This is a Game Changer - Making the Table Saw Fence YOU Asked For

[@JohnHeisz]

My 9 Project Plan Bundle (Includes this Project): ibuildit.ca/blog/the-9-plan-bundle/ While there's nothing wrong with my older fence design, I thought that this one would be an interesting challenge - to make a self-squaring fence that locks on the back as well as the front. I've had a number of people who have asked if this could be done and I figured now is as good a time as any to answer that! Yes, it can! And it works beautifully. See the build article for this project for more details: ibuildit.ca/projects/locking-table-saw-fence/

[@seangordonrichards]

Hi John, can you provide this project with Metric measurements?

[@robertlester2669]

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[@jakematic]

John some reason you are being ghosted on telegram

[@jakematic]

Emailed it

[@ПпаПроп]

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[@marcosbatista6227]

your projects, works are the highest level of quality, it's like tools made to last, you're level festool, sawstop, Felder, your machine doesn't lose any quality for them, thanks for sharing 🙏.

[@jethropebs]

John, so glad you're back doing woodworking projects rather than electronics. You are an amazing builder, problem solver and inventor. Thank you for doing and sharing your processes and projects. I've been inspired in a huge way and in my opinion you are one of a select handful of the all time greats on youtube for sure! I've just purchased your plan pack and can't wait to build something great!

[@ericwilliams538]

You're projects and wood working skills are on another level of excellence. I love your speaker projects as well.

[@jeffdorrity5609]

Great value for all those plans John! I plan to purchase ASAP! I bought and built the first version a couple of years ago. It does a wonderful job with complete accuracy on my vintage early 1950’s 113.xxxxx Sears Craftsman saw.

[@silverfox7550]

I built the previous version which works quite well and is very accurate. The new updated one will be even more accurate as it locks front and back so will counteract any side pressure on the fence. Great job John and keep up with new projects, plans and videos. You are definitely an inspiration . Another plus with this type of fence is that it is hassle free to remove if you want to use a crosscut sled or need the sawtop for another purpose.

[@samspade4634]

John, just got my plans yesterday and I am having fun just going through them. I really appreciate all of your projects and am in awe just how good you are. Thanks for the table saw fence, I think it will go great on my father's old craftsman. Thanks again.

[@Dingbat217]

Dang it, now I have to make the new version! I have the older version that only clamps onto the front rail and it has been working just fine so thanks for the brilliant plans for the old version. 🙂

[@acidxero]

I'm always so impressed by your ideas, your designs, and your craftsmanship.. yet I'm always perplexed by how your videos tend to just.. stop. It seems a rarity that you spend even just a moment exhibiting the functionality of the stellar design you've just implemented, which is perhaps where the greatest sense of satisfaction comes from as a spectator. I presume the choice is deliberate, considering how calculated all other aspects of your videos are, but I've noticed that vacuum.. that unfulfilled desire to see what you've built in action time and time again at the end of more than a handful of your videos. Either way, always a delight to watch and learn!

[@KipdoesStuff]

Normal viewer retention is less than 30% of video length, anything added at the end is usually a waste of time, lol.

[@rickmartin7674]

@@KipdoesStuff except that for those who do like to enjoy the whole thing, it's valid to give feedback. Lol.

[@markjust86]

@@KipdoesStuff it would be nice to see the finished piece though and watch it in action!

[@OU81TWO]

He showed the whole thing in action right at the beginning of the video.

[@BrassMtn]

This man has so much knowledge and skill!! He’s got a sub for life! Great work sir!

[@dwighttrumbower164]

I built the previous one for Sears table saw. It is working very well.

[@jgriff19861947]

You are one of the few that makes your own machines nice work and video.

[@ET-cj8jo]

Woodworking skills and ideas, and video and vocal presentation are all superb. Best wishes from an aspiring British woodworker living in Japan.

[@woodworksmarket1447]

The original fence works so well for me. The plans and accompanying KZbin videos made it a pleasure to build. I need to build another table saw now to justify the new fence!

[@AlexanderElse]

Hey, router tables need fences too. Just saying!

[@JoaquimParis]

John, I like to challenge my own knowledge and problem solving thinking to build things, also because I'm still a rookie in this area, but I'll buy your bundle because I love your channel and you deserve all my apreciation and recognaicence.

[@PatNetherlander]

Great build John. As are all of your builds. You explain the ‘how-to’ very well and your plans (at least the ones I bought) are spot on and very handy for DIY’ers like me! Thanks mate!

[@garlicbad]

Ingenious design as usual. Good job John!

[@deanaoxo]

thank you. I have built many of your fences, each one a little better, until I finally could afford a decent table saw, which has a good fence. Then, I realized my contractors saw fence was unusable. Built another one, works great for me, but if anyone else uses it, well, they always push to hard. Gonna build the new one for the contractors saw, and love giving you $$ because you give great content, informatively and practically.

