Avoiding table saw tearout

[10OZDuster]

I don't understand the dislikes at all who clicks those?

if you want to play with barbies instead of table saws then don't dislike these videos

[burn89]

Man, this would have been so useful when i was in school D:

[chobag]

my shop teacher taught me that... nice

[mts0628]

Awesome tip! Thank you!

[80dale]

cool beans. I'm over 40 years in the trade and I'm still learning something new every day, never ends. Thanks for posting,

[JN282]

Awesome!  Thanks!!!

[TheMichaelGrace]

Genius!!!!

[25800nel]

ic u r using it kinda like a scoring blade

[adamcturnbull]

anyone who has worked on plywood has had this happen. Great that you got rid of that splinter thanks!

[adamcturnbull]

great tip !! Do you have a tip for when you use a jigsaw or circular saw ?

[Matthiaswandel]

Yes - only use a jigsaw when there is absolutely no other alternative.

[TRYER25]

@adamcturnbull Maybe score a line with an knife, on the line you are going to cut.

[PyroRul3s]

After all the time i spent watching your videos inspired me to go out and start my adventure. Unfortunately i am a kid, so i could freely make my decisions without my parents input...but unfortunately my dad had a good point. So i wasnt able to get a 300 pound table saw. Some how he convinced me to get a pussy saw(portable contracters saw). It not the best decision i ever made, "but hey its still a table saw!" your thinking, think again. There is nothing wrong with it as a contracters saw...

[mwtests]

it would be nice if u put ur hand there :O

[carlsetzer]

I use painter's tape on the tear-out side, but this is faster and looks more effective. Good tip.

[ArtuGuitarMan]

do you have a lot of free time?

[noobkv]

haha i dont know what i am wathcing this cuz i dont have and i dont work on this machine,but it surely is a great tip :)

[Capt0Trips]

At our cabinet shop I make throat plates with 5/8 and glue plastic to it. then raise the blade up into it. Works pretty well.

The wooden sled would not be practical for the type of materials I cut.

[paulj0557]

@Matthiaswandel ( read other first) In case you didn't know, the tibia pipes in a pipe organ are wood ( if I'm not mistaken). The modern organ, especially electronic organs, like Hammond, Wurlitzer, Allen, Rodgers,etc all rely heavily on the Leslie speaker, but as you can hear in the Wurlitzer 4520 videos, Dick Smith uses both on his organ to get that perfect theater organ sound ( incidentally, the 4520 was Wurlitzer first theater organ since the closing of the pipe organ factory).

Thanks- Paul

[paulj0557]

@Matthiaswandel I must remember that one! I have a request- If you look on ebay ( as of 4/30/11 there is a listing for Conn Pipes ( Conn organ pipes use 4 6x9 inch speakers in a long box that has metal pipes of varying lengths to emulate the way a pipe organ works, they work very well. watch Wurlitzer 4520 on a youtube search). The Ebay ad has lots of very clear images of the unit inside and out. In the Questions/comments someone mentions the dimensions.

How could you duplicate this with wood?

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

Simple. Effective. Why didn't I think of that?

[guerd87]

Have you tried this method with Melamine?

[UzumakiNarutoKun96]

i got some big wood for you

[jjenson2006]

You can also score the cut with a boxcutter before making the cut.

[handmetheclip]

An 80 tooth blade would make a world of difference. Or even a plywood blade for that matter.

[handmetheclip]

The tearout problem is caused by using the shooter board. Use the crosscut miter and the zero clearance insert and you should be fine.

[kriss5757]

Pietrunio 1 Oni pewnie tez mają, ale nie wszystkich stać na piłę z podcinakiem.

[gootmusic]

thumbs up if you can smell sawdust while watching this video

[pietrunio1]

W Polsce mamy podcinaki!!

[ethomfactusest]

simple and clever. Good tip!!

[ertaulaz]

Excelent¡

[bigpinekeyranger]

If you used your zero clearance insert you wouldnt have to waste time doing that!

[burningeko]

thanks, 5 stars

[aure232]

Now, after all those funny and silly vids that youtube is full there is something really useful...

[intelite]

Why not just use a miter insert? Why is there a big plywood jig just for pushing a small piece of wood? thanks for any explainations.

