Genius Idea? Must Watch! Not Clickbait!

That's an awesome idea if you have an insert that allows for it. Mine doesn't, but I can see the idea come in handy! Thanks for sharing, John!

Haha very cool.

You'd better patent it before someone else does!

Absolutely genius idea!! Love your stuff John!!!

Damn, that's bloody brilliant, I wonder how many more of these the human kind had right in front of its eyes but didn't think of...
Too bad my table saw fence doesn't have an accurate reading and I'm too lazy to modify it...

I would not use it because you always scratch / mark a larger area than you often say and a prank then makes you better mark. But if you have to mark a lot of holes on the back, for example (which is not visible), you can use it. But if you drill from the back, the holes on the visible side travel out (this also happens with a brand new drill if the underlay is no longer perfect after the 5th hole I would say that it is a gite idea especially for do-it-yourselfers. greetings from a German carpenter :)

Fantastic, you are always a forward thinker but this is next level. Thank you for sharing

Some of the most brilliant ideas are so simple.

Great tip. But this is click bait you lied to us..

It's a great idea.

WOW John, That’s using your noggin

Nice one! Could this also be used as a chip stop for the underside of material? Laminates or cross cuts in timber?

Good one!

I have the drywall screws, but i don't have a table saw. Help.

It is absolutely click bait

I hit the like button.

Brilliant idea John!!!
now to make some wooden inserts for my saw.

wow that is pretty slick !

I'd have used a diamond-coated hole saw.

Simply and sooo useful. Wow. I agree it's genius 👍

BRILLIANT, AWESOME, OUTSTANDING. Okay, I liked it a little 😁

For a great upgrade, you could replace the screw with a pencil, then you wouldn't even need to follow it up with a pencil mark. If you really like the screw method, I think it would be easy to recess in a slot at the bottom and glue in a neod magnet. That way, you don't have to resharpen a new screw every time. I don't think a table saw will create enough vibration to knock it loose.

A couple of gears and some recessed handle and you could rotate that screw without lifting the insert.

Brilliant idea.

There are those who just think of something, and then there are some who have brilliant ideas. Congratulations John, you did it again!!

Brilliant! Thanks John

I'm going to do this. I'm going to try a double screw and see how it effects tear-out also. Jim Y

Genius

You are right, it is a simple idea but a very good one , nice job

Brilliant! Simple, useful, and so easy, even I can make it!

Amazing! What a great idea.

Simple, great idea!

Genius idea. Thanks for that.

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Great idea for cutting glass in my opinion

Genius!

Gold

Luvit! took a while for the penny to drop - and then it fell right thru' ! was about to make one on the plastic insert of my Bandsaw...... Good job we do "procedures" before we start... THink I could start an assembly line upcycling sawbenches with brushless motors or even rotorless Stators with that attachment. THanks for the idea

John, I have no idea what drugs, chemical fumes, or other mind-altering substances you might be on at times. But you are about the most awesome "outside-of-the-box" idea guy ever!
All the Best, Chuck

Great technique John, I love it! Let me share another tip on the table saw to easily line up your stock with the saw blade path. Raise up the saw blade to max (or so) and drop a metal ruler flat onto the table and lean it against the left side of two opposing tooth tips (height of the blade may have to be adjusted), and using a scratch awl (or better, with a carbide tip scriber), meticulously scribe a line from the saw blade up to the front of the saw table. That line will be particularly appreciated when setting a miter gauge angle with both ends of a line scribed on a workpiece. Best, Serge

Leave it to you to come up with that idea. Amazing

Cool idea, Sure helped me . Thank you

pretty neat!

Genius

brilliant
and it wouldn't matter if you forgot it in cause the cut of the blade removes the scratch. lol

If it's sharp enough, this could prevent tear-out on cross cuts

So simple and so awesome thanks for this tip.

Your ideas are why I subscribed.

This is f-ing brilliant!

Use your table saw as an accurate marking gauge with this ultra-simple upgrade