Making Wooden Wedges, Manual Skills Decline & Great Old Tools

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Wooden wedges are a big help with building of all kinds and for a bunch of other things, too. Watch the video below to see how I use a tablesaw and a simple shop-built jig to cut wedges of any length or angle I want. And while you’re watching you’ll get a few other things, too. Even many experienced handy people have never seen this wedge trick in action.

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