[huandogofwar]

on my tablesaw there´s a small difference in height on the metal that surrounds the blade and the table itself. that small edge can catch a pieceof wood and make an ugly cut or a burn mark. thats the reason i´m using one from now on. thank you for that question. made me realize

[sandiegomitch]

The "sled" is pretty much a miter insert, but one of the advantages of the sled is it will not scratch your work since it does not slide across the table.

You can also mount stop blocks directly to the sled.

There are a ton of videos on you tube about sleds.

[jessi330]

It keeps it very even and steady.

[odmcarp]

even thought this is a great tip,....some jackass that doesn't know what he's doing will hurt themselves

[disinagrate]

i was pissing around in my IA class with the router which i i realy shouldnt have done but i ended up shooting a 2 by 4 at my freinds arm and actuly fraksured a bone =(

[Ju1cypear]

hey uhh in school we are doing a lesson in simple machines, if you could maybe post something simple machines it would be greatly appreciated

[usaearthling]

wow, great tip. thanks for sharing.

[Pr3d4t0rdfa]

WOOD!

[IownAPieceOfShitFord]

Or you could just use paper masking tape on the table side of the work piece and save your self the danger and embarrassment of shooting a piece of wood through you and the wall in front of the saw.

[drunk2thepowerofsick]

haha your advising and goin over the top of this matthais wandel guy who has a whole youtube channel filled with AMAZING stuff you would not even in your wildest dreams be able to make?? let alone design...

[focusedwolf]

Wait you have all your fingers and a table saw?

[funnyface680]

lol my dad cut 3 of his fingers off with his, but gottem sowed back on

[hamtetutu]

hahaha

[CFCdirty12dozen]

lol

reminds me of carpentry teacher i had who a few years before was showing how to properly use a rip saw and took off two fingers infront of the class...fail

[sixinthehood]

scar for life or just disturbing?

[CFCdirty12dozen]

it was silence like a boner in gym class for a few minutes

it first it was kinda disturbing but ive since then been to car accidents that made that look like a paper cut.

[engeo1993]

Holy shit .. engineering genius.

[soft2x]

you are a genius

[0joshguy0]

amazing 5/5

[XBoyZontherun]

it'll still tear out at the back though.. to avoid this, just stick a piece of wood behind the bit you're working with.. make sure that it is still in a right angle though

[Metqa]

Thanks for the tip!!!! I'm giving it a good rating 5/5

[ajmadcrew]

i first started watching and thought. stupid video... but watched and bRAVO!

[i44troll]

i use this tecnique on my sliding miter saw as well, score the top, then cut to full depth on the backstroke

[SemperLupeTrailers]

Good tip!!:)

[Ahrussoh]

In re. to Semper;

You're right, even for people who need to slice a piece of wood just once or twice in their lives...

A very wood tip.

[AlCaPwn41]

make a rube goldberg, you would kick butt!

[idunnospeakaengrish]

this guy must be really good in handling is wood

[kwertallent]

Screw those guys who put down people who actually have hobbies. They don't do shit in their lives.

[MrsKermitTheFrog]

u make me like wood.

lol.

[Izoto593]

Jenga pistol was awesome...You should really think about going somewhere with that...And also the current video is cool too, my dad always has this problem.

[satweavers]

I went to a yard filled with huge stacks of Rail Road Ties of various grades. Your Jenga Gun scaled up would have been most usefull in selecting JUST the RR Tie I wanted.

[Matthiaswandel]

A pistol that size would be completely impractical. But man, would it ever be funny!

[Dragonkil362]

Jenga gun was awesome, don't bother with those who come here just to troll.

[pinksoda1]

Re: Jenga Pistol

sorry you had to disable comments, don't get down hearted, a great deal of people thought your jenga pistol was pretty damn cool, including myself.

I love to see projects like this, and It's cool that you have woodworking (correct term?) tips and videos. Keep up the great work!

[mytwosense]

Good idea, very helpful!

Don't diasble comments on jenga gun, you must be focused on the negative ones - by far, most people are really enjoying it! Allow comments and don't let negative ones both you, that comes with popularity. Enjoy the 80-90% positive ones :)

[superstevee]

This will help in woodshop :)

[krisraps]

THANKS...  I Feel Smarter :D

[CaraBrimleyRules]

There doesn't appear to be any sort of guard on the saw. Used like this it could be a source of accidents. Nice tip though, but health and safety needs reviewing.

