How Did I Not Think of This Until NOW?

As a novice woodworker I say thank God for shims, jigs, templates and clamps. Oh....and for guys like you who share these ideas so generously. This is a real good one.

Two feather boards work well too .

Wait!!! You can actually extend it farther as an infeed for longer boards by simply pulling your infeed toward you more and then clamping. This is fantastic! For those of us with contractor saws we can do infeed and outfeed both! Leaving the feed boards farther apart than the table top for flexability. As alway, inspirational!

Jodi you just taught many less experienced woodworkers how to have a safer day in our hobby shop. Thanks Buddy

Really happy to see this! I’m a novice woodworker and I built one of these jigs a few months ago. I’ve wondered about it as none of my YouTube woodworking buddies had recommended this jig. (That’s my term, none of my “buddies” have a clue who I am!). I’ve got a DeWalt jobsite table saw. The table is slightly larger than a postcard. No meaningful infeed or outfeed, no home-built surround… just the stock table. My jig is an extension for both infeed and outfeed. I glued together two MDF 1x4s as the auxiliary fence. I ripped a tiny slice off each edge to get rid of the rounded edges. I glued 1/8th inch hardboard, 4x12-inch for the infeed end and 4x18-inch for the outfeed end to the bottom edge of the MDF fence. Drilled three holes in the top edge of the MDF for three universal fence clamps and, that’s it! This is my most used table saw jig, love it! But… as a novice, and since none of my buddies had done this, I kept wondering if this was a bad idea… was I missing a safety issue, or what? Jodee, you just validated my jig, so thank you!

An absolute obvious fix that most of us overlook and continually struggle with. Great job creating this, it's awesome!

Bro. Such a great idea! Thank you! I don’t mind the talking to the camera. You’re a great teacher. A+ thumbnail and title. 🤜💥🤛

Thanks for the idea! An aluminum strip edge could help keep it true over time. And for those of us with smaller portable table saws (eg Dewalt), a little outfeed support on the other end could be really useful for many cuts.

Thus us a good idea for boards from 4 to 6 feet, but for longer boards I had an infeed table on wheels. One can use saw horses with a table top, which of course would correspond to the height of the table saw. As a professional woodworker and instructor it's always best to take the time to fabricate jigs or set ups for safety and of course the end result is greater accuracy. I'm 78 and it does my heart good to see so many people enjoying the art of woodworking.

The main purpose for this is for giving LONG boards infeed stability and extending the outfeed fence as well. This is a great idea since it can be removed and installed in a flash... If the boards are not too wide you can use it with a feather board if needed. Thank you!!

I don't mind you talking to the camera at all. Your enthusiasm for this jigs is obvious, as well as your humility in knowing what a simple fix this is. Thanks for sharing.

You could also attach a couple of feather boards to your infeed table to make the wood stay down on the infeed. That's one less variable you have to deal with. Of course you could attach the feather boards to your regular fence as well when you don't need the infeed board. For a narrow board like the one in your demo, you could also use feather boards on the saw table. That takes care of all the variables except feeding the board through the saw blade. You would only need the infeed table for very long boards if at all. Wood workers have been using feather boards pretty much since the invention of the table saw.

Nice idea, well executed. I use a roller stand at the infeed (and outfeed) for long boards, and a feather board to keep the work registered against the fence. As the cutoff gets wider (no feather board) I can move more around the left side and push right while also pushing forward. But it’s always nice to have more infeed fence, so good work.

Izzy Swan came up with in infield table extender a while back, but I very much prefer this. The extension of the fence should help a lot. I guess a feather board could be added depending on the width of the stock too. I have some scrap plywood that I am going to use for this jig. Thanks!

Brilliance in its simplicity and functionality! Solves an issue that all table saw users have experienced and pretty much accepted or assumed as just being the nature of the beast. Definitely one of those ah-ha... so simple, why didn't I think of that moments.

Thanks for another straightforward and useful solution to a common problem. You frequently come up with "why didn't I think of that" helpful jigs.

I made one about 2 years ago. Added turned legs for kitchen cabinets. Cut 1/4 of leg out to sit into corners. Cut 10 legs perfect. Held from to legs as I cut and being turned legs. Made it safe. Glad to see you do it. I feel better now.

Brilliant! You have addressed a common problem with elegance. A great solution for small portable job site saws that have that problem to an even greater extent than stationery shop saws.

Smart idea. I've made several crappy, quick and dirty temporary infeed tables that attach to the fence rail when I had extra long stock to rip. They were always fussy and ended up getting torn down and repurposed once the job was done. Yours would be worth taking some extra time to make carefully to last and I think I will. Not going to make it today, but I've noted this video on my shop's chalkboard and the next time I need to make long runs of custom baseboards I'm going to whip one of these up. I immediately started thinking of ways to make it "better" but really, you've trimmed this down to it's essential function to create a shop appliance that is simple and easy to build. Well done and well explained. Thank you.

I made mine with a laminated pc of plywood 14” wide x12” deep for the extended table and the fence gives me 42” of fence support in front of the blade. I rip a lot of 8/4 walnut in lengths up to 75”. The larger table support and longer fence make the process simple and easy. Great auxiliary pc to have.