Thread: Some Felder news

I would have thought with the bigger sliders with an outrigger that fingers wouldn’t be near enough to the blade to matter? Most of the risky stuff I see on youtube is cabinet saws with guards and often riving knife removed running their hands past the blade, that would be awkward to do on a slider...

good news on the indicator wheels, would be nice for blade height as well...tools without readouts are frustrating!

Will saw stop stop felder from selling it like they did to bosch? Is there some sort of patent which made Bosch take it off the market? Its a real shame and safety technology like this is suppressed.

When you extend the length of the table, you are not extending the length of the slide/stroke are you? How do you plan on using this item?

Originally Posted by Austin_Turner

Most of the risky stuff I see on youtube is cabinet saws with guards and often riving knife removed running their hands past the blade, that would be awkward to do on a slider...

Nah, it's pretty easy and comfortable to do. Remove the slider from the equation and use the ripping fence rip a 6" wide board down the guts. It's done the exact same way as table saw users would do it, except that most commonly a decent slider will have an appropriate overhead guard which usually isn't removed like the terribad guards that connect to a table saw riving knife which are more hindrance than beneficial.

From what I understand SS patents stopping Bosch selling the Reaxx are only enforcable in the US and Fetool now own SS and the presumption would be the patents.

I have had the plastic T slot insert for a while now and it does not fit well at all so if anyone wants to buy it contact me. The angle gauge will be a winner and putting a magnet in the handle saves it falling off. When I bought my A3 I added the height winder handle with the height instrument and the handle I took off that went onto the K3 and they both fall off because I am too slack to do something about it.

Ok Kuffy, makes sense, I thought the slider support gets in the way. Also I guess on average people with big sliders might be more experienced or properly trained and less likely to do silly things then the average woodworker on youtube?

Originally Posted by Austin_Turner

Also I guess on average people with big sliders might be more experienced or properly trained and less likely to do silly things then the average woodworker on youtube?

Also, the average youtuber is/has the attitude of the stereotypical American: "You can't force me to use guards and other nanny-state safety gear that might stop me from injuring myself! It's my right to be as stupid as I want and how dare you tell me otherwise!"

The crosscut fence can be easily removed for long rips. My own panel saw has 50mm of gap between saw and crosscut fence so I only need to remove the crosscut fence when ripping lengths longer than 2500mm AND the offcuts is wider than 50mm. That's a pretty rare event for me unless I need to rip 10" boards down the guts to get two long aprons.