Making Repeatable Cuts

Making accurate, repeated length cuts is one of the most critical steps in building any wood projects.

Cutting parts to the exact same length will help ensure that your table won't wobble, your box will be square, and your shelves will fit in place.

Here are our top tips for making repeatable cuts!
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[mikeb]

super helpful video. On that first miter cut, could you potentially use 3 or 4 boards stacked instead of 2? Thanks!

[JuancaMX]

exactly what i was looking for, thanks

[Suavissimo]

On the miter saw, why bother with the "auxiliary fence"? Why not just clamp your stop to the saw's fence?

[Twobirdsbreakingfree]

Pretty disappointing. I was hoping you'd demonstrate how to do a gang cut with at least ten of those boards side by side. It's not obvious how you would clamp all the boards together when they're say 1.5 metres wide in total.

[frostmelody]

Seems very slow. If I had a mitre saw I would just put a stop block and butt up then cut.

[DessieTots]

A useful video but please ditch the annoying musak.