Shop Work: How to build a thin strip jig for the table saw 

This is the jig I've been looking for! Great build sir!

This is the second video made by you that I watched. I'm convinced. You have a new subscriber. But now, when reading the other comments, I found out that I watched and commented this video already three years ago. Never mind.

Thank you friend, that jig is absolutely genius.

You got my "thumbs up" just for that last line! AWESOME! FYI, this is the perfect jig for a project I am working on. I need a quick jig on a very inaccurate fence. With a single set-up and fewer moving parts your jig is ideal!

Hola! 🖐 I saw you use this jig when you built your "brick" pattern piece and had to "rewind" and pause a few times to see what you were using, NOW it makes sense. Thanks for sharing this video, it may not work for everyone but the more versions and options put on the table the more we mere "novices" benefit. I really liked, "...frankly, I don't care" - that was awesome and I completely agree with you. Please don't hold back, keep making videos, and I will continue watching. Take care and have a good one, Adios! 👊

Of course I enjoy your videos. I bought your thin jig plans, then made several changes based on inspiration from you and a few others. Mine is 4 pieces, two bolts and wing nuts, works perfectly and very safe at pounding out 3/32" strips from short to long. Thanks for your video advice!

i have been making thin strips to make ash baskets, had I seen your video just weeks away this would have been saving me so much time. Thank you, I am building that apparatus this week!

Best thin strip jig I've seen; thanks for sharing.

Good attitude and the jig looks equally impressive!

I have the same Craftsman table saw. It was, and still is, the best value for the money. Nice jig. Good idea with the hold down.

I saw you using this jib in your bandsaw box video and spent the last hout trying to find it. I have been looking for something like this for quite some time but did not know I needed it until I saw it in action. thank you sir. I will be building one of these soon.

Great little jig,; I run a mens woodworking shop in Australia and we have a large thin strip ripping jig that fits over the entire fence and is great for long pieces of timber but this little jig of yours is ideal for shorter pieces and quick to put into place and set up; I will certainly be getting one of the guys in my shed to make one of these little beauties.Thanks for the idea.,

I made the jig a few years ago and have been loving it! I just built a handle on it.

This is just what I need for a project I'm working on. Thank you sharing this. ---- FYI, I did enjoy the video! :-)

Great idea, nice simple setup, I like it. I'll be making myself one of those this weekend if time permits. I'm a big fan of your videos, you always manage to teach me something useful.

"Frankly, I don't really care!!!" Love it. Great idea too. Just starting out as a site carpenter and little tips like this are golden. Cheers

“and if you didn’t enjoy it..... well frankly I don’t really care.” 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Now that was enjoyable!!!

New jig to make, nice demonstration

I love your videos, and I will certainly build it. Willy from Belgium.

Your videos rock. Thank you!

Well, I love your videos. Keep ‘em coming!

I enjoyed it. :) I've had the same issue with cutting thin strips. Great solution, and thanks for sharing!

Good one. I was faced ripping 1/8 strips 8’ long. So I made a custom 8” pine riving blade 1/16 at entry point and 3/8 at the exit point. With finger wotsis opposite the fence to guide me in I feed my long piece in and 1/4” after cutting the riving blade guides the strip off to one side as a plow would soil but gently. This not only gets my strip out of range but also keeps stock against the fence. Only took 2 weeks and 20 RU-vids to learn it..

A jug well thought of. Thank you for sharing it.

Always good for a laugh....you worried me until the end....”I don’t really care”.....laughed out loud.

And I know what I need to build today... Thank you!

I hit the like button due to the genius final comment!

I love the I really dont care comment as well. I have really enjoyed all the videos i have watched from your channel.

This is brilliant.

Great job!😎👍🏻

This jig is what I need to make but I need a ripping blade like the one you are using first because I think my combo blade won't work as well , thanks for the video it helps

Awesome. Thank you

Excelente idéia, parabéns. Vou fazer um igual para meu uso. Obg.

Cool jig! Came up in my suggestions while looking for something else, and glad it did. I'm definitely going to try this, I have a few melamine strips to cut for shopmade drawer glides. Watched a couple other of your projects, liked your work, so subbed. (That knotty guitar stand was really cool.) Would love to see your take on a sled-type thin strip jig. Saw one on Jimmy DiResta's channel, now can't find the vid (it was about something else, and the jig was just an incidental thing in one of the shots of the project). I forget if it registered off of the fence or the miter slot, but it had a leading fixed fence on the back end, with a simple wedge clamp on the fence to secure the piece, and I believe another clamp on the trailing/front end to hold that end of the piece secure. Consistent strips were achieved by a separate fixed stop (I think just clamped to the table) on the offcut side, so that the work piece butted up against the stop before the cut, and otherwise rode on the jig, with the strip being the offcut. It didn't have your cool top-down anti-kickback adjustable clamp, but that could be added to the leading fence. Anyway, good job!

