12 Great Tablesaw Jigs with Jim Heavey – WOOD magazine
12 Great Tablesaw Jigs with Jim Heavey – WOOD magazine
This is a full recap of 12 great tablesaw jigs from WOOD magazine’s JIm Heavey. Cross cut sled, zero clearance inserts, miter gauge extension, auxiliary rip fence, raised panel jig, tenoning jigs, spline cutting jigs and more!
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Crosscut sled is a must have. The taper jig? Holy hell…making one today. Great idea. Thx for sharing
Jim, an amazing set of jigs, and a great presentation of them – Thanks!
However, I can’t get the plans – anything I try (including trying to join the Wood magazine site) returns 404 (page not found). Is there somewhere else I can get hold of the plans, please? Cheers, Howard
I liked your Video. I wished you could of shown how to make these jigs
Absolutely amazing 👍 I’ll look forward to trying to build some of these, thanks for your time in sharing them with us all. Keep safe.
This is a terrific video. Thanks for making it. I was wondering: Did you used MDF for the 90 degree saw sled and the tenon jigs? I recently bought a piece of 3/4 maple plywood as I couldn’t find Baltic Birch and it was $45. If I can build the same jigs with a $15 piece of MDF it seems worth it to make the switch. Also – it seems that your tenon jig could be used as a jointer to create flat faces on work pieces – or is this just a bad idea? Thanks.
So glad I came across this, great instructions and jigs!
he says that MDF doest hurt the saw blade. i worked 3 years in a wood working shop they always told me MDF is the worst of the woods to saw blades or any other cutting blade cus it got sand particals in it
I had issues getting my crosscut sled to a perfect 90 until I used a 3-4-5 triangle, but x3, so a 9-12-15 triangle. I cut the bottom then measured from the cut along the back fence 9 inches and made a mark, then measured 12 inches along the cut on the bottom and made a mark. Then I cut a piece of wood to exactly 15 inches and put it between the marks. When the 15 inch piece of wood was perfectly on the marks, I knew the sled was exactly 90 and I clamped the fence down and then secured it with screws.
That was all excited about this video until he said that sawdust board doesn’t eat blades as shit eats them fast he obviously don’t know what he’s talking about
This is a treasure trove. I will be coming back to this regularly. That taper jig is brilliant.
I learned the cove-cutting technique years ago, and used it to make my own bread-loaf handrail for our stairway. It was almost impossible to find, and if you found it, it was cheap and wispy and finger-jointed every ten inches. So I made my own out of two 2×4 vertical grain fir boards glued together with gorilla glue. A few passes on the top side at 45 and then 22.5 approximated the final round top, and then multiple passes at an angle to cut the side coves.
You can set up the cut exactly, btw, and avoid the trial and error. Start by setting the saw at the desired final depth of your cove. Now set a straight board at an angle to the blade and measure the distance to both the front and back of the blade, adjusting until the difference is equal to the final desired width. Measure/mark that angle, and then use it at whatever distance you need for your particular cut. Clamp your "fence" in place at the measured angle, drop the blade back to just a whisker above the table top, and start cutting.
WOW!!!! I will be saving this video for future reference as I set up my saw bench. Thank you very much from Ken in Australia.
If you wax the bottoms of jigs they work a lot better. They glide smoothly, instead of having a jerky motion. Johnson paste wax works best, but in a pinch even car wax will work.
Anytime you are messing with a jig with loose boards and hold downs SHUT THE SAW OFF! I swear these guys from WOOD are going to lose a finger or an eye
Good video. I made the same tapering jig. Lol. I guess I didn’t invent it. One difference is mine has a runner instead of using the fence. Honestly I think it’s the second best jig you can make after the crosscut sled. Good stuff
Would have been nice if the words did not hide what you were demonstrating. 90 degrees to the table saw or 45 degrees were both hidden. Not a good video no matter how well the explanation for us visual learners.
its all about woodworking.
