Threw together a shooting board and it fixed my edge problems

I was always struggling to get straight edges on my boards (a real pain) until I put together a basic shooting board from scrap plywood. It uses a hand plane to trim ends and edges, and now my joinery fits tight every time. I don't have to rely on my table saw's fence, which was never perfect. What other simple jigs have you all assembled to save time?

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baker.willow2mo ago

Heard about router sleds for flattening slabs?

oscar_rivera952mo ago

Bro, no way you're jumping into router sleds without knowing the dust apocalypse. It creates a crazy amount of fine powder everywhere, I'm not kidding. My first time, I choked on the stuff for days. The sled setup alone can take a whole weekend to get precise. And if your router isn't a beast, it'll stall on hard wood. Only worth it for production work, imo.