Introduces the parts and workings of a table saw, shows how to operate it safely, and discusses crosscutting, ripping and joinery.

The table saw is the most versatile power tool in your woodworking shop. Short of applying the final finish, the table saw can do tricks you never thought possible. Ken Burton shows you how to use the table saw to make woodworking projects that will amaze and inspire you. As a bonus, this book comes with a 105-minute DVD that shows Ken giving live demos of the techniques he talks about in his book as well as how to use the table saw safely. PROJECTS: Trivets, Cutting boards, Bookshelves, Game box, Bookstand, Mirror, Occasional table, Entertaimnent center, Cyclindrical chest of drawers, Triangle chest

A table saw is the favorite tool for cutting wood of all sizes, but it can do so much more. This spiral-bound, topic-tabbed guide to its hundreds of functions is like buying a host of new tools at a fraction of the cost. Every technique gets a clear, fully illustrated explanation. Cutting processes include crosscutting, ripping, mitering, and beveling as well as joinery cuts such as dadoes and rabbets. The guide to accessories ranges from standard to advanced options. Methods for cutting every type of stock are followed by a section on dado head types-- stack, wobble, and adjustable V-shape. A valuable safety survey focuses on preventing common accidents. Best of all is the huge section of tips and shortcuts for mastering dozens of procedures: ripping and crosscutting stock; cutting miters and rabbets; and making dadoes, joints, tenons, and mortises. Everything comes together in plans for a panel door and frame.

Back by popular demand, these classic woodworking titles from Fine Woodworking magazine are filled with first-rate information that is as timeless now as it was when first published. By mounting your router under a table, you not only make it safer but also greatly expand its usefulness. In this book, Ernie Conover gives you his easy-to-use router-table techniques to help you improve your woodworking. You'll learn which routers work best with router tables and how to build your own table. Conover takes you through the most critical steps in router-table construction: selecting the core material and surface, applying a laminate, setting in the baseplate, and cutting a miter slot. He shows you how to make a fence that will outperform commercial fences and explains how to choose accessories that make using a router table safer and easier. In the section on techniques, you will learn how to do edge treatments, create moldings, do cope-and-stick and other types of joinery, and raise panels. Photo essays show you stpe-by-step how to make drawers, boxes, and doors. Use these tested techniques to make the most versatile tool in your shop even more versatile.

· An essential guide to maintaining and improving table saw use with the most current information and a variety of table saw techniques, including the basics and safety, choosing and preparing lumber, selecting the proper blades, joinery techniques, making shaping cuts, and more · Contains a total of nine step-by-step custom table saw projects to practice and apply table saw skills, four of which are all new for this revised edition · Features step-by-step instructions, detailed exploded diagrams, and more than 600 photographs and illustrations · Revised edition also features updated and exclusive information on new SawStop technology

Get the most from your table saw and router while displaying your craftsmanship wth these 26 ingenious projects from the pages of Woodworker's Journal.

Some people need a lathe or drill press for only small jobs, but they don't buy any because they determine the cost is not worth it. But this book shows how you can use existing tools to easily make a lathe, a drill press and a table saw, among other things, and inexpensively so. It also shows other DIY projects with entertaining tidbits.