"How to Build the Easiest DIY Table Saw Sled" A table saw sled is one of the most useful jigs you can add to your workshop, making crosscuts safer, more precise, and repeatable. This simple DIY build ...

If your wood is showing signs of burning or splintering as it moves through the saw, you probably need to sharpen your blade.

Ben Blatt is a reporter for The Upshot and an amateur woodworker who once received stitches for a band saw injury. What’s it worth to you to minimize the risk of cutting off a finger? $300? $600?