A Table Saw Trick So Crazy, It's Genius!
A Table Saw Trick So Crazy, It's Genius!
Table saw too small to break down large sheet goods? You don’t have to have an expensive track saw or a DIY circular saw guide. Just use this trick to break down your materials.
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Ever heard of a panel saw? Fits up against the wall of a small shop. It will square any plywood with minimal effort. Takes up hardly any room. Used one for years. Never have to lift a sheet of plywood more than 1 ft off the floor on edge , cross cut or rip.
Look at that big badass tablesaw. Couldn’t do that big.
This trick is so crazy, it’s GENIUS!!!!
Love the simplicity of the idea
Build yourself a panel saw it will fit up against the wall and it the best way to cut sheet good also you build a router into it, the table saw was never meant to cut big 4 x 8 sheets of plywood
Great idea. To take it even one step further you might let the straight edge go out a little further in the front side of the fence as well engaged before you come to the blade. Great hack though
yeah whatever..i’m clamping a straight edge on my Makita and getting the same edge
Too long.
a longer (straigh) rip board will improve accuracy
Great help, thank you again, Good wishes from the UK 🇬🇧
The tip is cool and you got a straight edge but it’s also not square to the face of your material. You’re still going to need to go back and cut that square. The edge of your ply was off the bed of the saw as much as 18/ to 3/16.
Thanks. That is something I am going to try.
I faced a similar task back in the 80’s, and my solution was to use two Makita 10" table saws (mine and the boss’s) bolted to an eight foot oak school table so I could use the saw blade on one table saw and the rip fence on the other table saw to guide the cuts. Another time when faced with having to rip glass-smooth 3/4 MDF shelving in a confined space, I made a 24" x 36" baseplate with a fixed 40" fence for my beloved 7.5" Skil Wormdrive. If you can’t move the sheet of plywood, move the saw.
Thanks, exactly what I needed for shortening a long piece of plywood.
Get a Metabo HPT with rear handle! Stable!
Sweet!! Great idea thanks for the vid!!
Great tip for cutting large sheets! For trimming an eighth I would use a flush trim router bit
NO BLADE GUARD!
You did make a huge sled in a way. Just a temporary “self sled”. 🙂
I learned this from a black dude doing it but on a band saw. If I was to make video on it even tho it’s not a bandsaw video I would feel compelled to give credit where credit is due.
Maybe you invented it?
Genius!
Router the edge with a flush trim bit
Nice one!
Cool trick. Not one I have seen before and I thought that I had seen them all. My go to for this "issue" is straight edge, router and flush cut bit.
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Nicely done! Everything is easy once you know how to do it! Thanks
Pro Tip: use a longer piece to clamp under the plywood. Usually twice as long as the plywood and then center them and it will be much easier and straighter.
Great tip and I’ll keep it in mind that next time I’m faced with that issue. Another tip if one wanted to increase the accuaracy when measuring from the table edge to the saw blade, simply place a long straight edge (12" to 15") against two of the saw teeth to widen the area of the measurement when checking for parallelism.
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boy oh boy all the weirdness i’ve gone through to do just this- and now i know
thx much
I know I’ve seen clamps for this purpse that just ride in the miter guide slot. You clamp them on the workpiece, engage them in the slot, and you’re all set.
Buy a panel saw. Easy.
Nice tip! As a cabinet maker of 30 years (I now have saws that will cut this, but before…), I would have used a router, straight edge and clamps to do the same cut. For guys interested in woodworking, it’s AMAZING, how many times you will use a GOOD track saw if you spend the money for one! Free hand cuts (odd shapes and angles) and live edge cuts are pretty much made SAFE, and it’s EASY to make track jigs for a router or other equipment!
If you bought a Milwaukee saw you wouldn’t have a wobbly bottom….just saying….
Easy Peasy Nice tip
dude….
Thanks
nice video well demostrated, but i think ill stick with my track saw haha.
Thanks!
Using 8" square across 3′ why not at least a framing square. Also a good corded saw with secure base plate and clamped straight edge has worked for me for years
Excellent!
Great idea
WOW! This is one of those pearls of knowledge that are an instant GO-TO solution. You have made the world a better place. Thanks.
A well presented very, very simple advice. A good tradesman could rattle off similiar instructions by the dozen.
Yea wow! That is a great idea for cutting a large sheet of plywood.
Thanks a lot.
Thinking outside the box! The year is 2022, and we’re still inventing clever tips, tricks and jigs. Will we ever reach an end? Looks doubtful.
Why not a straight edge and a router to clean up the edge. A lot quicker and you don’t have to man handle a big sheet through the saw.
Wow that’s a great trick! Well done and thanks for sharing.
I never thought of that in 45 years of table saw use.
Nice little gimme. Will be needing this next week