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Tricks of the Trade

Compiled by Paul Anthony

Make Your Table Saw Double as an Edge Jointer

THE WINNER:

If you're a beginning woodworker, there's a good chance you don't have all the tools you want in your shop. One machine that seems to get put off is the jointer. While working with a friend in a similar machine-needy shop, we needed to edge-join some boards to make a panel for a top. Unfortunately, no jointer was available. Then I looked at his table saw. Hmmm ... what about using the saw as a jointer?

I started by making an auxiliary rip fence from a straight, flat board that extended beyond my rip fence to provide extra bearing surface. I then measured the distance from the trailing end of the fence to the rear of the blade and ripped a x ³/4" shim to that length. I glued the shim to the bottom edge of the auxiliary rip fence at the trailing end, then screwed the auxiliary fence to the rip fence. After raising the blade into the auxiliary fence, I aligned the outer edges of the teeth with the outer face of the shim, which would be serving the same purpose as a jointer outfeed table.

After testing this alignment with a piece of scrap, I ran a board that was "lum-beryard-prepped" through the saw. It trimmed the edge beautifully. We even trued-up the end of one of the glued-up panels without any tear-out on the end grain. I have since used the technique for "jointing" unruly woods with curly and bird's eye figure with great success.

Cory Torppa Ellensburg, Washington continued on page 18

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Each issue we publish useful woodworking tips from our readers. This issue's winner receives a Grizzly G0555 14" band saw. Next issue's winner will receive a Grizzly G1014Z, 6" x48" belt/ 9"disc sander with quick release for fast belt changes and a convenient, single-knob tracking control system. The G1014Z offers a ³A horsepower (10 amp) motor, shielded bearings, a cast-iron table and body, a 2" dust port and an A-frame stand.

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