Table Saw Tips and Tricks
Take your table saw knowledge to the next level with Burke McGuinness. Work through a quick photo frame project while learning about blades, dados, grooves, angled cuts, bevels and more. And if some of these words are new to you - don’t worry! By the end of this 4 hour class, you’ll be ready to tackle advanced table-saw cuts on your own.
Class includes all materials and instruction to make your own professionally finished photo frame with a kickstand or wall mount.
Learning Objectives:
Review Hazards
Material support using infeed and outfeed rollers
Blades (Identifying the correct blade for your cut. removal and re-installation of blades)
Managing Blade Brakes
Setting Fences, Guides, and Jigs
Use and removal of the riving knife
Review rip fence, crosscut sled, miter gauge
Use of feed rollers for downward pressure
Cutting miters and angled cuts using the miter gauge
Use of featherboards for pressure into the fence (discussion only)
Cutting a taper using a taper jig and rip fence (discussion only)
Bevelling the blade
Setting the blade angle accurately using an angle finder as well as a digital angle box
Cutting bevels and chamfers
Dado’s and Grooves
Prerequisites
Wood Tools 1
You do not need to be a Create Member to take a class :)
Things to bring:
Safety glasses
Hearing protection
Closed toe shoes
Remove jewelry
Tie back long hair
No loose clothing
Dust mask (optional)