Multi Function Table Saw Jig: Flush trim and Cut small pieces Safely

hi everybody before I get into my video I want to thank all my subscribers out there for just being so patient in the beginning a year one of my goal was to put out more videos and in January I upload the two videos but things happen in life that kind of alters our plans in February my mom passed away and it hit me harder than I ever expected and it kind of made me really what's really important in life and it really boils down to family and friends who who sticks by you support you through the tough times and you guys are my second family so to say bye will work and family and I just want to thank all you guys for your comments your support through my videos I know that you guys are not just saying that - because you're getting free content but I really feel like you guys really do care about me as a person so I just want to thank you for for your support and for your comments it really uplifted my spirit and it makes me motivated to come want to come back and make more videos for you guys so I hope you enjoy this one in my previous video the five cuts to a perfect crosscut sled I received a few comments and emails asking me what is this big wooden box over my fence for why use it for a few things when I'm making small thin cuts is almost automatic that I reach for my auxiliary fence for support so if I was going to make a thin cut like say 1/8 of an inch I can probably still use this fence because there's still enough height here that I can rest my push stick against while making my cut now I know there are jigs out there that you can put on the Alpha side of the blade to use at your stop or a spacer for instance if I was going to cut an eighth of an inch strips I would set my jig I'm just going to use this as my example an eighth of an inch away from the blade you take your stock put it up against your jig set your fence and make your cut and then repeat the process now for me this is a little bit time-consuming and every time I move the fence there's always a risk of losing a bit of consistency if you are comfortable using this method then by all means use it there's nothing wrong with that now in my sculptural rocking-chair class we cut an eighth inch by two inch strips to Bent laminate onto a form to get our rocker like this now if I set my fence to an eighth of an inch and try to make this cut your spidey senses should tell you that this is insanely dangerous because I have hardly any fences support me through the cut even if I have my spacial jig on here this still would be a very dangerous attempt but with my auxiliary fence I have plenty of height on the fence to guide me through the cut also feel much safer when the blade is actually closer to the fence the only way I can get cut is in my hand gets between my blade and my fence and the chances of that happening is very slim but if I have my blade exposed like this now the chances of me getting cut is much greater the trick to cutting these a thin strip is to have a clean sharp blade you also need a zero clearance throw plate and also a push stick you don't want to use a chewed-up push stick like this you've got to have enough meat on the heel to be able to push that piece through if you don't the second that blade cuts through that piece will come shooting back at you there's a nice little jig out there that I think everybody should have in your shop this is a magnetic feather board called grip tight is made by Mesa Vista design it will keep your board tight against the fence removing your left hand away from the cutting area so as you can see with a nice sharp blade I can go straight to glue up now if you're not comfortable cutting this way then don't do it you can always take it to the bandsaw cut a little bit thicker and then send it to size now I also use this jig to cut stock for my ebony plugs using green and green style furniture I've often asked how do I cut small pieces like this I cut stock four plugs as small as an eighth of an inch by an eighth of an inch or a three mil by three mil for my bracket house here when cutting small stuff like this I do modify my push stick I cut the heel down just a bit smaller than an eighth of an inch I want my push stick to be resting on top of my piece supporting it I don't want the heel to be sticking up like this because there is no support here and when the blade comes through there will be some chatter which might result in miss cuts now I know some of you might be saying this requires a lot of material time and effort to make a big old box just for cutting small parts well when it comes to safety you really can't put a price on it and besides I use it for other things when I'm making taper cuts whether it be for a raised panel door or just adding a little detail to a box top like this this top is with this box here that we make in our fundamental class and also our box making class with a taller fence it just makes it a lot easier and safer now if this doesn't convince you the value of this jig I also use it for trimming edge banding when I'm making a piece of furniture using marquetry I like using MDF especially for door panels because it's stable and it has a smooth surface for gluing up my veneer I never use solid wood because there's a good chance that it might move or twist on me and when that happens the door will never close flush so when using MDF there's almost standard practice that we glue a solid piece of wood 3/4 by 3/4 or 80 ml by 80 ml as a edge bander this way when we install the hinges we're actually screwing into solid wood and not MDF which is basically sawdust when making my edge banding I like to cut it to 3/4 inch by 7/8 of an inch thick or 80 ml by 20 mil just a little bit thicker than my stop if I try to cut it to exactly the same thickness is almost near impossible to glue it up flush once you apply the glue is going to slip and slide when you're trying to put the clamps on so by cutting a little bit thicker as long as it's sticking out I can clamp it up and trim it off later when it dries so how do we trim off our edge banding well like most people I grab my router also grab a flush trim bit and I walk the tight line now this is a little bit nerve-racking for me because if I ever tip my router my cutter actually cut into my inch painting and ruined my edge I have to cut it off and reglue it again now you can add a support fence on here that would help from the tipping but you still have to worry about the grain direction if you're routing with the grain well that's great but if you're running against the grain you got to take small bites and go very slow because you always have the risk of tear-out being in production I thought there's got to be a better way so my first thought was what would be the best tool to cut it the fastest and a cleanest and that chose the table saw now since I already have this jig made what I did was on the other side of this fence I cut a rabbet 7/8 of an inch high quarter of an inch deep or 21 millimeters by 6 millimeters so I'm going to position my fence right over the blade so that it would just barely disappeared underneath my fence I used my push stick for testing and keep tapping my fence until the blade stops moving a little bit more and once I'm happy with that my make a test cut as you can see the blade just barely touches the push stick burnishing it but didn't cut into it so if you're happy with the fence adjustment just push your piece through whatever is underneath here will get cut off now I know some of you will still say well I don't use edge banding I don't touch it MDF or plywood because all my projects are out of solid wood because I'm a real woodworker okay but do you make box joint what about dovetail joints well how do you cut out the excess joint right here baby mm-hmm so you see these protruding finger joints all you have to do is just put your box against a fence and just run it through now don't get me wrong I love my hand tools and I look for opportunities to use them also like getting the job done quickly if I was going to do this by hand it's going to take some time and also when it comes to plywood I would probably shy away from using my hand who's on it because like I said in my previous video plywood it's just horrible on tools so if you're going to use it just keep in mind you're going to have to sharpen your tools a little sooner so here it goes so you have to admit this is much faster than using a hand plane and one of the things that when you're cutting this side here just remember that this is so it's not sitting flat anymore it's sitting at a slight angle like this I'm exaggerating of course so the corner is actually sticking farther into the fence and if you cut it like this you're going to get a little bit more off than what you want and that's the advantage of having a taller fence because everything is referenced off of that so when you're making this cut here just make sure that you're up against the fence before you make your cut well I hope you enjoy the video and got something out of it again thanks for watching and for your support I'll see you in your next video you

Channel: William Ng

Views: 191,605

Rating: 4.9867797 out of 5

Keywords: Table saw, Jigs, Flush trim, woodworking

Id: AddH8IgL7wY

Length: 12min 2sec (722 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 04 2015