Shop Tips
Board-Straightening Fixture
Oct 25, 2005
This is a great board-straightening fixture. Simply press one end of the crooked board into the nail at the head of the fixture, allowing the board to overhang the plywood base by 1/2 in. or so. Hold the board on the sandpaper strips so it won’t move, and slide the whole arrangement through the tablesaw with the wood runner in the miter gauge slot. You can straighten a dozen boards in five minutes.
Jim Puterbaugh, Portland, Ore.
Fine Woodworking Magazine, June 1991 No. 88
Fine Woodworking Recommended Products
Starrett 12-in. combination square
This accurate, robust, well-machined, easy-to-read combo square is as great as ever.
Dubuque Clamp Works Bar Clamps - 4 pack
These clamps are as premium as their price is, but they're worth every penny. A few staffers have a small collection and they're almost always the first clamp they reach for.
Incra Miter 1000HD
One of many extremely accurate Incra miter gauges, this model offers 180-degree adjustment to 1/10 of a degree, and a long, straight fence with a telescoping stop system.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google
Privacy Policy and
Terms of Service apply.
Log in or create an account to post a comment.
Sign up Log in