[@sanyaplatz5723]

John "Right-n-Square" Heisz, amazing work

[@MJKCreations]

I'm still in the process of building up my workshop (which involves gutting my garage, since it turns out it was put together so badly by the previous homeowner that I'm pretty sure it's illegal), but I still bought this plan bundle. Once I get the actual walls and electrical back in place, I'm going to be using these plans a lot! Thank you!

[@JohnHeisz]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@MCsCreations]

Brilliant work, John! Nicely done! 😃 Something I've seen some people do is to add a piece of plastic in the sides of the fence... I don't remember the correct name now, but the one they use to make cutting board from. Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@MCsCreations]

@A C Yeap, that's it! PTFE! 😊

[@KSFWG]

Don't Fence Me In....now I've got that song stuck in my head...thanks John... lol ;)

[@philipbyrnes7501]

As usual John, wonderful, clear, simple, informative and straightforward. Excellent work, again, as usual lol, thanks mate, great work, more power to you 👍😎👀

[@thedelawarevalleyworkshop]

Great job! Can't wait to include this on my table saw rebuild starting next week, after I finish my slight adaption to your Miter saw station!

[@jamesflint5967]

Glad to see you are back online!

[@thesoundofeverything8023]

Ohhh the wood clamps how neat!!❤

[@geraldcrook9504]

I have to be Honest you have a great way of putting the job over easy. Very clever .Many thanks for all your years of videoing 10/10Gerald UK south wales

[@yasarciv67]

The man who blew into Playwoods 🙂 I love your jobs because they are very fonctional and very smooth 👏👏👏 Good luck

[@kbsnicola]

Good timing! Having accidentally destroyed my fence built from your original plans, this one will be a great upgrade replacement - I'll buy the plans for this one too as I'm working on a new table saw build right now.

[@brianwood5220]

Great videography and an excellent project. If i was a woodworker I would certainly buy your plan bundle. But to be honest John, i just like watching you work. Thanks for sharing.

[@hienduong9535]

Great idea of back lock, very simple and clear design. Thanks a lot.

[@woodandwheelz]

I missed out on the bundle plan. Oh well. (Stupid surgery, LoL!). Great build as always. I need to build a better fence for my old Craftsman contractor saw. But first I'm going to build it into a cabinet so I have a larger working surface. Before the comments start, I've heard and read all of the "vibration" complaints about my particular saw and I honestly don't have that problem since I tuned up my table saw using Stumpy Nubs advice. My antique saw cuts like butter, straight as an arrow and has almost no vibration. Sadly though, with the original fence I only have a 13" max cutting width. If I want to cut wider than that I have to do it with a circular saw or eyeball it on the table saw and dangerously without a miter gauge or fence. I'm sorry, but free hand on a table saw is not appealing to me. LoL.

[@rafvdp6391]

Great design John 👍 , will build this some time in the future since the old fence is still going strong and looks like it's not quitting any time soon. 😀

[@JohnHeisz]

Thanks!

[@ralphwoodard609]

Excellent work John, just excellent.

[@muh1h1]

Great design, so simple yet i could have never come up with that! Only idea I would have to improve it would be to bevel the measurement pointer at a 45 or even 30° angle (like a knife) to make it a bit easier/ more accurate to read. That would also make it a bit more dangerous if not in use though.

[@dwhitford6966]

Built this fence last weekend. It doesn't work. Well let me rephrase that. It works but it is wobbly and won't stay in place. Any ideas on what I should look at to make it right? I'm pretty sure it is my fault and I need to look at the build quality I think. It looks much beefier in the video but when you use the plans and build video it feels much smaller. I'm actually proud of what I got out of it but I need to work thru the kinks so it will work better. I have to measure both sides and hold it while I engage the cam lock and then it still will move around. What adjustments should I look at first or other things?? Thanks.

[@jamesp2127]

Hey I’m working on the same thing and had some similar problems. I’ve noticed it’s better on the left side of my fence. My theory is that the gap in the fence rail has too much variance. The gap is supposed to be 1”. My suspicion is that it’s wider on the loose side. I haven’t had a chance to verify though.

[@jamesp2127]

The other thing I think I goofed was on the page that says “assembly 7”, I think I got the gap wrong (should be 1/8 on both sides).

[@jlizzoli]

You did it again ! Great job !

[@pisani168]

I got the plans and am putting the rest together today. Simple to build. I like it. I tweaked it a little but that is just because I have a very specific workbench. Your emergency stop in the video has a DIY push button. You may laugh at me but if you should hurt yourself God forbid and the insurance sees that you altered the switch, they may use this as a reason to not pay. The switch is UL listed and any modification will void the listing which makes it unsafe in the eyes of authorities. Ref. National Electric Code 90.7, 110.2, 110.3(B) and (C). Just looking out for a brother.

