Whenever I do finish carpentry on site, I use a small, portable tablesaw for everything from trim to cabinet work. Unfortunately, the diminutive table limits the width of the work that can be passed by the blade. Sometimes I have to take minuscule rips off the edge of a large piece of plywood, so I devised the modified fence shown in the drawing to allow close shaves on the little saw
To modify the fence, I screwed a 3/4-in. thick, knot-free piece of wood to the blade side of the fence, making sure that the screws were well away from the path of the sawblade. Then with the blade lowered below the level of the table, I positioned the wood so that it was flush with the outside edge of the blade. I turned the saw on, and slowly raised the blade to full height, cutting a half-moon void in the wood fence.
I use this fence along with an 80-tooth carbide blade to take 64ths off wide stock.
—Jeffrey S. Janssen, Oakland, CA
Edited and illustrated by Charles Miller
From Fine Homebuilding #44
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Excellent!