Woodworking for Beginners 04 - Finger (Box) joints

Starting a box. How to make finger joints, and how to lay out box parts for grain matching.

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[JROC]

Great video. Nice to see someone do woodworking without a massive workshop full of table saws and power tools.

[philipallen]

Brilliant. Not only is this clear and using hand tools, but you admit to the mistakes that all of us make and show how to sort it. Thank you

[nolanstephenson]

This is great, I've been scouring YouTube for videos on practicing woodworking with more hand tools and couldn't find anything until this! I appreciate you doing this, very informative

[goodieshoes]

Great video. YouTube is crammed with slick 'superhero' woodworkers who have all the right tools and a million-dollar workshop. It can be fun to watch, but I've found your videos a lot more helpful and down-to-earth.

[batchrocketproject]

I love this demonstration and it contains much wisdom, thanks. My father was a carpenter and I remember as a child marveling at the box joints he would make on even quite wide boards (8" or so boards with 1/2" fingers), perfectly symmetrical, all cut by hand. He died over 40 years ago but I still use his dividers, in fact they're right here on my desk as I type. Your markup was perfect. I don't think my father would be impressed with your 'toy' saw (as he might have called it, no offense intended!), as he used a ~12 tpi tenon saw for all joints, cleaning up with razor-sharp chisel. He also eschewed the coping saw as he could rapidly hog out the fingers with chisel and mallet before paring to the line by hand. There are few things more pleasant on the eye than a well proportioned and symmetrical box joint and I'll be using your guidance to more often include them in my projects. Thanks again, really enjoyed this. 💯👏

[sleverlight]

Love that u didn't rely on machinery I wanna start woodworking but wanna do it only using simple tools such as a saw, thanks again

[existesters]

Great video and thank you for sharing, what a refreshing change for a tutorial to show you how to create a lovely looking but simple wood joint without using table saws, jigs etc. Well done...I need more videos like this, instead of these fully loaded/kitted out workshops. This was perfect !

[VindictiveMoose]

Great video. I was just getting into basic woodworking with hand tools since I don't have the space or money for power tools. This was exactly what I was looking for because most videos are using power tools.

[n.c.]

You made the best video for making basic finger joints, and thank you! I have been searching and found that other YouTube channels just make it seem too damn difficult, add unnecessary steps, and use very expensive tools. Yours is straight forward and complete. Thanks

[PaulHoff-hn]

Made a 3 tier shoe rack from an old pallet a couple of weeks ago using screws and steel joiners, god I wish I'd found this video before I started, great vid!

[remka]

Just found this video, thanks a lot! I have a very limited tool section, and wanted to start to learn woodworking, this is super useful.
I know this is a 4 years old video so maybe you already did, but would love to learn more about japanese joints, the kind that doesn't involve any screws 😊

[smartin]

Really appreciate the “matching end grain” demo. Succinct and well done! 👍

[jacka]

Super helpful, been trying to find a well explained video where a table saw isn't used, this is perfect thank you!

[JohnColgan.]

I thought i recognised your voice, Mr P, nice seeing basic woodworking to remind practice

[vanscran]

Brilliant, simple tools and no power tools is what makes the whole process enjoyable.

[Maxwell]

I'm on the fence about using power tools vs hand tools. This is by far the best video for handcutting dox joints. Good job.

[VincesEngines]

Thanks for showing with basic tools and how to correct mistakes

[NasimMahmud]

Excellent tutorial. I watched many such videos, and got the 'feel of it' with this one. Appreciate it.

[briannicholson]

Hi there great video, like to learn more in this side of things

Trying to do a very small project, hopefully try and do the finger locking for my very first time

Thanks for your video 👍

[mamabearssheshedtracykeato]

Very good video! Very informative and quick to the point. Thank you very much for sharing.