NO JIGS! -Turn a table saw into a jointer to straighten boards!
NO JIGS! -Turn a table saw into a jointer to straighten boards!
How to straighten an edge on a jobsite with just a table saw and a scrap of plywood.
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Why not simply use the rip fence?
Ahh $40 over 6 months ago lol
Great trick!!!!
Sadly the system is sold out 🙁
Thanks Stumpy made this item with a few mods work like a treat.
Regards LLoyd from Australia.
What an awesome tip. I don’t have a jointer, and even if I could afford one, I don’t have the room for it in my little cubby… Saved this tip, and will DEFINITELY be putting it into practice when I go to glue boards together in the future.
This is absolutely brilliant! But now I feel like I’ve wasted money on a jointer.
how to straighten the edge if you don’t have a jig ?
– easy. just make a jig for it.
THANK YOU for this video! Great method.
I prefer extending my rip fence with an 8′ framer’s level. This make it easier to get bow under control with less loss of wood. One can reduce the net effect of wood movement from each rip cut in cranky woods by taking light cuts, alternating sides. The end product can easily be utterly straight. (YMMV with cranky woods) Aligning the blade to the table saw slots pays dividends here. Stumpy just told us why, in another recent video.
Every time I watch your videos I can’t stop wondering how you have accumulated so many tools behind you.
You’re at level 99 and I’m at maybe level 10
Good trick
This is so brilliantly simple, I’m in awe. Genius!
Very clever for those of us without jointers. Thank you for showing how it’s done. I just used this technique on some 8′ lumber that had developed crooks and was very impressed. Thank you again.
Great idea and video
I’ve been trying all kinds of methods to joint boards without a jointer, and so far this is the best way I’ve found but it’s still far from being ideal there are some caveats.
Firstly the end result is going to really depend on a) the quality of your saw and saw blade and b) the setup. The blade really needs to be at 90 degrees, you need a well adjusted fence. Anything less than almost perfect and you’re not going to get good results. I suspect too if you’re using softwood you should up the teeth on your sawblade rather than using a general purpose rough cut blade. Next caveat is for narrow planks it can get kind of dangerous, even with a gripper. Don’t take any chances, make your own push block specifically for this operation, ideally something with a non slip rubber where it contacts the piece. Keep your hands well out of reach. And if you’re jointing taller stock, ideally make the plywood piece higher. You could do this by using 2 or 3 pieces of plywood and having some solid wood blocks inbetween. This way you increase the height of the jig without using up all your plywood. Last caveat is that ideally you want the entire work piece contacting with the fake fence piece for the duration of the cut.
I tried this method but it didn’t work for me. Likely due to user error as I’m still new to woodworking, but I’ll be going the jig route moving forward. Much faster to do one single cut with a jig than multiple passes using this method.
Damn this was helpful i was about to pull the trigger on an expensive router table 😭
Thank you Stumpy you saved my bacon. I had a cheap table saw that cut my boards all crooked and once I upgraded the saw I had to fix those boards and this jig did the trick and was so much simpler than the jointer sleds I’ve seen in other videos.
Wow, thank you for showing this jig which doesn’t require a jig 🙂
Anyway, good video.
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The way he explains it makes it clear and obvious on how each step affects the work. I think it will be cheaper for me to buy some ply before I think about getting a jointer.
Good, but if I do live edge, a jig just seems worth it.
Thanks for the advice! It has worked great and I wish I had seen this video before. It is a time saver!!
Just subscribed to your channel. This advice on jointing is timely and EXTREMELY helpful. I have 10 red cedar boards to mill and no jointer in my shop to do it. Thanks 😀
Thank You. I don’t have the funds for these high dollars machines. I knew there was a way.
So, I just set this up and had some issues. I think it might be my saw. My tablesaw is a skilsaw spt99-11 and I noticed that the blade wobbles… Anyone know if that’s just a bad blade or if there’s something wrong with the saw?
I love this but have two questions.
1. What is the difference between doing this and just using your fence to get a clean board?
2. What kind of plywood would he recommend or at least what thickness?
Well… This magic board is actually a jig 😀
But thats a really easy one to build with a brilliantly minimalist design ! Thanks for sharing.
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Hey, thanks for all your videos. Anytime you cover a topic, I consider it to be the authority on it. And the discount codes are always a nice touch.
That’s new to me but makes so much sense! So cool
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How reusable is this jig? I want to build one this weekend..
All well and good, but your fence needs to be the length of the piece you wish to straighten, you need full contact with the straight edge before the piece touches the blade. So if you want to straighten longer lengths you either need a really long fence or use a track saw. This is still an excellent technique, thank you.
Brilliant!
Great idea! I love my benchtop jointer but this looks like a better solution for longer pieces of wood, or if you have a major jointing problem. By the way, probably want to remind viewers to make sure their table saw blade is set to a perfect 90 degrees.
I knew you would have a way to join with the saw. I just did not imagine it would be this awesome! You’ve essentially transformed the saw in a jointer. I can’t wait to try it out. Thank you! What about fixing a twisted board on a saw?? Is there a magic for that up your sleeve??
WONDERFUL
WOW!!! Awesome edge jointing tip!
Hello why do you cut the broadness of the sawblade from the plywood?
Complete noob here, but couldn’t you just run your board through against the fence a few times on each side, taking off just a little bit each time?
Im not a furniture builder, & my skills are…how shall we say…limited. so im just wondering.
Thanks for the info!!!!! 👍😎
man this is epic! I didn’t want to take the time to make a jig. And there it is, you have the perfect answer!
Wow what that’s a nifty little trick!
This is good, but how is this better than, for example, double-sided taping the board to the plywood (appropriate spacing, of course) and running them thru the saw? The downside of yours is both stowing the board (it is, after all, now a jig!) and later needing to re-set the fence precisely. The downside of mine is it is less-than-useful for long boards…but it does it in one cut and you know precisely where it is going to trim.
Very nice method. Well explained. I am finishing up a 54×54 black walnut pedestal table this weekend and have used this method for the table top boards. Easy and effective! Thank you.
Awesome tip! Thanks so much for sharing and saving me money! 👍🏼
When you flipped the board I actually said “shut up!!” out loud to the video. Fantastic idea