Do these table saw guides work well?

[Clarence Martinn]

Clear-Cut TS™ Precision Stock Guides for Table Saws (https://www.woodcraft.com/products/jessem-clear-cut-precision-stock-guides-for-table-saws-jessem-04301)



They are from a company called Jessum.

[Jacob Mac]

Yes they do, I really like mine

[Bernie Kopfer]

There is a previous thread discussing these here on SMC. I have them and feel that they are well made but for me not worth the money.

[glenn bradley]

JessEm has a very high price point on these. They reportedly work well but, I can do a lot of things with $250 bucks. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of jigs, fixtures and doo-dads. These would lure me in if they were somewhere below $100 like a setup for Board Buddies. The benefit with these or the Board Buddies is for ripping. The downside is a little adjustment on how you push the material through the last of the cut. I'm more of a push block fan than a push stick fan but, with somthing like these in place I would be comfortable making the last little push with a stick.

[Mark W Pugh]

I use these, https://www.woodworkingshop.com/product/wk11040/?inMed=GSTORE&dfw_tracker=18711-WK11040&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjer4BRCZARIsABK4QeXWaIV7kebOalnaVW3a ncYpjPKQ2sJk9Am4voW9ZVspRyQt_iWcpgMaAnT9EALw_wcB

Works great with large sheet goods.

[Eric Arnsdorff]

I just bought the JessEm guides for both my router and table saw. I’ll report back tomorrow on how well or not we’ll they work. They are well made but a bit pricey. I get a bit overly concerned with not making a perfectly straight rip sometimes. So for me - if they work as well as the reviews then it will be worth it for me.
I couldn’t make the same quality for the cost. I develop high tech equipment for a living and I have access to a metal fab shop. No way would it be worth my time and cost to make the same as a one off. I could see constructing a similar jig from wood. I’m slow and it would be at least a weekend project just for the build excluding making drawings and acquiring parts.
Hopefully, it will work as well as it’s advertised!

[Bob Hinden]

Clear-Cut TS™ Precision Stock Guides for Table Saws (https://www.woodcraft.com/products/jessem-clear-cut-precision-stock-guides-for-table-saws-jessem-04301)

They are from a company called Jessum.

Yes, I have a set on my SawStop PCS and like them a lot. They are very high quality and work well.

Woodcraft has sales on them occasionally, that is how I got mine.

[Paul F Franklin]

Pro's:

Beautifully made, high quality
Keep stock tight against the table and the fence
Easy to adjust for stock thickness
Particularly useful for ripping panel stock as you can handle and guide the panel from afar while the guides do the work of keeping stock tight to fence and table
Easy to remove when necessary

Cons:

Price?
They are in the way during narrow rips, like rails and stiles. You are better off using a fence straddler for narrow rips. On any rip narrower than about 6 inches there isn't room between the guides and the guard to use a conventional push stick to push the workpiece through. However, if you have many pieces to rip, you can push the first piece through with the next piece, etc.

[Andy D Jones]

These, and other devices like featherboards that mount to the rip fence, and press down on the workpiece, do not work well with rip fences that do not clamp to a rear rail when locked in place (e.g. Unifence). They simply raise up the back of the fence. You can clamp the rear of a Unifence to the table with a hand screw, etc. if necessary.

I wouldn't trade using my Unifence for any of them.

Grr-rippers work very well, with any fence.

A stock feeder would work even better.

-- Andy - Arlington TX

[Derek Cohen]

I have the JessEm guides on my Hammer K3 (which required a custom base to attach it).

https://i.postimg.cc/kgwrH4TV/Y1a.jpg

The rip fence clamps down securely at the front and does not lift when in use.

I think that the results from the guides is superb. I only work with solid wood, and the resulting rip joint is good enough to glue up. The guides force the work piece into the rip fence, ensuring that it does not wander.

Prior to using the guides, when ripping, the work piece could lift as it went passed the raised blade (I am not sure why). The guides have eliminated this.

The only downside is that they can block the use of a push stick, even hands pushing on the work piece. To get around this, I keep a 24” long 1/2” dowel stick, and this can slide through the gaps.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Ben Rivel]

Yep, they're great. I use mine almost every cut.

[Eric Arnsdorff]

I mounted my new ones up and used them this weekend.

I really like the table saw guides. They work great. The springs allowed consistent push force as well as a quick release setting up cuts. I'm sure cheaper versions will show up at some point but I think they are well worth the money.

The router guides worked well but since they do not have the spring I had to make a view adjustments sometimes to get a consistent push force. However, they are considerably less than the table saw version. They were still easier than featherboards and provided a tight group to the fence and table.

My conclusion is they are worth it. Granted - I had some extra money from some consulting work I do which also helps in justifying costs. I wouldn't put it over a purchase for some essential shop machines like a jointer and such but definitely a great add on to my table saw and router table.

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[Eric Arnsdorff]

One further note - I have the Beisemeyer (sp?) fence on a Unisaw which does not have the rear of the fence clamped down and it easily stayed down. No issues with lifting the fence at all.