45 Degree Rip Jig
My plan to build a houndstooth cutting board led me to a conundrum. One of the square profiles in the design needed the corners cut off, so the resulting square profile was cut out of the original profile at a 45-degree angle. Normally, I’d tilt my table saw blade to cut a 45 and be done. In this case, the profile was small and I felt uneasy making the cut.
I had been bouncing this problem around in my head for some time. I mentally iterated to a design concept that would hold the corners of the square leaving the faces at a 45-degree angle. With the part held in this orientation, my saw blade could stay perpendicular to the bed, and my hands would be far from the blade.
Rather than blather on, let me show you how I built it.