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Cutting-Edge Table Saw Tips & Tricks (Popular Woodworking) | 
 enlarge | Author: Kenneth S. Burton
Publisher: Popular Woodworking Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 120068
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 1558706232
Dewey Decimal Number: 684.083
EAN: 9781558706231
ASIN: 1558706232
Publication Date: March 14, 2003
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Product Description
The table saw is the most versatile power tool in any woodworker's shop. Unfortunately, most woodworkers don't realize it! This book clears the air and makes woodworking a lot easier. It illustrates just how important and efficient a tool the table saw is with dozens of tricks, techniques and jigs that ensure incredible results! Each one is easy-to-do, safe to execute, and certain to save time and money. Readers will also find dozens of practical solutions to complex and "impossible" woodworking situations--helpful hints that make every minute in the woodshop more effective and fun.
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 Detailed illustrations and description July 12, 2008
The book is very detailed on the picture and descriptions. It provides with very good fixtures for different projects and it looks as a very useful reference. Still, it suggest the addition of some expensive blades and dadoes that may not be considered for you.
Useful and pragmatic June 5, 2008
Plenty of useful ideas on how to operate a table saw. Has some interesting jigs, but not an excessive number. In my opinion, about the right number. A book solely on jigs might be good, but that is not what I bought this book for.
Also, only 3 projects or so. Again, I consider that a good thing. There are plenty of project plans elsewhere.
I bought this book on the basis of other positive reviews, and I concur.
Simple, Straightforward, Instructive March 23, 2006
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
A really excellent resource for a new or slightly experienced craftsman who would like a good introduction to getting more out of his/her tablesaw than the usual, basic cuts. Good photos, good explanations of the jigs, and most importantly: No time wasted discussing (ugh) "how to choose a table saw."
My main gripe with most tablesaw books is that so many pages are wasted to describe how to choose a saw--something many folks (myself included) have already done by the time they get around to buying a tablesaw book. Burton skips all that fluff, delves straight into the basics of choosing the right blade for the task, and then explains the nuts-and-bolts of setting up the table saw to: (1) make basic and tricky cuts with precision, (2) accomplish basic and semi-advanced joinery, (3) perform basic and advanced shaping operations, (4) cut and manage sheet stock, (5) tune up your saw, and (chapters 6 - 8) build three practical pieces of furniture which put your new skills to the test.
I didn't bother to build any of the furniture, but I have learned at least half a dozen solid, useful techniques that will help me perform all kinds of joining and cutting operations I never realized a tablesaw could perform so easily and accurately.
This book is a particularly good resource for a new woodworker or an "advanced novice" wanting to take his/her skills to the next level. It's not as remedial as many similar books, as it assumes a basic understanding of saws on the reader's part (No tedious discussions of which end of the saw is the sharp end, or what a "mitre slot" is used for.) No, it won't make you a fine craftsman overnight (what book could?), and it's not as chock full of elborate jigs and tips as many other books. But unlike most other books, there's little here that is just fluff. While many books try to teach you 1,000 complicated jigs for 1,000 different scenarios you may never need or care about, this book focuses on basic, practical, simplified jigs that will help you on a regular basis. There's something here to help you with just about any cut you are likely to make.
Thankfully, Burton is one of the few woodworkers who still believes it's possible to align and maintain a tablesaw for accurate cuts without needing special measuring equipment. There's no need for dial gauges or special miter-slot devices here. Just a basic bevel gauge, carpenter's square, ruler, block of wood, and/or dial calipers will do the trick--and Burton explains how. Again, very practical.
Finally, worthy of note to some, the dimensions for building the jigs are provided in both metric and imperial measurements. A small detail, but a nice touch for those folks who love the metric system.
 Practical and Accurate March 5, 2006
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I took a cabinet making class from Ken Burton last year. He's an exceptional craftsman with remarkable range. This book is very much like his class... there's no fluff. It's practical, accurate, and usable.
Exceptional Book February 7, 2006
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
I feel like I'm repeating the gist of the first reviewer's comments, but it seems worth the effort.
Overall I was impressed by the photo quality, the no-nonsense approach, practical safety (I get tired of excess warnings), and the author's cheapness! (sorry, Burton) He does NOT make jigs that are works of art - he uses 2x pine, thin MDF... his outfeed table is an old L-shaped kitchen counter with most of the original carcass... [I hope this makes sense - I admire his attitude and I find his frugality refreshing.] He makes featherboards but also uses a commercial featherboard.
Chapter 1 is basic info but there is a lot of good stuff, including making a splitter, modifying your miter guage so it fits the slot better, a different method of blade removal, CHEAP sleds, etc.
Chapter 2 is joinery - box joint, lock joint, shims for dados, splines... Even a suggestion to have a dedicated dove tail blade with teeth ground to 10 degrees to make the waste clean-out easier.
Chapter 3 is shaping - he even shows molder blades. He has a jigs to follow a pattern (like is used with routers), coves, half coves.
Chapter 4 is cutting sheet stock. I personally have decided 4x8 sheets should be cut to slightly oversized with something like a Festool Saw or a EurekaZone jig and then trimmed on a TS - the infeed & outfeed stuff is just too hard in my opinion.
Chapter 5 is tuning up your waw - it's a broad brush, obviously, but he hits the right notes.
Chapter 5-8 (1 chapter in my head) has 3 projects to use the new skills you learned in the first 100 pages. A spice cabinet with a paneled door, a small valet for your dresser, and a demilune table that includes bentwood lamination out of cherry that was "table sawn" on his table saw. I liked the examaples - and I thought the how-to photos really did a good job. it worked well for my ADD addled brain!
Good book.
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