A look at a range of homemade table saw jigs, focusing on what improved accuracy and safety, what didn’t work out, and lessons learned from building and testing different shop-made accessories.

My first experience with a table saw involved propping up an old benchtop model on a painter’s bench. A squeeze clamp in the front kept the thing from moving forward as I pushed lumber or trim through ...

The fence—in spite of a less-than-sturdy release latch—glides across the rack-and-pinion gearing with ease, extending out to 30-1/2 inches, which is fine for larger sheet materials. The saw has a ...