Video: Jointing small stock on the table saw
I dont think this really deserves the “Projects” section. I set out to build a jig to allow me to square up small hardwood scraps. It ended up being a tapering jig with a different name.
Tapering Jig Design (Left or Right?)
I had an occasion to cut a taper in the shop this afternoon and wondered why it really felt akward. Many of the tapering jigs seem backwards to me. or In cutting my taper, my left forearm would be just above the blade if I had not stepped to the right of the fence. RIGHT SIDE If I don’t reach across the blade, then the whole onus for holding the workpiece in place falls on the jig itself. Many don’t hold the piece. They rely on the operator to hold it in ...
