EASY Tablesaw Jigs for Every Woodworker!

the table-saw was one of the most used

tools in my shop and in this video I’m

gonna be showing you how to make three

different jigs to use on it the first

one is a jig to rip thin strips down the

second one is a classic crosscut sled

and then the third is a miter sled that

will get you those perfect 45s

the first one is a jig for ripping thin

strips over at the table saw it could be

a little hairy dripping thin strips down

because you have to get the fence so

close to the blade this.j completely

simplifies the task keeping your hands

and the fence well away from the blade

but still giving you those nice thin

strips it doesn’t really matter what

width or length you make this jig

however it will make your life easy us

to do math if you make the width of it

an even number I made my board 4 inches

wide and then for the little shoe you

want to make it the same height as a jig

and then I made mine a quarter of an

inch you don’t want any fasteners in

this shoe because it is sacrificial

meaning you’re gonna run it through the

blade and then eventually replace it

whenever he gets too chewed up so

instead of screws I’m using a quick

setting wood glue so I went to my junk

drawer of hardware and pulled out a

miscellaneous drawer pull handle that I

have an attached unas for the front

well not the front I guess it would be

the top and that completes jig number

one so it’s dead simple and now we’re

actually gonna use this jig to help us

make the second jig which is a crosscut

sled the second jig is gonna be a

crosscut jig whenever you’re at the

table saw you have two different cuts

you can either make a ripping cut which

goes with the grain or you can make a

crosscut which goes across it something

dangerous with making a crosscut at the

table saw is if you’re using the fence

and the board is longer than it is wide

it can it can get a little bit wonky on

you and that’s what creates the kickback

in a dangerous situation by using a

crosscut sled you can mix using the

fence and then only use the sled to push

it through out in an exact 90 so that’s

what we’re gonna be making with a

crosscut sled it not only gives you much

larger capacity but it also has two

runners making it much more stable and

ensuring a 90 degree cut with that it’s

very important that you get these

runners with no slop in it so I’m gonna

start off making these runners slightly

large and then sneeze

up on the cut these runners need to be

just slightly under the hype at the

table so now I’m gonna rip them down and

these are just to prop up these runners

so that they’re above the level of the

table so right now you can apply a

little bit of superglue to the top of

the runners and then place the base of

the sled on top of it and this is a way

to just temporarily hold the two

together so that you can pop it out and

then countersink and attach it with

screws from the bottom side yeah now we

can raise the blade up and cut halfway

through the sled and then attach the

leading fence it’s not critical that

this leading fence be square or straight

its main job is to keep the sled

together since there’s a big cut right

down the center you want to raise the

blade up high enough so that you can set

the fence up against the blade and not

the teeth then you can square the back

fence up to the blade itself however

it’s not exactly crucial that this is

square and mainly just supports the sled

but if you can get it square then why

not I want to again use a quick setting

wood glue here so that I can just hold

it temporarily and then secure it

permanently with screws the front fence

on the crosscut sled is the important

one because it’s what its gonna

reference your material to the blade out

in exact 90 this back fence is the

important one to make sure that it’s at

a 90 and reference to the blade because

it’s what’s gonna square up your

material when you want an absolute dead

90 cut to do this I’m gonna flush it up

with my hand and I’m gonna pull it back

and only put in one screw in order to

create a pivot point by having one screw

and it creates a pivot point so that I

have some adjustment and can square it

up to the blade

after getting the fence set to an exact

90 you can move it forward being careful

not to move it and then finish the

carrying it with screws then you can

always double-check it looks great

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this isn’t absolutely necessary but

another safety feature you can install

is a chunkier piece of block right where

the blade comes through just in case

your hands are ever in the wrong place

the blade will get buried into the block

and you have a little bit more of a

safer buffer now keep in mind that this

is a bare-bones crosscut sled that you

can make in under 30 minutes there are a

ton of features that you can add on to

it such as a built in stop block as an

example that will make the sled even

more functional however if you want to

just get going then this is a great

starter also keep in mind you can make

this however big or small you need it

alright and the third and final jig is

gonna be a miter saw sled this is a jig

to help you make perfect 45-degree cuts

or miters anytime yes I have a miter saw

however no matter how great quality or

miter saw is it will never compete with

the accuracy that a miter saw sled on a

table saw can give you and I’m just

making this base as big as this piece of

scrap the beginning steps are almost

identical to the crosscut sled you need

a base and you also need a few runners

so if you’re gonna be making multiple

jigs in the same time frame you can go

ahead and cut all of your parts at the

same time to eliminate resetting your

fence a lot of people use hardwood to

make the runners however I’m using

plywood both are acceptable options

however for the base I would recommend

using MDF or plywood but MDF has the

advantage of staying more flat flatter

flatter longer it likes to stay flat

it’s easier to stay flat

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to make the fencing forward the miter

saw sled I needed two pieces of ply

glued together

well sticking with my scrap theme I

already have two pieces of 3/4 inch

walnut glued together so that’s what I’m

using now I’m going to turn my saw on

and push the sled base about halfway

through next I’m gonna take something

that I know is at a 45 degree angle in

this case it’s gonna be my speed square

and reference off of the blade again

making sure that I’m on the blade itself

and not its teeth and then draw a

45-degree pencil mark now I can take my

glued together fence material and glue

it as close to this line as they can get

it you want this to hang over your

curved line so that after you secure it

in place you can run the sled through

the table saw blade and cut it at an

exact 90

now I’m going to raise up the blade and

cut all the way through this first fence

now I could set the second fence on top

of the first and then use the table saw

to make its cut now I can apply glue to

the bottom of the second fence in the

news and accurate 90 degree angle to

line it up to the first you should only

be concerned with getting the outside

out of perfect 90 not this actual miter

cut right here then you can flip it over

and secure it to the bottomless screws

you just need to make sure when you’re

cutting to paring miters that you use

one fence to make one of the miters and

then the other fence to make it spare

this way regardless of the slight degree

it’s out from 45 from the blade it’ll

still match up to 90 if this outside

face is out of 90 all right and that’s

gonna be it for this video now keep in

mind that these are bare-bones LEDs just

to get you going I will leave you a link

to a playlist down in the description to

other woodworker videos so that you can

see other cool add-ons if you want to

upgrade your sleds and jigs a little bit

further I hope that this video has

helped you out if you would like a free

set of plans for all three of these jigs

and that is also linked to you down

below I will see you on my next project

alright I gotta clean this up this is

embarrassing

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a little bit tight does that make sense

well you don’t know what it does so

sorry not insulting but I’m asking the

wrong person