Table saw planer jig. Use your table saw as a planer. Eric sorensen 710391 views. Turn your hand planer into a jointer for only 10 duration. Microjig tapering jig for table saw router table and band saws for woodworking works with grr ripper 44 out of 5 stars 116 12900 129.
If you dont have a jointer but you do have a table saw then this tablesaw jointer jig can get you by. Thickness planers are awesome. The outfeed side must be perfectly even with the saw blade. Microjig tapering jig for table saw router table and band saws for woodworking works with grr ripper 44 out of 5 stars 115 12900 129.
Despite this honored position a table saw is mostly used for mundane ripping tasks. A new one starts around 300 and the price just goes up from there. Its easy to make and very effective. If you have a lot of tenons to cut then being able to cut quickly and easily on your table saw will save you a lot of time.
Youll also need a 60 inch long strip of stock ripped to dimensions of about 34 x 38 inch but you can use pretty much any straight piece of scrap stock for this piece. But i dont have one. To make this cut move the rip fence to the left side of the saw blade. The table saws power and precision put it at the center of everyones shop.
Jointer sled straight cut jig table saw sled duration. To make better use of my table saw i use these four simple jigs in my shop. They take advantage of the table saws speed and accuracy without tempting you to perform risky. Just like a jointer the table saw setup requires an infeed and an outfeed side.
Now there are a lot of different commercially available tenon jigs available like this one from rocklerbut there are also some brilliant examples of diy tenon jigs. The jig isnt as good as a jointer you cant adjust. Table saw jointing for this method you will need some sort of a table saw sled because if your wood is rough or uneven it is not only dangerous to try and table saw this wood you could end up wasting an amount of it before you finally get straight even and parallel boards.