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12 Great Table Saw Jigs with Jim Heavey | WOOD magazine

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This is a full recap of 12 great table saw 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!

0:00 Intro
0:26 Table Saw Checks and Alignments
1:45 Jig Materials
3:36 Zero-Clearance Insert
6:36 Miter Gauge Extension & Precision Stop
8:19 Auxiliary Rip Fence
10:29 3-in1 Work Support
13:02 Raised-Panel Jig
16:29 90° Crosscut Sled
20:49 Four-Sided Tapering Jig
29:29 Tenonings Jigs
34:31 Spline-Cutting Jig
37:05 Thin-Strip Ripping Jig
40:36 Cove-Cutting Jig
43:17 Outro

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20 Comments

@lindalober2163 6 years ago

My husband subscribed to your magazine. He died of small cell lung cancer in 2015. I am left with his awesome woodworking shop. I see all these jigs that he has made and just today realized what an intelligent man he was. I thank you as the jigs he made I believe are from your plans. I am thinking of selling his shop in its entirety, but do not know what everything is! Thanks for sharing your talent so that i see how talented my husband was.

@sevron-rk5tz 6 years ago

Thank you for not playing any annoying background music. Thank you for going straight to the point, unlike so many videos here of people just babbling and playing annoying music. Which of course makes me turn them off. You are saying what needs to be said and that is what these videos should be.

@StirCrazyB 6 years ago

Thats a guy that your crack open a beer with and gives you a lifetime’s worth of lessons before you even finish it.
This was one hell of a lesson. Thanks for bringing me out of the Stone Age!

@pedroarellano4266 7 years ago (edited)

Click on the minute mark to go straight to the spot in the video. Wish they would have done this themselves. I knew I'd be back to this video several times. I figured it could be useful for others also.
Before You Start Making Jigs
0:30 1. Assure the blade is at 90 degrees to the table
0:51 2. Assure the fence is parallel to the blade
1:20 3. Assure the miter is square

1:45 Types of materials to use

Must-Have Jigs
3:36 Zero clearance insert
6:36 Miter gauge extension and precision stop
8:19 Auxillary rip fence, aka sacrificial fence
10:30 Off-feed table

Nice-To-Have Jigs
13:00 Raised Panel (for cabinet doors, etc.)
16:30 Ninety-degree crosscut sled
20:50 Four-sided tapering
29:30 Tenons
34:30 Spline-cutting (for the corners of boxes and frames)
37:00, suggested one at 38:30 Thin-strip ripping (to fill the splines from the previous jig)
40:35 cove-cutting (create crown mouldings)

@johnnylightning1491 3 years ago

I knew there was a reason I was hanging on to those old toilet bowl bolts I have. Now all I have to do is find them. Keep the good stuff coming.

@vprn95 5 years ago

On the tapering jig starting at 26:45 where he is turning the work piece to put the taper on the other sides add some springs on the clamping devise. The spring will keep the clamping device in the upper position when you loosen it to turn the work piece allowing you to slide the work piece into the device easily then tighten it to make your next cut. Thank you very much Mr. Heavey and this is my gift to you.

@johnthompson6656 7 years ago

On cove cutting jig, installing the adjustment bar the opposite direction (going over fence) will keep you from having to swap push blocks over the bar during cut.

@trevorhoward7682 6 years ago

After 11 minutes of video tips I decided to subscribe. Jim Heavey is not your usual shouty, condescending knowall trying to show how knowledgeable he is, whilst bombarding me with electronic "music" or cacophonous heavy rock. Sensible and affordable ideas. So far, so good.

@bobd. 7 years ago

When selecting clear sheeting for guards and windows, be sure to get the shatterproof material. The other stuff that will shatter when struck by an object can send shards flying all over your shop, and maybe strike you or someone nearby. So play it safe.

@brfsparrhornet2450 1 year ago

There are some zealots on YT who want to show tricks and tricks - what distinguishes Heavey is that he does it very calmly and modestly and in a very pleasant narrative tone. I can watch this several times without getting tired of his voice and tone. I have found my new guiding light - Thank you!

@nonparticipant4671 7 years ago

Who doesn't love this guy? Not only great information, but clear and easy to understand. I sometimes watch these videos for the entertainment value alone.

@hamb7260 8 months ago

I have learned so much from Jim. Jim explains in plain language and not hard to follow. I would recommend his crown molding installation if someone does not feel comfortable with it.

@szuperzold 2 years ago

I watched hundreds of woodworking videos, and just recently run into this. And I have to suspect that this video and jigs inspired (or copied) to many-many other jig and sled and tablesaw videos. This may be the very root of woodworking youtubers. Respect.

@marcel-lemay7721 4 years ago

I don't know why this channel didn't come up on my youtube feed immediately when I did a search for table saw jigs. It took watching quite a few blow hard videos to finally get some suggestions for your channel. Your videos are quick and concise, with no bloat, no obnoxious music. I just subbed. This channel is awesome.

@neillrobertson1969 7 years ago

A very professional presentation. It just goes to show that working in the building industry for 69 years you can still find and learn new ideas.

@philiphoweartistwriter272 7 months ago

Probably the best encompasing video of instructive wood working jigs that I have seen in years. The tapering jig is the best I've seen and will build, primarily because of the end pivot point. Very well done, direct info, no glaring music and great presentation. Thank you!

@johnparker2636 3 years ago

These are great. I did wonder (for the cove cutting jig) if you hinge the swing arm on the arm going across the table, you won't need to hop your hands over the excess (which will instead hang over the fence) -might make for a smoother cut??

@Mike_Gray68 4 years ago

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.

@markforeman91 7 years ago

Jim one very very important setting to check is to make sure the blade is parallel to the groves cut in the table saw top. I bought a brand new Grizzly table saw and could not figure out why this saw wasn't cutting square cross cuts and seemed to be binding. It turned out the blade was over 1/8" out of parallel to the groves in the top and that is just from the front of the blade to the back of the blade. It was so bad I didn't have enough adjustment to correct it. It was also years later that I found this out and had no warranty and had to take it apart and get the pieces machined to correct the problem. It is an advanced setting but one that can and should be checked when even you get a new saw.

@mari.s752 4 years ago

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.