Nice, I like it. I haven’t watched a lot of RU-vid but lately I’ve been more into woodworking. At some point I must of liked one of your videos. And only recently I’ve started to subscribe to peoples channels. So when RU-vid shows it recommended videos one of yours popped up and I had already liked it, so this time I hit the subscribe. Thanks for sharing

That was a great idea, thank you

Thanks for the vid.

Great idea.... Thanks mate

This is great. thank you.

Love it!

Enjoyed your video for the thin strip jig and also the safety aspect of the jig. I'm planning to make a jig for cutting boards etc. etc. It looks as if you could also do 1/4" thin strips.. Again, nice simple work. Steve

Nice jig. Simple, but effective. The best kind of jig! Who want to spend days making a jig!

“...I don’t really care...” LOL you’re funny! A hold down. I don’t know why didn’t I think of that. I’m always struggling to keep the piece on the table! Good idea!

Watching this, now, after watching your more recent videos, it is easy to see the progress you have made in your own skills at woodworking and video making. I came for this video after watching your woven cutting board video. Are you still using the same jig? Has it lasted all this time?

Pretty clever

Nice jig. Have you considered making a rider carriage to go over your fence? That would insure not only that there's no walking, but make it a much more stable and safe jig. Just a thought.

Piece of wood, screw and miter slot bar. That's all you need to make simple jig. Very easy and safe. Use it on the left side of the blade.

Pretty cool. I think you could easily adapt the rear catch to incorporate into a handle on the top, functioning as a push stick. Very neat.

A great video. Am thinking that with the back catch being adjustable would be able to Germany different thicknesses just by adjusting the fence

That is a great idea

Well only if it sticks out to much great idea brother I will be giving that one a try

I was about to exit the video at the end then I heard "I don't really care". Hahaha! That was great!

Thanks

Excellent jig, can you expand on how you made it Thanks Tommy

Thank you for all your videos, I learn so much and have made this jig. The problem I am having is that my strip thickness is different from front to back. I am assuming my fence is farther from the blade at the end. I have read where it should not be parallel to the blade and have read the opposite opinion. Would you care to comment? Also, what is a good blade for making thin strips. Thank you in advance for any comments and for making these great videos

Nice jig, but you don't need a hold down to stop the kickback, just put your riving knife in. That' exactly what it's for.

That is a pretty cool thin strip jig. Thanks for sharing. But what is the function of the vertical part (holder?) Do you need it when you use a push block on that jig?

I like Wicket's teefs

I like your Jig! Thanks for sharing! What kind of blade are you using? Looks like a combination blade, is it? What brand? thanks!

found your thin strip jig video have watched a lot I like yours the most went to your online store and I do not found the planes for the jig is there plans love your on screen self

Hey, I'm watching this video again, and now I'm confused, what is actually determining the thickness of the cut? Is it one of the stops or is it that you leave a gap between the jig and the wood of whatever thickness you want?

Drew, What is the material used on your table saw fence? I assume it allows the wood stock to glide easier against it instead of the metal that the fence is made of. What material would you suggest? Thank you

So the little block in the back gets cut off every time you make a cut and needs to be replaced after so many cuts is that correct

Hey, if your dog ever got into the honey jar, would he be a sticky Wicket?

Looks like your blade isn't set higher than the height of the stock. Shouldn't it be at least a tooth depth higher? If so, then the tail hook would be compromised. Newbie question...

That jig keeps fingers. And keeps people from counting to 3 and a half. LOL

technique for longer pieces?...I'm ripping some 8' pieces...

Hey, do you think you could use this jig to cut 1/32 thick strips?

Just like in your sled you use a stop block use one one saw. CUT slide piece against the block then fence against piece cut repeat? Or make you jig, nothing wrong with a jig. Saying repeatedly respectable consistant cuts sometimes its just as simple a clamping a scrap for a stop and sliding to it.

Personally i would rather cut thin strip from the other side of the blade so the cut strip comes away from the blade teeth, which almost eliminates kickback entirely. If you do want to cut between the rip fence and the blade, this is as good an idea as any.

lot of fiddling and slow the previous demo absolute a killer cost you two souble sided tape strips

Might want to stop mounting your camera on your saw, things got very blurry when you turned on the saw.

I enjoy your videos but it is off-putting for you to always follow up your comment of “I hope you enjoyed the video but I don’t really care if you did.” Hopefully you’re just joking.

I need strips 3 feet long