Saker Thin Rip Jig Table Saw Jig Guide, Making Repetitive Narrow Strip Cuts, Fit for 3/4″ x 3/8″ Slots, for Table Saw Band Saw Router Table

Must Have!!
Great Tool! Very Precise. Every Table saw should have one. You can safely and quickly cut many boards of the same size, no re-measuring for each cut that you make it’s well worth the money. Yet there are more expensive ones for sale but why spend more this one has been very dependable and when you tighten it down it won’t budge. I don’t know why I waited so long to get this, it saves a lot of time.

Nicely made, but watch out for thumbscrew !
First, a couple of points: (1) the brass thumbscrew which secures the extension slide, (when tightened) protrudes about 0.030” or so below the base, which causes the tool to sit raised up and leaves a nice dent in your table saw top if you get exuberant about tightening the tool to the saw (or whatever machine) table. This tool should not leave the suppliers shop like this. I added a steel washer in addition to the nylon washer under the thumbscrew supplied to cure this. Other reviewers have remarked on this as well. (2) the supplied “track runners” for a 3/4 Tee slot are OK, but just OK, sloppy fit at best.Moving over to bandsaw, Consternation comes about when tried to use this tool on bandsaw, only to find it (the bandsaw) miter guide slot is that silly non-standard 5/8 x 3/8 tee slot. Grrrrrr, why? I was pleased to find the answer for bolts to anchor the tool to bandsaw in that the head on toilet flange bolts fit that track perfectly. Then I find the toilet bolts are 1/4-20, the holes in the tool are drilled for 6mm…sigh…I really didn’t want to drill the tool and wreck that nice red finish. Found some weird washers in junk bin that mimic the “Johnny bolts”, and used the 6mm screws that come with the 3/4 track slot parts, and I can still use those nice knobs that come with the kit. Time to stop and let some air out of my head.Someone posted about the usefulness of the graduated scales on the tool. I too, am at a loss to fully get the utility of these, although nicely done, what are they really useful for? I will have to use this thing for a bit to see if the old “Light dawns over Marblehead”. They went to a lot of effort to put them there, hopefully I will have an ahhh-hah moment.********** edit OK so I put the tool on my bandsaw, and fooled about for a bit. I set the guide bearing up against the blade (as in a zero thickness off cut), then made note of the reading on measurement scale. Then backed off the slide to accommodate an arbitrary desired off it thickness by decrementing that value on the scale. Much easier to accomplish with just setting some block of desired offcut dimension against the blade and bring slider out to just touch the bearing. The things we do after being awake at 2AM and puzzling about it. Dunno, must be bakers dozen ways to do this. One would be doing some trial cuts for setup anyhow. Still like the tool ! **********Love the red finish, and appreciate the fact that there are two bearings to do the job. One star demerit for the thumbscrew issue.

A must have for those thin rips.
This is a great little jig that has helped me cut some nice trim pieces. Very easy to use, nice and visible. Lightweight and durable.

Laser-etched Graduations from a Parellel Universe?
The Thin-Rip from Saker is a solidly-built piece of kit. That is the reason for the 3 stars. The real puzzler for this Jig is how the Laser-etched scale is supposed to be used. The “0” mark on the Jig does not appear to be related to anything on a Table Saw or Band Saw. (see photos). This makes all the other graduations on the Jig superfluous. How do you use the scale on this Jig to rip a 1/8″ strip? The included Instructions are silent on this point. You are instructed to insert the Jig, place a board against the guide rail and have that board, “kiss the Bearing” at the point where you can rip a 1/8″ strip. How are you expected to do that using the Laser-etched Scale? No clue is provided in the Instructions. If I am missing something, I invite Saker, or anyone who has figured this out, to reply to this review. Having done woodworking for 50+ years, I believe that you can achieve similar results with a straight board clamped to your Table Saw, and save $30 in the process.Update: Returned this item as no one could explain the purpose of the graduations. (useless) Replaced with a Rockler Thin Rip Tool (see photo) that has a sliding reference pointer, which allows precise, consistent ripping. Downgrading the Saker model to 2 stars.

For years I used the one I made but now that got this the job is 10 times easier, robust and great, love it!

Dewalt table saw. Works nice but I widh it fit more snug in the track, just a little too much play for my taste.