 What the heck is the best way to do cross cuts using your miter gauge? Hold on woodworkers Paul Carlson here small workshop guy So maybe you're a beginning woodworker and you got your new table saw you're not really that used to it yet And they undoubtedly came with one of these things called a miter gauge Now I have just put a sacrificial board on my miter gauge and set it at 90 degrees so that I have support Behind my cut so I don't get as much tear out But anyway, what are the things you might be tempted to do when you want to get a repeatable cut? Let's say I need a repeatable cut of nine inches I want to just bring over my fence and line it up at nine inches and Then try to push against that but that is a no-no but maybe you haven't built your cross cut sled yet one of these puppies here and Maybe you don't have your miter saw yet There are plenty of ways and woodworking to skid in the cap. Well one way to use your table saw to safely do this Take something whether it's a one inch Piece of hard wood or in my case. I've got what's called a one two three block. I have several of these I really like them They're one inch on one side two inches on one way and three inches the other way So you can use them to set up anywhere from if you got a pair of them from one to six inches Very very accurately. Well, I like the one-incher because in that way I'm not as likely to get off on my measurements if I use three-quarters of an inch Then I can I can get screwed up but with one inch I say hey I want this to be nine inches So I'm going to set my fence at ten inches and then throw this inch in here And so now my cut will be nine inches and By putting this piece of wood or whatever it is that you have back here Then when you push forward You're no longer bound against that fence the fence is still there for you and it's repeatable But you're no longer pressed against it. So you're not going to be as likely to get kicked back You can do something else wrong and get kicked back You know, maybe your table doesn't have a writhing knife on it or You haven't put on your safety guard or whatever else, but anyway, so let me demonstrate Got my miter gauge at 90 degrees. I got a support board. That's not necessary But it's advisable if you don't want tear out. I have my fence set at ten inches I got a one-inch block in between and so I'm going to get a nine-inch cut so I can do it repeatedly All right Safety glasses on Maybe a little hearing protection on and here we go And that is What the heck is a safe way to do cross cuts using your miter gauge and your fence But with a intermediate block small workshop guy signing off and remember You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf You