Category Archive: Table Saw Tuneup

May 01 2012

Making My Own Riving Knife

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Bench Grinder, Jig Saw, Oscillating Sander, Paste Wax, Safety Week, Table Saw, Table Saw Tuneup

May 1, 2012

In February Tom Hintz of NewWoodworker.com posted an article with a video about kickback that got the woodworking community talking. In the video he pushed a board through his table saw without a riving knife and twisted it at the end of the cut. The board and push block …

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Apr 19 2012

Table Saw Fence Update

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Table Saw Tuneup

by benjamen

April 19, 2012

Yesterday I went to make some cuts with the new auxiliary fence on my table saw and noticed when I set the fence 1-1/2″ away from the blade the scale read 2-1/4″. Oops, I forgot to reset the scale. I was all prepared to drill some new holes for the scale indicator, …

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Apr 17 2012

Fixing The Bow In My Table Saw Fence

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MDF, Router Table, T-Slot Bit, Table Saw Tuneup

by benjamen

April 17, 2012

For a while I’ve noticed that when I rip a clean edge on my table saw and put it up against my fence, there’s a gap between the board and the fence. I’ll take a square to the edge and find out it’s perfectly square, shrug my shoulders, and continue what I …

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