5 Quick Table Saw Tips - Episode 6

Table Saws, one of the most used tools in the woodwork shop can be used to check the alignment of your squares and with board cuts, you can align your saw perfectly to get better joints and more accurate projects, and with magnets, there's a whole world of accessories you can add-on like DIY push sticks, and fence alignment table saw jigs and you can even align your miter gauge with the same process, quick, easy and accurate. These tips are great for learning how to use a table saw for beginners.

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[roberthalaska]

Excellent, excellent, excellent. Your keeping us safe and productive. Thanks Colin

[gelosoriano]

1st tip in calibrating is genius! Thanks!

[larrys]

I agree with alot of this. I do think the full support push block for small pieces is the way to go for the reasons you mentioned. I put my notch more towards the middle of the block- you may lose a little of the downforce support, but you can get your piece through the blade without getting your hand between the blade and the fence

[rickb]

Dude, you're freakin awesome. I've been slowly but surely setting up my shop and I seriously appreciate your help. Cheers.

[martinmeyer]

That tip for the fence that clamps skew is golden - its a big problem for me on a relatively cheap tablesaw (Bosch GTS10XC), your solution will make alignment a dream. All the tips are excellent, thanks so much :-)

[bigsparky]

More fantastic tips, thank you for sharing

[walterwliszczak]

Thanks a lot for your tips. I keep learning to get better results.

[evslone]

Very helpful and important safety advice. Thanks, Colin.

[sambiscits]

Some great tips that I can use, we're going to have to call your channel The Learning Channel, at least for me.

[shawnr]

Thanks all of these are good pieces of advice.

You have to remember to put the glasses back in the bag.

[markgigiel]

Simple things that everyone should know, but sometimes take for granted. When using a table saw, everything matters. If you don't have complete focus and concentration, DON"T DO IT. Never ever be in a hurry. It's not hard to be safe, but I know too many horror stories. I love my table saw, but I respect it. I'm 61 but remember my HS wood shop teacher drilling table saw safety into us every day. The outside door to the shop was behind the table saw and he gave a story about every dent and broken window from kick-back. The saw was awesome. A giant cast iron top that could hold full sheets of plywood easily.

[jaywimer]

Thx for the tips. It was a very clear explanation on the chicken stick and why not to use it! I am tossing mine and making a good push stick. Keep them coming.

[jlcribber]

Hi Collin. I have an old trick for doing dados on my 10" table saw. You don't need a fancy wobbler or a special dado stack. I have a lot of very sharp 7 1/4" skillsaw blades laying around. I just stack them up on the arbor until I get the thickness I want. Staggering the teeth of course. A bunch of cardboard washers/spacers for fine adjustment and I have a basically free dado set up to as big as the arbor will hold.

John from Beaumont, Alberta, CA

[DanDDirges]

Always enjoy your videos! No acting, games or annoying background music, just business. I made the mistake of raising my table saw blade as high as it would go and now it will not lower back down at all.

[sapelesteve]

As usual, great tips Colin! I really liked the glasses in the bag trick. Be well & stay safe....

[fredbrooks]

Great info on the chicken foot push stick. Mine are now fancy firewood sticks!

[Piscesgyal]

Great tips and very helpful for a newbie table saw user like myself!

[michaelfairchild]

Thats why I love my small digital square. Stick it to the blade with magnet and i can pinpoint proper 90 or 45.

[clemmcguinness]

Excellent as ever Sir. Very good safety advice. Thanks

[dufftime]

That first tip was amazing. I brushed off the method because i use a small engineer's square to square up my blade, not a combination square. Yesterday i was getting ready to glue up a cutting board and noticed it would want to curve as i applied clamp pressure. I realized my rip cuts were off slightly. Tried your method and lo-and-behold not square. Thanks Colin (and DowelMax guy)!