5 Job-Site Tips and Time Savers: Bench Vise, Sharpening, and Power Tool Supports

Here's a collection of videos demonstrating quick job-site solutions that don't require a big investment and can save time when you're in a pinch. Click on the videos in the playlist above to view each tip.

Portable Tablesaw Table
The first video in the series was sent in by David Kalin from Hawaii, who has a simple and quick-to-make design for a portable tablesaw table. The sturdy worksurface provides addition support when cutting sheetsgoods and making long crosscuts.

Job-Site Bench Vise
The second is an inexpensive, versatile bench vise submitted by Fine Homebuilding reader Carl Meinzinger of Guemes Island, Wash., for securing workpieces on the job site for operations like cutting a mortise or fussing with finish work.

To build this useful job-site jig, simply screw a rectangular scrap of wood to your bench surface. Then cut another piece of scrap into two mating wedges. Screw one of the wedges to the bench surface leaving enough room between it and the square scrap piece to hold your workpiece. Then drive the second wedge into place to secure the workpiece. The vise can also be fastened to a subfloor when working on doors.

More tips in this collection: 
Never work with dull pencils again with this Tool-Belt Pencil Sharpener submitted by Lyam Blume. And use this technique for Job-Site Chisel Sharpening by Tucker Windover to keep your tools sharp when you're far from a sharpening station.

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