[@donaldmumaw]

I made the first one from your plans and haven't had an issue with it. Definitely a good improvement in the design though 👍

[@JohnHeisz]

Great to hear :)

[@Thomllama]

WAIT!!! he used regular wood glue? Not construction adhesive? Invasion of the Body Snatchers is REAL!!! We now have PROOF!! LOLOLOOOLOLOLOLOLOLOL cool piece, been thinking of doing something similiar to my old Craftsman saw from the 90's that the stuck fence wont stay square to the table, it always rolls out at the back, think the square tube is actually bent!.

[@KipdoesStuff]

Its summer time in North America.

[@paulheitkemper1559]

that looks straightforward enough. Nicely done. Might try to adapt this to my saw.

[@hermanfinster7692]

I made your original design which displaced sliced bread from the top of my list of Best Things. I too wanted to be able lock its rear end in place, but was leery of a mechanical clamp because that was what was on the fence that came with my table saw and it was unreliable. It tended to move the rear end of the fence slightly when I actuated the clamp. I settled on a switchable magnet which solidly anchors the end of the fence to the cast iron table when actuated. It has performed flawlessly. My only regret is I didn't think of it before I built the fence because then I could have easily made it actuated by the front lever instead of having to take the extra step of manually turning the magnet on/off.

[@tomaharley9227]

About to build a new fence for my new home made table saw and again jumped on your channel since I've used your old design building a fence in the past. Now about this new design... Correct me if I'm missing something, but as I see it the threaded rod doesn't contribute at all clamping the back side of the fence configured this way. What I'm thinking is 2 nuts are needed, thightened 1 on each side of the metal plates (front side) and the threaded rod itself musn't be on the handle itself, but over the pivot point of the metal plates, which in this case is the screw that holds them to the fence. This said, the screw that holds the metal plates must be somewhere in the middle of them, not on the top. This way clamping down with the handle would pull the rod together with the metal plate on the back. Otherwise I really can't figure out how the rod is helping?

[@michaeloflynn3891]

I am interested in the build of your table saw cabinet and top are videos and plans available?

[@neipa3]

Great build and a great t-shirt!

[@JanSzymonGoowacz]

Fence exact like in my old bosch pts10 jobsite saw. Good concept, work fine by years. I even thought, make similar to my new/old 700kg 400V cast iron table saw.

[@AdamNiddrie]

Hi. Very nice. I was wandering why you opted for a flat bar to lock the back rather than a round pin which would be far more accurate and then add a thin steel or aluminium strip along the back edge of your table for contact?

[@drewmaly539]

Sorry for the amateur question here! I just got a drill press to complete this project and was wondering - what speed do you have your drill press for the 3 parts you use it for in the build: 1. drilling the countersunk holes in the birch plywood 2. drilling the holes in the steel plates 3. drilling the hole in the pivot pin?

[@mishellekochel4510]

Your craftsmanship is pretty awesome!!

[@mattwlane]

As usual, great design! I'm putting this one on my to-do for winter!

[@DukeDave1]

Thank-you John great video great work really good.

[@davidlarson2534]

I missed the Offer but as a Subscriber, I thought I’d see this video sooner. It was listed in my Video Contents on Sept 5th, 2022.

[@carlosilvestri6340]

Ohhh, ma sei sempre bravissimo! Sei un genio ed esteta.

[@homemadetools]

Very nice fence, and we've seen many. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎

[@philipwhichard8197]

Great design! Good engineering and execution! With all that, please consider facing the 2 round portions contacting the front steel locking plate with SS or brass shim stock (~1/2 in.x 3 in.) so the wood is not worn by the steel. And these strip are forever replaceable!

[@Anatoly_R]

Всегда подкупает безупречность работ, даже в мелочах! John, что бы Вы не делали на конце получается шедевр. Желаю Вам всяческих успехов!

[@andreasseib4881]

Попробуй повторить зажим не работает. Один центр экс центра нет зажим идёт с одной стороны.

[@dougbright7706]

Awesome project and Amazing choice of t-shirt

[@terrytopliss9506]

Nice job John.👍👍

[@brantlers]

Would you make it similarly for a bandsaw?

[@wstu777]

John, you mention that you made a jig to mount the rail but you did not mention in the video, or the article regarding the build nor in the plans what hgt the rail needs to be mounted at in relationship to the table saw top. Also part A (rail face that mounts to table) you not it to be 2-1/4 tall but you are mounting yours under the overhang of your table top. I figured this out only after I cut the piece per your directions. My table top is flush with the table edge.

[@Zatoichi_dev]

Building it right now and running into this. What height did you make yours?

