Demo Night – Greene & Greene Style Finger Joints

Video - July 24, 2008

This is an excerpt from the live Demo Night that took place 7/23/08. The topic was creating Greene & Greene style joint for the Gadget Station project. Its a long video, but lots of details were covered and numerous questions were thrown out by the chat room. This was our best turnout yet with 180+ viewers! This isn’t exactly as fun as the live experience but its a close second for those who couldn’t make it. Enjoy!

17 comments on “Demo Night – Greene & Greene Style Finger Joints”

George Barry July 25, 2008 9:17 am

Nice demo, thanks. It just shows that there are multiple ways to achieve a goal…just use whatever is comfortable to you.

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Chris Cloutier July 25, 2008 10:24 am

First time watching one of the demos, live. Good info, and fun to watch, the video stream was near perfect. Keep up the good work!!!

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WiZeR July 25, 2008 2:15 pm

Marc, thanks very much for taking the time to edit and publish this. I’m glad I didn’t miss out! Good demo, I love that joint.

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Chuck July 25, 2008 3:41 pm

Great Demo. but the live version was a lot more fun, makes the show well worth it. I hope you double attendance next week.

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Joe R July 26, 2008 12:14 am

I didn’t get to view the live demo (time zone difference), but the edited, yet still long excerpt was great. Nice joint, good tips.

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Greg July 26, 2008 6:37 am

Since the time difference for me means that I would not be able to participate in the live event, I really appreciate the edited version. I found this well worthwhile and look forward to many more to come.

Thank you

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James in Tempe July 26, 2008 11:25 am

Marc,

I noticed you using your Japanese style chisels in the video.

What brand do you like?

I may be going to Japan for my friend’s wedding in November.
Would it be worthwhile to pick up some tools while I am there?
Or is it just easier to use the web and avoid the TSA issues?

What would you recommend?

Whatever it might be I should probably start saving up for it now.

Thanks!

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thewoodwhisperer July 26, 2008 12:45 pm

Hey James. The brand I use is Fujihiro. You can check them out here: http://www.hidatool.com/shop/shop.html

Not sure how much money you would save by getting them overseas, but at those prices, its certainly worth looking into. I imagine if you just put the chisels in your checked luggage you would be fine as far as TSA is concerned.

If you happen to have any local friends there, I am sure that would make the job of locating a reputable dealer a whole lot easier. Does Rockler have a Japanese store? lol.

Good luck.

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Rick July 26, 2008 5:35 pm

Thanks for doing the demo with live chat I had a blast.

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Mike July 28, 2008 6:17 pm

I guess my comments didn’t make it some how, anyway thanks for the demo it gave me some more ideas
Mike

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Wilbur Pan August 3, 2008 2:09 am

Hi Marc,

Just curious, why not set up a stop block on the miter fence to line up your cuts instead of relying on the rip fence? Especially since those Incra miter gauges have that ability built in.

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thewoodwhisperer August 3, 2008 9:27 am

No real reason. Just didn’t think of it. lol

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David Persson April 22, 2009 2:51 pm

Hi Marc,

I think the screws are placed a bit too far out in the ends of the wood.Isnt there a risk of a crack when tightening them up later on?

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- thewoodwhisperer April 22, 2009 4:04 pm
  
  Honestly, the screws were just there for reinforcement. In the future, I probably wouldn’t use screws at all. Kind of overkill. If I want to add reinforcement next time I might just glue in a dowel. So if you really cranked down on the screws, I imagine you could certainly crack it. But I installed mine rather gently and didn’t really torque them that much.
  
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Jay February 29, 2012 5:50 pm

Mark,

I like the term undulating and use it wherever possible. Just kidding about using wherever possible, but I would say with this style the word comes to mind. :)

Jay

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Jay February 29, 2012 5:51 pm

And…I meant MarC with a C…sorry.

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Brandon December 30, 2012 2:37 am

Interesting joint, never seen it before.

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