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Categories: Workshop Setup & Tool Maintenance , Cutting and Shaping Wood , Jigs, Tips and Tricks , Skill Builder VideosJune 20, 2019Learn how to make zero clearance throat plate inserts for you table saw. A zero clearance insert or throat plate is one of the best upgrades you can make to a table saw. If you’re having trouble with tear-out on the bottom edge of your table saw crosscuts, or experienced the sudden shock of a narrow piece of drop-off wedging in between the saw blade and the opening in your saw’s throat plate, then you should get a zero clearance throat plate or insert.Read more -
Categories: Woodworking Joinery , Wood , Woodworking Projects , Cutting and Shaping Wood , Skill Builder VideosJune 19, 2019You can save money by making your own cabinet doors. Learn how to make frame and panel cabinet doors using a table saw and dado blade set. With this simple system, you can build custom cabinet doors for your home.Read more
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June 18, 2019If you need to make a board narrower, then you will likely need to make a rip cut. Rip cuts are cuts that are made in the same direction as the wood grain. The table saw is the best tool for making rip cuts. We show you how to safely set up and make rip cuts with your table saw.Read more
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June 18, 2019Installing drawer dividers is a great way to improve the storage organization in your kitchen, workshop, or bathroom cabinets. You can purchase divider inserts, but you'll be limited to their design. A better way is to make dividers that perfectly suit your storage needs. We show you three simple ways to make wood dividers for your drawers.Read more
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June 18, 2019Many people think the jigsaw is only good for making curved cuts. We show you how to use a fence and choose the right blade to make straight cuts with your jigsaw.Read more
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June 17, 2019A stopped dado or groove is a cut that does not run all the way through a work piece. Making stopped dado or groove cuts can be tricky because you can't see the bit. The trick is to make marks on the router table to show where the router bit is located and make marks on the work piece to show where to start or stop cutting. A technique called a drop cut is used to start the cut. A drop cut is similar to a plunge cut, but instead of plunging the bit into the work piece, the work piece is lowered onto the bit.Read more
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June 17, 2019A router guide collar is a useful accessory that threads onto a router base and guides the router along a pattern or template. The one safety concern with guide collars is that they can loosen and possibly fall off, causing damage to your work or maybe an injury. You can make sure that your guide collar won't loosen by using PTFE ahead tape (also called teflon tape) to wrap around the treads. You can find this special tape in the plumbing section of most hardware stores.Read more -
June 14, 2019A dado joint is a flat bottom channel that is cut to fit the width of another piece of wood. They are perfect for supporting shelves in cabinets or dividers in boxes. We show you how to cut a dado using a table saw and stacked dado blade set.Read more
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June 14, 2019Adjust your table saw fence for perfect cuts. One of the keys to making safe and accurate cuts with your table saw is to make sure the table saw fence is parallel with the miter slot and blade. Aligning your table saw blade is not difficult. Learn how to adjust your table saw fence to be parallel with the miter slot and blade.Read more
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June 14, 2019Setting up your table saw blade to be parallel with the miter slot will make cutting smoother and easier, will help prevent burn marks, and will help reduce the chance of kick back. Learn how to check your table saw blade alignment with the miter slot and how to make corrections.Read more
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Categories: Woodworking Joinery , Cutting and Shaping Wood , Jigs, Tips and Tricks , Skill Builder VideosJune 13, 2019When you need to cut multiple cross lap joints with uniform spacing, reach for the Rockler Cross Lap Jig. Screw it to your miter gauge and use it with your table saw and a dado stack to cut the half-lap joints for anything with a wooden grid: lattice, wine racks, grilles/mullions for glass doors, and torsion boxes for your workbenches and table tops.Read more