Mastering Your Table Saw

If you have read my other reviews you know that I have been a wood butcher for some time. Kelly is the master of the table saw. This video is for New Guys and Intermediates (Journeymen Carpenters). Kelly actually takes the saw apart and puts it back together explaining how it works. Kelly informs us and gives us his reasons as to why we should do it this way.I am pretty good at sawing on my older model belt driven Craftsman. And for many of us that is what we can afford. Well that is why this DVD is a winner. Kelly shows us how to adapt our tool, align our tool, and use our tool, with saftey in mind at all times. I have been a yearly maintenance person, but accuracy is important in making joints and we are show how to keep our saws in tune. I will spend more time keeping my machine tuned up. Kelly also demonstrats Jigs for accuracy in cutting small to large size unwieldy pieces, as well as adapting fence rails for thoese who can't afford a more expensive fence. So as I have said previously, "Thank You" to Tauton Press for putting these video helpers on DVD. Since I don't have someone to show me well learned short cuts and improved efficiency, I read. I visualize and I practice, and I also see what I might do different or better. Old timers might be amused, but we intermediates say "Oh, Yah I could do it that way." I look forward to Taunton turning out more DVD's. I need a mentor, but this is the next best thing.

I had this video several years ago when it was VHS. I recently reordered it in the current DVD version. The audio level on the DVD I received is not uniform but there is no better content on any other source that I am aware of. I am retired from construction and, in my opinion, this DVD by Kelly Mehler covers all aspects of table saw tune up and safety including how to build a couple of jigs that greatly enhance the accuracy of cutting material on a table saw. This is a great resource for novice or journeyman.

Great video. The audio is all over the place: it gets quiet, then loud, then quiet...I had to continually adjust the volume so as to not wake up my wife who was sleeping in the next room. Overall, I would buy again, just for the quality of the instruction.

I am an amateur woodworker, and am planning of purchasing a table saw of my own soon. I read the accompanying book by Kelly Mehler, and thought that seeing was equally worth the price of the DVD. This disk is well done and informative for the beginner. It covers basics such as types of saws, proper setup and adjustment, and of course safe use and technique. Recommended.

This video is excellent for the novice who is starting the hobby of wood working. The table saw is one of the cornerstones in any professional or hobbyist's work shop. This video goes through the basics of setting up the saw and continues, demonstrating normal (every day) uses all the way through to advanced techniques.

Great DVD. Learned a lot that wasn't in the instructions about how to check and adjust the tool for different tasks. Good safety tips for a dangerous tool. Also some useful extensions and jigs.

I bought this for a young person starting a woodworking hobby. I watched it when I was starting the hobby and found that it is great guidance for those who want to learn to use a table saw and do so safely.

Good DVD for basic information on table saw operation. Presentation and video quality are excellent.

Apart from once again revealing the Americans' bad practices at using unguarded saws this is a very engaging , concise and utterly recommendable back up to his book. For those new and not so new to this equipment this is a "Must Have"