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■ Jig Journal

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An overgrown bench hook. This jig works on the same princ iple as a bench hook, but it's essential to clamp the hook to your table saw's rail to be safe. You don't want it to move.

A brush with flushness. To set the dado stac k so it is exactly as high as the top of the jig, rub a piece of your work over the knives. The knives should just brush the work.

Safe and accurate. One of the things I really like about this jig is that you can push the work flat over the blades, plus you can use your basket guard for added safety.

Results. I lere you can see how thejig cut this edging flush (the small ridge is actually the glue squeeze-out left behind). Above it is an example of the shelf's finished and profiled edge.

ihe saw's arbor so the dado stack is exactly as high as the scrap plywood piece on your saw's table. (One note on dado stacks: This jig won't work well ifyou have a cheap dado stack where the chippers are shorter than the outside blades.)

Now set your table saw's rip fence. Lock down the fence so that when you push your workpiece over the jigand against the fence, the edging will pass over the dado stack.

This jigand technique have a number of advantages:

■ The work remains stable during the cut. The more you press the work against

thejig, the cleaner the resulting cut. Plus, it works fine even if the plywood has a little wavinessto it.

■ You don't have lo balance the work on edge, so you won't gouge the plywood or the edging by accident.

■ You can easily use a basket-style table saw guard with this jig.

■ Feeding the stock is a natural and easy-motion - like ripping a board.

■ Thejig is so simple you can just recycle it at the end of ihe project.

As you get more confident with the technique, you will be able to easily set the fence

so thai the outside teeth of your dado stack are positioned exactly where the seam is between your plywood and ihe attached edging. When you hit ihissweet spoi, ii'salmosi impossible to cut through the plywood skin.

A nd wh i le t his jig removes a major sou rce of anxiety with a project, it's still not enough to make me enjoy working with these plywoods with paper-thin veneers. PW

Christopher is the editor of this magazine and the author of "Workbenches: from Design & Theory to Construe -tion & Use" 'Popular Wcxxiworking Books). You can visit his personal blog at LostArtPress.com.

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