NO JIGS! -Turn a table saw into a jointer to straighten boards!

This is really cool and easy, but let's be honest, it is a jig. 😁

Awesome.

I can straighten the board on my jobsite Dewalt table saw, but it still leaves saw blade marks so I still need a jointer to get a smooth edge before glue up. I am assuming a more powerful table saw would leave a smooth edge compared to the 15A jobsite saw I have.

Not that there is anything wrong about it, but how it is not a jig?

How can I apply this to a 12 ft board?

Hey, Stumpy, I used a 48" level with grip tape on one edge to joint a couple of boards and it seemed to work fine. I also used a 12" level with Temu double sticky tape (trying it out) with a small piece, and it too worked fine. Is that advisable?

That's amazing though in 2023 finding plywood in Pasco county FL with a "Factory straight edge" is harder to find than Uranium. I swear everything that is delivered to my local homestore comes with a "complementary bend".

What a great educator you, are making woodworking life easier for so many of us. Many thanks for another great and informative video.

Why would you have to make the plywood fence? Can't you just use the fence that's already on the saw? Like could you just cut an eighth of an inch off on one side, flip the board and cut an eighth of an inch off the other? Wouldn't that do the same thing?

Thaks stumpy

"No jigs!" proceeds to make a jig 😉

Thank you for uploading this, I used your method and it worked great.

What I like about this method is I don't have to have a sled the size of my work piece to maneuver through the table saw. Perfect idea

Why do you need the plywood board? Why can’t you just press it against the fence?

Cutting an unwieldy 4x8 plywood sheet into 16 3.5" strips with a circular saw, used this trick to straightened my imperfect cuts. Much better results. Thanks much!

That's the most simple table saw jointing jig I've seen! I have a jointer but when it comes time to glue up a panel there's often that one stubborn board that doesn't want to play nice. What a quick and easy way to whip it back into shape. Thanks for the tip!!!

THANK YOU!! is there a limit to shaped board length?

Thank you!

my saw has a t track on the fence to hold a sacrificial fence. I think I could probably make a fence that would bolt on in this manner and give me a wider base to work from. thanks for the tip.

Great trick.... but, wouldn't the cut plywood, then clamped be considered a jig? Just saying-

Does the blade guard need to be removed for this to work? I've noticed that when doing this technique (with the blade guard on) that the strips of wood coming off get jammed up between the blade and the plywood. Is that because of the blade guard or something else?

Brilliant!

Thx for the video - great idea!! I am going to be using this for sure!

This was so helpful. I had a bunch of 12' batu boards, all bowed, that I need to get a straight edge on. This worked beautifully.

What happened to this video???? It's just a commercial for a chisel sharpening tool

Turns out this was actually pretty easy to make. I can tell you I spent a fair amount of time making sure I was getting it right though.
I'd definitely go with a good-quality piece of 3/4 inch ply for this. It's working really well on my Ryobi table saw of doom, believe it or not. If you've ever used a Ryobi saw the you probably know about the rip fence... Ugh. I cut a 'rail' to fit into the track on the table because getting the fence square is right next to impossible in less than ten minutes. I'm going to Gorilla glue it to the bottom of the jig so I don't have to take all that time to adjust the fence every time I want to use this. Which is going to be a LOT. I have quite a supply of pallet wood that, while it's actually really nice hard wood, is also not anything like straight. (I'll come back and edit this once I get the rail glued on.)

Man i feel stupid after watching this video 😂

Have a small bench top jointer that couldnt handle a long board. This worked like a charm....saved a ton of time! Thanks!

Good lord man !! Is there no end to your genius? 👏👏
I’m just starting out in woodworking and like a typical man dived straight into the deep end and decided to build a writing desk. Turns out straightening 5’ long board on a 6” bench top jointer doesn’t work to well. This video saved both the day and my sanity! 👏👏👍

I want to use this technique, but I'm not sure how you'd be able to joint faces. Can you only joint edges?

Why is it necessary to leave part of the sheet of plywood with the edge not trimmed off?

I stay clear of people that start out by saying: “I’ve been a _________ for 30 (or more) years. They might be good in their craft but it’s not an automatic.

If the concave edge doesn't rock against your sacrificial fence, why not just run it through the saw against the real fence, where it should also not rock? The crowned edge, now cut by the blade, will now be straight and you can move on to the same next step in the video.

It just saved me from spending 300 dollars on jointer, thank you!

God bless Stumpy! Another incredibly helpful technique especially in my shop with no jointer. I’ve use other techniques with the table saw but this seems to be best practice.

I tried this and it worked great on my jobsite saw - very good results. I can't remember if it's mentioned but this method works so well on longer boards too which would otherwise be a little harder to affix to a 2 or 3ft sled and run through.

Does this work on dimensional lumber as well?

Shapton glass is by far the best system for Shapening.

Mind Blown!!!!

I don't understand why running the boards against a straight fence doesn't accomplish the same as running boards against a straight piece of wood attached to a straight fence. What am I missing?

I guess I’m the only one that uses a clamp on straight edge and router?

Thanks for the video.
Stumpy, I’m new to woodworking and after watching your video I understand what you are however, I’m not getting the board against the fence? What exactly is it’s purpose. Thanks

This just saved me $1,500. Wow

Made one and it worked well for a while. What I found is that after you use it a few times, placing it back on the table multiple times, you dig just a bit deeper into the wood and your work hits the end of the jig after the riving knife. I just end up making another one.

how do you do this for an 8 foot piece of stock? is an 8 foot section of plywood stable enough?

Is there any reason why this technique couldn’t be used to plane a board too? Say you glue up a bunch of quality ply to maybe 3” high and repeat this whole process with that. You could then in theory plane a 6” wide board by flipping it to get both sides.
Or is that dumb?

I don’t understand why you have to take a saw blade width cut out of a already straight edge of plywood

I have a bunch of scrap plywood but how can I tell if one of the edges has a straight or factory edge?

Ho lee crap. I thought you were going to make a jointer sled. I thought "I'll watch it anyway cause I haven't seen this one yet." MAN! Second time today you've absolutely blown my mind! The other video was a table saw L jig or something like that. Amazing...