Jim
Tolpin's Table Saw Magic
2nd Edition
Features new table saws,
materials and accessories, with over 40 projects for jigs and fixtures
by
Jim Tolpin
Softcover
215 x 280mm
192pp
Published by Popular Woodworking Books, Ohio USA
R.R.P.$49.90
ISBN 1-55870-677-1
Extract from back cover of book:
Do more with your table saw than you ever thought possible!
The table saw is a magnificently simple machine capable of performing an incredible range of cutting tasks. In this revised and updated edition of his woodworking classic, Jim Tolpin shares his masterful techniques for using the table saw to achieve a variety of safe and accurate cuts, including ripping, crosscutting, miter cuts, grooves, dadoes, rabbets, curves, moulding, joinery and more.
You'll find ample instruction for using a variety of table saws, plus information on choosing and using accessories, maintaining your saw, and working with jigs and fixtures.
It's the most comprehensive guide available with more than 150 detailed illustrations and photos that show you how to build:
-
Rip and crosscut sleds for high-precision cuts
- An adjustable dado-spacing
fixture
- A miter jig with a sliding stop
- Hold-downs for the rip fence
and saw table
- A circle-cutting fixture
- A raised panel jig with positive
sliding action and integral hold-downs
- A carriage-type taper jig featuring
a unique guidance system
- A vacuum-actuated fence for ripping thin slices
Open up Jim Tolpin's Table Saw Magic, 2nd Edition, and you'll quickly see why the table saw is not just for ripping and crosscutting anymore.
About the Author: Jim Tolpin is one of today's best-known woodworking experts and best-selling author of dozens of project and technique books, including Building Traditional Kitchen Cabinets, Built-In Furniture, The Tool Box Book and Measure Twice, Cut Once.
Photos: Colour
Contents
Introduction
The
Table Saw
Types
of Table Saws
Assessing Quality
Setup,
Tune-up and Upkeep
Saw
Placement
Lighting
Power
Dust Collection
Tune-Up for Maximum Performance
Miter Gauge Tune-up
Rip Fence Tune-up
Guard and Splitter Adjustment
Maintaining the Saw
Preventative Saw Maintenance
Table
Saw Accessories
Blade
Guards and Splitters
Push Sticks
Hold-Downs
Stock Support
Fence
Systems
Universal Rip Fence Fixture
Miter Gauges
Moving Crosscut Tables/Sleds
Power Feeder
Blades
and Cutters
Saw
Blade Anatomy
Choosing Blades
Maintaining Blades
Dado Cutters
Molding Heads
Ripping
Basic Ripping
Ripping Thick Stock
Ripping Long Stock
Ripping Off Waney Edges
Ripping
a Taper
Resawing
Gang Ripping
Ripping Bevels
Cutting Polygonal
Shapes and Assemblies
Crosscutting
Basic Crosscutting
Miters
Cutting Polygons
Grooves,
Dadoes and Rabbets
Setting
Up a Dado Cutter
Cutting Grooves
Cutting Dadoes
Special Techniques
Cutting Rabbets
Sheet
Stock and Small Parts
Sawing Panel Stocks
Ripping Stock to Narrow
Strips
The Vacuum Fence: A Specialised Accessory for Ripping Thin Slices
Sawing Small, Odd-Shaped Parts
Pattern Sawing
Curves
and Moldings
Sawing Curves and Circles
Shaping with the Molding Head
Shaping with a Blade
Sawn Moldings
Sanding with the Table Saw
Joinery
Tongue-and-Groove and Spline Joints
Splined Miter Joint
Feather-Spline
Joint
Box Joint
Lap and Bridle Joints
Tenons
Cutting a Raised
Panel
Index