Homemade Band Saw Fence

Place a 24-inch-long section of 2-inch by 4-inch lumber with the wide edge flat on a work table. Stand a 24-inch-long by 6-inch-wide piece of 3/4-inch-thick plywood on edge along the 2-inch-high side of the 2-inch by 4-inch board, with the ends aligned. Use the right-angle edge of a combination square to keep the boards at 90 degrees to one another.

Hold the two boards in place, and predrill a screw hole through the plywood and into the center of the 2-inch by 4-inch board every 6 inches along the joint.

Drive a 2-inch deck screw through each of the holes, adjoining the two boards. Keep the combination square in place as you're joining the two boards to make sure the plywood stays at a right angle to the 2-inch by 4-inch board.

Position the fence assembly with the 2-inch by 4-inch board flat on the band saw's table — and the plywood protruding upward — to the left of the saw blade. Keep the edge of the plywood of the fence parallel to the miter slot in the saw's table.

Clamp each end of the 2-inch by 4-inch board to the table, using woodworking clamps. This will secure the fence in position while you use the fence and the band saw to make straight cuts.