[Matthiaswandel]

Woodworking involves a certain element of risk.

If you leave all the guards on the tools, some things just aren't possible.

[JustinHansen6669]

@Matthiaswandel, @Matthiaswandel,something went wrong with the saw at the place my grandfather worked at, not sure what but the saw actually sucked the wood into the blade and his pinkey finger just happen to be in the way it split the finger right down the middle back the the first knuckle quick enough that he didnt know it happened. 3 guys saw it and couldnt explain what exactly happened.. they ended up amputating the finger along with the bone in the hand to make it even. so no stub.

[thirteenfingers]

@JustinHansen6669 It happens a lot.

There are many reasons a saw can jump the work piece and, while most are avoidable, where you're standing and how you're holding/pushing the work piece are the deciding factor on whether you lose fingers.

When you watch Matthias' videos you'll see he invariably has the work piece on a sled or jig of some sort (like here) or uses feather boards and push sticks.

When used like that, unguarded blades pose less risk than guarded blades without jigs and sticks.

[Beastboyfan100]

@Matthiaswandel some kids never take their training wheels off

[Serostern]

@CaraBrimleyRules Note that he has a custom made small stuff remover.

An idiot with a saw equipped with safeguards is way worse than a smart guy without safeguards.

[CaraBrimleyRules]

@Serostern And a smart guy using safegaurds is safer than a smart guy without them.

Congratulations, you have just completely missed the point! If you were shooting for goal, one would have to say you skewed the ball into the crowd near the corner flag!!

[woodentoolcompany]

@Serostern That is so true. 

[webernr]

1) Good tip.

2) Who thought the jenga gun was stupid? I thought it was pretty cool...

[beezerkats]

The jenga gun was cool. Hold your head up bro.

[PanzerTank05]

This is in response to your jenga gun since you have disabled feedback. Don't be a pussy! Everyone knows its awesome as can be and how you spend your time is up to you. Why worry what others think if its awesome!

[AddLamb314]

Hey that's really great, man. I had to construct a bunch of benches for my Eagle Scout project and now I wish I would have watched this video beforehand! Keep posting great videos!

[yesturtle]

sweet

[h0ckeyjedi]

hmm, never thought of that! great tip. keep it up!

[j3wp0w3r]

Ah very handy

[turreu]

you should make a wooden cigarette rolling machine, never seen anyone make one out of wood, atleast you'd have the skill to make one

[jokeraus]

the depth of the reverse cut on a carbide tip blade could get really nasty doing that type of cut

[tuiz666]

my saw doesnt have that sliding thing u put the wood on.. i actually never seen that before

[jokeraus]

you make your own jig to suit your needs.

[4lafs]

Great, but can you show me a table saw vid that will grow back my uncle bob's thumb? Right.

[WuvableKel]

pretty sweet, cudda used it back when i was in sculture class >.>

[moomasterq]

how do u think of this stuff? are u like a god who has came to earth to teach us about wood?

[aznfire923]

Your choice of words made that sentence quite funny.

[alexdogg93]

i normally cut slower on the table saw and i hardly ever get that and if i do its not really that bad. and i dont think my shop teacher will let me do that

[threadysparrow]

dude if you showed your shop teacher this technique then the shop teacher should give you some extra credit or something

[Marshallnd]

yano....theve invented little cuts in the metal table that you can stick the little crosscut fence thing in so you dont get that.....but heres another thing, no workshop is complete without a jointer....

[trysegai]

you'll still get tearout using the fence. I say who cares about tearout, if you're building a cabinet or something just make sure you make your cut so that any tearout will be on the inside of the cabinet. Nobody will see it anyways.

[Marshallnd]

yeah but its like everytime they take a how to do something video they always end up showing a terrible job, just look at the origional cut, then look at how to fix it, theres always that chance that youll end up not cuting it right the second time around and having a circleish cut in the side of the board... an dnot everybody makes cabinets all the time yano?

[trysegai]

if you don't build cabinets then why are you cutting veneer plywood? I don't usually build cabinets either but I was a carpenter for 6 years and still do it on the side, so I can make a pretty good cut.

[zombierobopirate]

awesome

[vegetaldigital]

very good job

thank you

[UltraBibendum]

good job avoiding that tearout!

[nubuu]

i love your work^^

[shain003]

agreed