Got mine for Fathers Day in 2016. Best table saw I have ever owned. The foot pedal to lift and lower the saw is at the front of the saw not the side and is easy to use. Yes it does klunk when you lower it. The fence is accurate every time I use it. Dialing in the 90 degree and 45 degree were easy and have not wavered from the first set. Good video.

Thank you for making this video. I swapped out my cutter head today and your video was very easy and clear to follow. My 23mm bolt awash also only hand tight!

If you let that riving knife lever tighten to the point where it takes another tool to operate it, you are risking breaking that bolt. It's easy to fix. Remove the back panel. Lower the blade to line up the access hole with the nut on the backside of the lever bolt. One of the blade wrenches has a cut-out that fits the lever bolt on the blade side. Hold it and insert a 1/2 inch socket through the hole and loosen the nut by 1/4 - 1/2 turn. Depending on use , I have to loosen that nut about once per year to keep the lever working easily.

Instead of using two 5” boards to make a side can it be done with one piece 10” wide using the same angle and compound angle cuts?

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Fantastic work. By the way, as you speack portugues, the word "Jatobá", as it´s reating in portuguese is an oxytone word, and the strong syllable is the last one. So we say "jatobÁ".

So, did you use...... wait for it..... Black Jac Shellac? 😂😂😂. Couldn't resist! Regarding all of the imperfections that you said would have been better if done with a CNC. I disagree. Yes, they are a magnificent woodworking tool. The thing is, is that it would not be hand made, it'd be machined out. This gameboard is only going to appreciate over time and those slight imperfections are what makes it special. Not machined. 😊😊😊

Awesome work beautiful job

Why can’t you just remove the carbide inserts that are not needed above the work?

Thank you so much. I took the guard and prawls (?) off years ago and forgot how they go back on. Definitely seems helpful for ripping long boards as well.

Why’d you punch the stick

Hey Brett, balling on a budget here. I already have a lot of non-gel stain and polyurethane; do you think I could achieve the same result with that, or should I invest in gel stain and shellac?

All very good comments. One thing I do is when I layover 1 piece of paper to the extension paper, whichever piece of paper that will be on top, I trim it down to the border like is on this one. That way, it is much easier to align the marriage markers and is much more seemless. Thats how I do it when making one large map from multiple maps.

Great value. Bought mine new for $349 about 10 years ago. Smooth running, good cast deck , poor fence, poor fence rails but they still work but not to what I would consider a professional level. I’ve been considering a new fence and rails. That would elevate this saw to a whole different level.

If I wanted to have a two tone wood color with two shades of stain; should I put down the lighter stain all over first, shellac then tape off the parts of the lighter stain i want to keep light, then do the darker stain? is there another way you'd recommend? i have a 60~80 year old console table with a beautiful wood inlay; I want to preserve the two-tone aspect of it but try to make the whole thing darker. Thanks for posting.

Well some people are a little more experienced in different types of hardware than others. I think 💭 you have some good ideas there.

Thanks for the informative video

Thanks!

This video deserves a lot more views than it's been getting. Good job!

This came out fantastic! Beautiful work sir!

Great work! Nice camera shots! I made one of these games once. It wasn't nearly this nice!

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing

If time and ease of use are no issue, then this might be the thing to do. Otherwise: Use a Domino. I'll never go back after getting mine...

Great video my friend! Nice work :) This reminds me that I need to get a flattening jig (or make one, but buying one would just save me time...). I spent a couple hours the other day using one of those very same electric planer tools and a 4" belt sander flattening a very wonky milled slab. Could have saved a lot of time!

This was fantastic! Great job, Brett. I really enjoyed seeing the various struggles you had and how you overcame them. Looking forward to what's next!

That was a great video. I loved the processes. It’s got me thinking of which game I can make for my little girl. Thanks for the inspiration. 👍

That was a nice reverse shot on the planner if you know you know. I don't have the patience to drill that many holes or too hand route lines and then do it like 4 times! Nice job saving the project, it looks great!

Good job, keep doing this, I’m all in.

You're a hero

I have 2 sets, because I hate changing bits. I only bring 2 offsets, a right angle and a regular chuck with me. It all fits in one bag.

Very cool chess board and table !!! Awesome Job !!!

Very nice chess board !!! Good Job !!!

MasterForce sounds kinda racial

1st time on your channel, I would like to see the veneer press ... that would be awesome since I want to build chess boards.

I've been woodworking for over 40 years and you are making this way too complicated. SMH

Thank you for your video. I just bought a kobalt table saw and the directions are HORRIBLE. I did not realize the riving knife was adjustable until I watched your video. We spent a couple hours trying to figure out how the guard and pawl attached. Nowhere in the instructions say the riving knife is adjustable. Thanks once again.

Brett: Thanks very much for this video most helpful. I have a Ridgid TS4512 and am in the process of making a outfeed table. I have decided to go with Colin Knecht's design. Two comments: his table saw is a General, not the Ridgid; thus, he did not cover how to adjust the design of the outfeed table for the Ridgid to account for its extended fence of the end of the saw's back side. You obviously figure that out and I wish that you had covered that design feature a bit more in your video. I think that I figured it out but suggest that you might even do a new video showing details of your modifications in Colin's design that are required because of the length of Ridgid's fence. Thanks again.

Beautiful work!!

that’s a nice chair

Very cool! Nice craftsmanship

I was going to watch until the first UT ad came on.

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Try it with a 1/2 drill bit...took about 3 weeks to heal up

Sorry to hear about the finger. Chair is looking awesome!

You did a damn good job on that project. You should be proud of yourself..

I fixed mine with a coiled spring pin. Super sturdy, durable, and not expensive. Built to handle the torque the finish nail is not. (This is about the blade raising wheel).

great job on the video

I just needed to get mine apart to clean the rollers, so thanks for this. Plus, I totally made the smiley face.

That’s an awesome tutorial. I just got this planer and I’ll be saving this video for the day I upgrade the cutter head. Thank you

Great video. What exactly did u apply at the end to protect it? Does that just help with durability? Thx