Remove the riving knife.Ĭlamp the fence in place such that the blade relief in the fence is slightly behind the saw blade.įeel your way to the right setting. Move the rip fence back to the right side of the saw blade. Fix this by cutting the rest of the way through the fence and repeating the setup and cutting process. If the edge of the fence projects past the blade you’ve taken too much off. If the blade projects past the fence you’ll need to move the rip fence to the right and skin off a little more material. Your goal is for the outside edge of the blade to be even with the outside edge of the fence. Stop when you get to the pencil line you made a few steps ago.ĭo the finger test again. A feather board helps keep the work tight to the rip fence. Plug the saw in and cut into the edge of the shop-made fence. Run your finger along the face of the tooth and the edge of the board. It’s easier to feel this than it is to see it.
Position the fence so the outside face of the blade is even with the edge of the fence. To make this cut, move the rip fence to the left side of the saw blade. The infeed side must be a blade’s width short of this point. The outfeed side must be perfectly even with the saw blade. Just like a jointer, the table saw setup requires an infeed and an outfeed side. Make a mark on the fence approximately even with the back of the blade. That way you’re not hogging too much material off.Ĭlamp the shop-made fence to the rip fence, centering it on the length of the rip fence. The kerf of the blade determines how much you’ll be removing with each pass, so thin-kerf is better than full-kerf. The ATB produces an excellent surface on the jointed edge. Use a thin-kerf 40-tooth ATB (alternate top bevel) blade. Make the base piece 4″ x 48″ and the vertical piece wide enough that you can easily clamp the assembly to your rip fence. Melamine works great for the fence, but anything will do the job. Remember that man-made materials like plywood can be hard on steel jointer knives – but not on carbide table saw blades. With the addition of a simple shop-made fence, you can easily edge joint on your table saw. Even if you own a jointer, you’ll want to master this technique.
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