French Cleat HACK for the Table Saw: Cut 45-degrees w/out tilting your blade!

Making a 45-degree "false table" that slips onto my rip fence to do long cuts on boards for French cleat without tilting the table saw blade.

[@NajaLydekingOlsen]

You’re a legend! Thanks a lot for sharing you skills. Exactly what we were looking for.

[@geoffreynicholson6704]

Brilliant idea you're a star

[@radchander]

Nice mental and physical skill exercise. Very clever indeed. I had to rewind to watch around 5:19, your scrap piece throwing skill. Commendable! One last thing, glad utube gives the option of watching a good video without the sound🙏

[@Malikimran-km3eu]

Excellent job

[@heyemcali]

Yes! This is exactly what I want! I hate moving my table saw out of square. Thanks, man!

[@toddelliott3239]

Made a mini one for my hobby table saw. Roughly like yours 😁

[@jamespolucha6911]

Thanks for the video, my table saw won’t reach 45 degrees so I need a jig like this thanks again

[@Ferncraft.Pembrokeshire]

Great work knew there was a simple solution.

[@WayneMickel]

I will make one for a 60 degree cut to make some Klipsch LaScala speakers and maybe some Klipsch horns it is a great idea

[@troykinnison4575]

So SIR are thinking outside the MITER BOX ☑️

[@jimaspinii7579]

Nice job! I live n Flint. Yesterday I would have traded for last year’s 24…🤪

[@psuryava]

doing this cut on the jig without a riving knife is a sure shot hazard. You have a very high chance of pinching with wider pieces of lumber, due to gravity. Need the riving knife to stop that pinching.

[@post5productions]

Valid point. Luckily I haven't had any issues yet.

[@troykinnison4575]

Ok so have YOU ever had ANY PROBLEM?? ANY?? with out a riving knife 🔪🗡️🔪 setup??? What about any friends? Or neighbors?? Or even that guy that sat next to you for 5hrs on Uniter 420 from Portland to Miami last year??? Now I know that guy had a story?? I will put a weeks paycheck on it that not a single one of these people have ever had a LACK OF RIVING KNIFES 🔪🗡️🔪🗡️ PROBLEM

[@davidcraemer8227]

​@@troykinnison4575 Safety should be high priority before using any machinery.

[@lexymmueka8877]

Great idea but I have issues with the NO SAFETY practices you indulge in while achieving this. Using and passing your bare hands too close to the circular saw blade is pre-risky and shouldn't be encouraged. Just my observations though

[@post5productions]

I understand and appreciate your concern. The only thing I aim to encourage in my videos is to repurpose and reuse materials. I’ll start adding a disclaimer at the intro to my videos to NOT do things HOW I do it since they might not be the safest practice. I’ve been working with power tools since I was a kid and have a level of comfort at close proximity that others, like yourself, might not share or agree with. Again, thank you for your concern and I appreciate you taking the time to watch my video.

[@neilpastilan2355]

I like your content sir, keep it up. You deserve a sub. This jig works on diy table saw that is difficult to calibrate 45° cut. I like it.

[@piresnascimento]

Parabéns

[@post5productions]

Obrigada

[@watchman1969]

you hate turning the handle to set the saw 45° but it's ok assemble and dismantle huge jig... plus, it only works on 45° at the edge of the board, if you want to cut 2 french cleats from the same board, you will have to tild your blade hu? serious Khabane Lame candidate ^^ although, funny video, good entertainment

[@jamespolucha6911]

His table saw might be like mine , just can’t reach 45 degrees, I just built on like he did and it works great, I build a lot of boxes and mostly have a 45 corners and this works great

[@watchman1969]

@@jamespolucha6911 good to know, maybe a good T-bevel or square helps... when I want a good french cleat, I cut the almost 45° then I use a 45° router bit for precision.

[@troykinnison4575]

@@jamespolucha6911 my first 🥇 was a hand -me-down!!! from POP -POPS!! MY grandfather from my baby Uber!! And yes it would even try to get close to 45 more LIKE 42 1/4 most nights!! So this is like a miracle an can make others at 60°,30°,22°, or anything that makes me happy!!!!

[@ragnarlewenhagen4244]

Tack 👍