Why the most dangerous jig I've made is also one of the best

DeWalt customer service: “Has the tool been used for any purpose for which it was not designed?”

As a structural engineer, I would say you work with much tighter tolerances than we do. Now a mechanical engineer and a machinist…tiny tiny tolerances. I once was on site doing construction inspections on a high rise in Miami. The surveyor could layout an entire floor of an oval building in about two hours. Somewhere around the 28th floor he was mad because the layout was off by ¾ inch. That’s 28 floors and accumulated “errors” was ¾ inch. To throw a little humor at how seriously he took his job his regular work shirt said, “I Make Things Up.” Very cool technique!

Thanks Erik! I noticed that your Prius grew a bigger trunk. I used to work for a guy who often made cove cuts on the table saw. I never liked it but neither of us ever got hurt. Fortunately I have never needed to make a cove cut in all the years since then. I think I would probably make some kind of hand plane with special blade and take forever to make the thing. I love my table saw and don’t hesitate to use it for straight cuts but that thing of cutting sideways just makes me very anxious.

The jig works well, but with straight pieces of wood, one could also cut the coves on the table saw quite easily. If you don't have a table saw or if you want a portable tool, then this jig is excellent. Thanks for the video.

I love that you do a fantastic job of speaking to the newbies amongst us, while giving us something towards which we can aspire. I imagine those with lots of experience still get inspired. It’s great stuff you’re offering us, @ENCurtis. Please, keep it going!!

Safety - Shmafety LMAO! Love coming up with alternative uses for tools and figuring out how to use them effectively in ways they weren't intended. It's another way of keeping the mind sharp, thinking outside of the box and problem solving. I would have leaned towards using a router with a cove bit for this project but if one were not available then this is an excellent work around.

The Violin case cabinet, something that so caught my eye when you made reference to it in another of your videos. I asked then if you had made a video of its build. So glad for this prelude to a video that you mentioned is coming. Thank you so much!

Well doggone, I have discovered a cool new use for the least used tool in my shop! I probably haven't turned that biscuit jointer on in 7 years, but now I'm intrigued. I can see small cove cutting in my future! Great video!

Yes Erik. Very informational lol. Credit to u for always making interesting content at the pace u make it. I always make the time to “chill and learn” when u post 🤙

I like a TCG blade for cove cutting, it scratches the cove less than ATB.

This was by far one of my favorite videos. Your videos and a cup of coffee. Great way to start a day. Thank you.

That's a really big Prius

It's so interesting seeing the differences between machinist YouTube and woodworker YouTube. Your approach is so different from what I expected to be necessary to achieve this kind of cut, and it just goes to show how many different ways to approach a problem!

Eric, I used the dust attachment for the Dewalt biscuit and through away the bag then connected it via an adapter to a hose conection... works good.

I love it and think it is good use. The push lock at the end is what is important thought to me. Need to be able to cover it and have a leg notch to push. Maybe a jointer style block that lets you also push into the fence. A block with two blocks on the bottom. A short and long.

Funny, i was just thinking about my biscuit jointer and then this video popped up. I was thinking of the tools I have but don't get used as often as I should use them. I bought it for a specific project but I haven't used it much since. I was thinking of how I could repurpose it and use it more and then this video appears. I had no idea this video was even about the tool in question but the thumbnail sounded entertaining and now i have a nue purpose for my tool. The universe alignment must have been spot on this morning. Thank you for some ideas on this one

Tada …..take that Festool Biscuit. Nice trick Erik.

Cool use of a biscuit joiner. As usual, entertaining video. Includes some good info to store for that job I don't know I'm going to do, but when I do undertake it this will be essential knowledge. I find most of the jobs I do these days call on at least one of those left field snippets of info. Thanks

Luvin not using tools for intended purpose thing, he’ll before router tables were a thing I used to hold my router upside down in my lap to cut the lip off drawer fronts, I was a cabinet refacing installer. That job was paid by the job and it lead me to all kind of ways to shave time, I had the whole systainer thing going before Festools came across the ocean, I just wanted my tools on the job faster. I made my chop saw a table saw combo, you can see some examples of that tool on the internet now. Great channel and looking forward to your next post!

Love the outside the box thinking.