently cleaned up my scrap wood pile and came across about a dozen of these jigs that I had made for different projects over the years! Glad to see I'm not alone! LoL Take Care!

Thoughtful definition of the true craftsman. It is good to pull back like this occasionally.

Yes, yes, yes. Think. Use what you have in your shop. And in your mind. This was an excellent video.

A philosophical video, but you are right. That‘s the difference between „doing something to get it done“ and „passion“ . The difference between „average“ and „top“ Love and peace from Munich, Bavaria !

As always, great advice. I'll probably never need a 48° jig, but still learned some great tips.

Loved this video. As a boatbuilder, I thoroughly enjoy the challenges of working accurately with complex shapes. Yes, making jigs for specific tasks in order to get a good fit is one of the most satisfying parts of the craft.

To make a 48 deg cut on the ends of a 2x6 with a miter saw, could you put a 3 deg wedge under one end of the board so that it raises that end up by 3 deg instead of laying flat, effectively making a 45 deg tilt into 48? If a 3 deg wedge is too thin to practically make, you could use an 18 deg wedge to make a 30 deg tilt into 48.

Just stumbled on to this channel. I like your Montra about doing the job right and being a craftsman and not a hack. It’s so disgusting to see new home builds that are all a hack job. Nice job on the jig👍🏼

I got a good chuckle out of your ad at the end! Well done! When growing up, my girlfriends always told me I was too square... hmmm

I spent an entire day making a jig to get nice straight edges on the table saw as i dont have a jointer. Went down to the workshop the next day only to discover my table saw had shat itself. So project on hold until i get a new saw. Just had a cheap shoddy contractors saw so now I’m trying to convince myself to stump up the cash for not just a modest upgrade, but a a decent upgrade. Looking at the Laguna fusion 1, so the kind of price jump that makes me glad I’m currently single. 😆

I thoroughly enjoy your videos. You have such a good teaching voice and that can make a big difference in making your points of interest

Excellent video, James. Never was there a woodworker who learned all there is to know about the craft. This was enlightening. Thanks!

I’ve never made the jigs, just gave it my best shot without what I considered too much effort. This video cleared up that error in my thinking, thanks.

Fantastic solution. Thank you for sharing.

You are a great teacher. We appreciate it if you make a video, covering most of your past presentation, condensed into a half-hour video (i.e. each lesson done in a minute or so, with only pictures and a short explanation). It would be a great collection as your material is all fresh and not known even to the old-timers :)

That poem at that end was nice and square. Great video James! I'm working through an issue right now and this sparked some ideas and helped me to think differently about the problem. Thanks!

Excellent video. Thanks.

Great lesson Inspiring teacher 🙏

Great idea and lesson learned.

Great video, simple but yet informative. Sometimes the simple solution is the hardest thing to see. 👍🏼

Great Jig and thanks for the tool list!

"Woodworking is about the process as much as the end result" - Stumpy Nubs This is something I have been trying to explain to my wife for years. It drives her crazy that I can spend hours in the garage setting up to make one cut.

Always great information and demonstration….THX

Yet another great video, thanks

Such an amazing way to solve the problem - this is what makes woodworking so enjoyable to me -the creative solutions. Great commercial at the end! You’re the Dr. Seuss of woodworking tool sales 😉.

This is why I subscribed to you my friend...Thanks

You should do a whole series on different woodworking jigs. How to make them and how to use them. I liked this video.