Table Saw Push Stick

[Arry]

Ordered and received this one a few days back.

I think it is a brilliant design

Tablesaw Safety Push Stick for Woodworkers (http://www.tablesawpushstick.com/)

[BobL]

Nice, just not quite as fancy as my home made one (http://www.woodworkforums.com/f44/back-boots-48960/) :D

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=45516&stc=1&d=1178432403

[Arry]

WOW, now that is impressive ! :2tsup:

[Gwhat]

Hi

We have just restocked the Bench Dog Push Loc (http://www.woodworksupplies.com.au/category119_1.htm)push sticks & docking station, They have the unique offset handle design so you can see the blade at all times. The docking station also stores pencils tape measures etc.

FYI

Regards


Grahame

[Big Shed]

Grahame, pics of the BenchDog don't show up, other pics on your website however do.

[Arry]

Yes, I cannot view the pics either?

[Gwhat]

Thanks all

All fixed.

Regards

Grahame

[Bob38S]

Don't have a problem with the push-sticks shown but I have a personal preference for the European style of push-stick as it keeps the hands well behind the blade - I accept that you may not have as much control when pushing the timber through but I guess that's just how it is. I'm not all that comfortable with my hands too close to the blade.

Hope the link works,

http://www.carbatec.com.au/push-stick-european-style_c3880

Regards,
Bob

[rrobor]

For me thats far too flashy and I have a problem with it. A push stick to be any good gets hacked up. If you push stock through that the blade is just got enough height, the stick has to pass the blade or get cut by the blade, At the price this cost You aint gonna run it into the blade so what you need it for it can not do. So sorry Ill stick to using a bit of off cut.

[BobL]

For me thats far too flashy and I have a problem with it. A push stick to be any good gets hacked up. If you push stock through that the blade is just got enough height, the stick has to pass the blade or get cut by the blade, At the price this cost You aint gonna run it into the blade so what you need it for it can not do. So sorry Ill stick to using a bit of off cut.

Each to their own I guess.

I'm quite relaxed about it being damaged as I am with all the tools I make, if I break it I'm quite happy to fix it or make another. I'm not a prowood worker earning a living from selling WW products so the time spent on making this is irrelevant to me. If one wants to put cost into consideration it didn't cost me anywhere near as much going to therapy. :D

My satisfaction in WW and MW comes about more by the journey than the arrival. I usually get more satisfaction making rigs and jigs and tools than making picture frames or furniture. I often find myself making a jig for a tool to make another tool etc while (much to SWMBO annoyance) any end game of a useful product I can take out of the shed is lost in the overall process.

BTW I also usually use push sticks, but when I do use the boot, it feels very safe and very secure.

[Dengue]

Bob, you don't actually use that magnigicent piece of work, do you? It should be exhibited in a glass showcase in a woodwork show

regards,
Jill

[rrobor]

We are all in the end, puppets of our own making, and dance on the strings of our desires. If that does it for you be happy. For me the end result does it, the bit of furniture that just matches the space. I dont turn wood, but some of the bowls etc I see make me wish I did. Your push stick, however flashy, sorry is not me.
Oh! and I wouldnt put your boot in, liable to get your toes chopped. Its way too close to puting your foot in it.

[BobL]

We are all in the end, puppets of our own making, and dance on the strings of our desires. If that does it for you be happy.
I guess we sure are, my interest in the WW process starts right back at the tree - I enjoy extracting timber out of logs almost as much as tool making.
Right about here I'm really enjoying myself and I have no immediate or even longer term need to use or sell the wood - I just like the process. I have even done this at cost for a few people.
http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachments/f65/115987d1252606183-casting-lead-stance1.jpg
My BIL and I made the milling rig.


For me the end result does it, the bit of furniture that just matches the space. I dont turn wood, but some of the bowls etc I see make me wish I did. Your push stick, however flashy, sorry is not me.
Quite a few people I show my tools to say, why don't I go to Bunnings like everyone else. While I can appreciate the skill and effort required, for me a wooden item or piece of furniture has to be pretty specy before I take a second glance. Making Pens I find very hard to understand, I buy mine at Coles.


Oh! and I wouldnt put your boot in, liable to get your toes chopped. Its way too close to puting your foot in it.

Boot was what Sturdee called his push block, mine is modeled on or maybe it has a prior history further back.

[BobL]

Bob, you don't actually use that magnigicent piece of work, do you? It should be exhibited in a glass showcase in a woodwork show

regards,
Jill

I don't think the boot is well made enough to be a showcase piece, nothing I really make is that good - I'm also quite good at photography even if I say so myself so you always get to see the good side of everything.
But I do use the tools I make whenever I can.
I don't pay directly for wood, and most of the metal is scrounged from scraps.
These composites are a compilations of some of the things I made and did in
2008
http://www.woodworkforums.com/attachments/f8/92184d1230037640-highlights-2008-2008.jpg
2007
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=71388&stc=1&d=1208427229
2006
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=44263

[bsrlee]

I've had one for several years now, used it on table saws & router tables & have yet to take a nick out of it. Also never had any kick back when using it either.

[Wongdai]

You have some rare talent there Bob.

[BobL]

You have some rare talent there Bob.

Wongdai, now you're the kind of furniture maker that does get me looking more than twice ! :D

[Wongo]

Here is a set of no nonsense push sticks I use in the shed. With them I can do everything I need. I can even do resawing on a table saw safely.

[Arry]

Did you make that overhead guard and dust collection yourself....is great.....got any plans?

[Wongo]

Sorry, no plans no drawings. I just made it up.:B