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Mastering Your Table Saw

with Kelly Mehler
Kelly Mehler, who makes some of the most beautiful furniture in America, shows you how to get the best out of this essential tool in this video, you'll learn the differences between table saws. You'll discover how to choose the right one for your working style, set it up right the first time and adjust it so that it runs safely and efficiently
Mehler demonstrates basic table-saw techniques, including crosscutting and ripping, and how to handle special situations such as oversized and undersized stock. He also shows you how to make woodworking joints with the table saw and how to build jigs and fixtures that will make your work on the table saw easier and more accurate.
Kelly Mehler works wood in Berea, Kentucky. He's a frequent contributor to Fine Woodworking magazine. Check out the companion book, and see his video, Build A Shaker Table.
70 minutes, VHS.
Table Saw Techniques Revised Edition

By: Roger W. Cliffe PhD
700 step-by-step photos and drawings show techniques for every level of operator, plus problem-solving tips, time-saving accessories and projects. Then a host of first-class projects, including picture frames, nightstands, chests, tables, trunks, wall clocks and much more. '' A thoroughgoing treatise.'' --Fine Woodworking.
352 pages, 910 b/w illus., Softcover, 8 x 10.
Tablesaw

The Best Tips from 25 Years of Fine Woodworking edited illustrated by Jim Richey
"Methods of Work" has long been the premier forum for woodworkers to share their best tips. Tablesaw Methods of Work provides hundreds of jigs, fixtures, setups, and methods to improve your woodworking and make using a tablesaw safer and easier.
Some of the topics covered in the book Setup and maintenance Mobile bases, dollies, and movers Outfeed tables and roller supports Rip fence and miter gauge improvements Jigs and techniques for joinery Raising panels and shaping
Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Setup Maintenance Chapter 2: Safety Chapter 3: Switches Chapter 4: Mobile Bases, Dollies Movers Chapter 5: Outfeed Tables Roller Supports Chapter 6: Push Sticks Chapter 7: Hold-Ins Hold-Downs 100 Chapter 8: Rip-Fence Miter-Gauge Improvements Chapter 9: Crosscutting Mitering Fixtures Chapter 10: Jigs Techniques for Joinery Chapter 11: Fluting, Coving Tapering Jigs Chapter 12: Raising Panels Shaping Chapter 13: Cutting Plywood Index
The Accurate Tablesaw

Ian J. Kirby
The only table saw handbook to take a close and safe look at all common woodworking operations. Expert craftsman Ian Kirby includes safe procedures for all four functions of the saw: ripping, crosscutting, sawing sheet materials, and shaping--with many jigs and joint-making techniques. This book teaches proper technique as well as woodshop safety.
160 pages, soft cover.
The Table Saw Book

This comprehensive shop reference is now completely revised and updated with new color photography throughout. YouÆll learn what to look for in choosing a table saw and accessories, including saw blades. Mehler gives valuable tips on setting up a table saw work area in your shop, and shows how to tune and maintain the saw for smooth, accurate and safe operation. He also covers the many innovations in table saw design and new accessories since the last edition.By following MehlerÆs clear, step-by-step instructions, youÆll learn how to handle oversized and undersized stock, and produce precise, repeatable joints and parts. YouÆll also learn how to build practical jigs and fixtures to improve the safety of your work, and get true and accurate cuts every time.