Evrey tip is an invaluable help.
Thanks a lot sir.
Always such great and useful videos!
This is one of the best woodworking education videos I’ve ever seen. 👍
thank you great ideas
35:57 man your hand is so claose to the blade
EXILLENT video.
Thanks for your efforts and work.
GOD bless you .
I’m a fan of jigs from way WAY back, and these are all great, but I don’t understand making a tenon shoulder-cutting jig, when you can just use the tablesaw fence and the miter gauge with auxiliary fence.
This guy is angry I don’t know why but hes angry
Question Jim – Can’t find one of your videos. Not sure of the title, or even the subject, but it caught my attention when you showed something about using an extension cord instead of dowels, and then my network went down. I’m looking thru all of your videos that seem related, but still can’t find it. LOVE your videos!!! You really are a brilliant inspiration to woodworking. Thanks!
Great . Beautifull demostracion and easy and well explained .Thanks to share your knowledge .
Storing my jigs is the problem. My storage looks like a little kids toy box.
Muy Buen Video.
*¡¡¡ BUEN TRABAJO !!!*
This is now my favorite video! Amazing!
One of the best Tutorial i have seen. very inspiring. i have learned so Many new TRICKS 😊. THANKS!!!
One of the best teachers. I have done a number of his seminars at the woodworking show when it is in Tampa. Very friendly and happy to answer questions.
You talk sooooooooo mach ?!
So you’re telling me that WOOD Magazine has no idea how to CORRECTLY align the miter gauge to the blade?
Love these jig videos. Long time subscriber. Made my Cajon drum years ago based on your video. I make some videos so I know it takes time to produce them. Thank you!
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I bought an Hatachi table saw and couldn’t get the blade aligned with the miter grooves. I called the company. They told me, they had never heard of anyone even trying to do that. Yip. I took the saw back to them.
A great video, well explained with a selection of very useful jigs. I’ll definitely be upgrading some of my existing jigs to ones shown here. I particularly like the tapering jig. The indexing system is genial! Thanks Jim for showing and explaining all of these jigs in easy to understand detail.
I miss content in which they skipped explaining the obvious stuff and focused on concise and important info to keep you on track.
Thanks KID’S.
Beautifully demonstrated and calmly explained. A great video for experts and the much less competent alike. I will be back for more.
C’est dommage que les commentaires cachent ce que vous montrez. Du coup il y a des choses qui échappent à notre vue. Merci qd mm pour le partage très intéressant.
Hi Jim, how are you and Mike doing theses days ? Happy NY. MY buddy – Mike ( we met you and your brother at Katy Texas wood expo years back ) I had a photo taken of Mike & I standing with YOU and your brother MIKE near the lecture rooms. You now have another subscriber or 2 for 2022 ! Let’s let the sawdust fly for the new year. JwgK Houston, TX
Great ideas!
Some really great ideas here to use with my table saw and will no doubt use most of them.. Just one thing though, can you make the sub titile text appear at the top as it covers up what you are describing and you lose the visual detail of your video’s or can we switch it off. Thanks for all these great jig ideas
Salot thanks 🙏
Great video. One suggestion with the taper jig, if you attach a runner to the bottom then you don’t need to use the fence, and you will know that the edge of the jig will always be tight to the saw blade.
I’m new to woodworking. This was a most enjoyable 45 minutes spent watching the video. I’ll be looking for plans for making quite a few of these jigs. Much obliged 🙂
Loved the video but one thing that you did not mention which has been a persistent issue with several wood workers I’ve known is blade/table alignment. It is generally not a difficult adjustment but can wreak havock on everything you try to cut as long as the blade is out of square with the table including but not limited to excessive kick backs and blade warpage.
What an excellent video on jigs. The instruction is so clear and the tips are invaluable. There are many terrific woodworking videos on YouTube; this is one of the best I’ve seen. I’ll definitely be making some of these!