[@JohnHeisz]

I can't give an exact measurement because plywood varies in thickness. When the fence rail is mounted at the right height, there will be a small gap between the fence and the top of the table saw. Use the fence itself to help install the rail at the right height and adjust as needed.

[@wstu777]

@@JohnHeisz thanks John for the quick reply

[@9and7]

Just incredible. Genius work.

[@Hangernade]

Just noticed your t shirt! Now I know I'm watching the right videos!

[@andrzejwolder9819]

Amazing! Im Staying here 4 a little bit longer😉

[@ADVBear]

Amazing as usual.

[@dangkolache]

Hi John, hope you're well, have a good one

[@stewartg2101]

Absolutely AWESOME as always. Thank you form sharing. 👍👌

[@trunyan5080]

Any chance you'll offer "the 9 plan bundle" again?

[@matthewl.459]

I'm in the same boat..... just saw this video. Worst case I'll just get this 1 plan.

[@RunarMagnussen]

This video definitely demystified this type of fence design! I was surprised by how little offset the cam handle needed, but then again I'm definitely not much of an engineer to put it like that. Is the fence straight when you move it side to side, or does it have a little play before the cam straightens it up?

[@sam_the_man]

If it’s anything like the factory fence on my Evo Rage5 then it’s wobbly as heck until you clamp it, then it magically straightens up lol

[@RunarMagnussen]

@@sam_the_man sounds like the fence on my Metabo saw, haha!

[@keithgoldston2859]

Great video I like the intense music at the end lol wish I would have seen this before I bought my fence last month lol oh well great build

[@arcticredpanda4598]

Your wood shop is nice and clean.

[@adhamthecaesartariq1253]

Good job mr: heiz How about making a thickness planer

[@phillyboy1813]

I have a good supply of 3/4" birch plywood, would this be ok or do I need to use 1/2"?

[@ET-cj8jo]

Quick question. Why no plastic support at the back as in the previous version ?

[@MRrwmac]

John, did you make a video for a bandsaw fence?

[@cypress76]

Hi John! Do you still have that 9 plan bundle available? I was on your site looking at a few plans and was unable to find the bundle deal. Thanks!

[@AlbertUit1969]

John, how flat should the ply board be for a fence. I bought the plans and looked at some crooked boards at the local store and didn’t dare to roll the dice.

[@royhoriuchi5026]

Hi John I first would like to say that I enjoy your videos! I made the previous version. With this new fence, would I also have to make a new fence rail??

[@kevinboas6607]

Hey john. Great build! Just bought the plans, is there no way to download them on mobile?

[@johnsrabe]

Just a thought … is there any reason to not make the faces of the fence longer than the depth of the table saw, to give more bearing surface when sawing a long piece? Seems like even one more foot would help.

[@JohnHeisz]

Be a walk-into hazard on mine. Better to use an auxiliary fence that fits on.

[@johnsrabe]

@@JohnHeisz Hmmm! Easy to screw it onto a wooden fence. Tx.

[@CivilizedWarrior]

Hey thanks a lot for making this video. The fence on my piece of junk ryobi job site saw is driving me nuts lol. I guess I know what I’m making next when I’m done building your bar clamps. So thank you, grazie, gracias, and danke schöne my friend.

[@ToddAdams1971]

Always love the projects John. But have to say, I love the 2112 shirt. Awesome album.

[@rockinHurley777]

Could you do a video on your take of retractable casters for a workbench??

[@fb7254]

Very Good!!!

[@flurng]

Thanks again John for another brilliant design idea! Well done, Sir! Also, I notice you're using Robertson screws - yet another proud CANADIAN invention! (P.S.: LOVE the Rush t-shirt! The greatest band on Earth - still ANOTHER source of Canadian pride!)

[@thekorink]

00:13 perfect move

[@alpinewander]

Beautiful design!

[@stretch668]

Nice work, maybe a round over on the cam handle to make it more comfortable?

[@KipdoesStuff]

Buy the plans, build it and make that happen.

[@RobertWill-uq3iv]

Well, La De Da! A metal pointer.

[@tipcentric]

This was great thanks! :)

[@hassanal-mosawi4235]

well done!

[@RodriguezProduction]

amazing as always

[@danmon68]

Excellent video ! And the t-shirt RUSH 2112 i like ;)

[@patmccord64]

Do you have a video of how you made the table saw

[@kip56]

DUDE! Love the shirt!!

[@leoarzeno]

Great video!

[@Habibulla.M]

Nicely done

[@pattheaux]

Love the 2112 shirt!

[@brians3120]

John, love your videos. Would this fence be able to work with my little rigid job site saw? Thanks

[@stepcraftgermany]

Absolutely amazing!

[@uladzimir7868]

Bravo Maestro!👏👏👏