Thread: Tablesaw advice requested

Well along with zero clearance inserts, feather boards are one of the first accessories you make for your saw I'd reckon.

Make two. One to hold the stock against the fence and one to provide downward pressure.

You can just clamp them in place so it's not like you are modifying your saw.

Nice set-up btw.

When I can afford it I'm going to get a set of Grr-rippers. Have a search here for them. The www.microjig.com website is down at the moment but on there is a great little video on it.

OHH Please, Can't you lot see through his plan.

Flagrant gloating, that's what it is. New saw, sucker, router table box in the back ground. All of this just to make us jealous.






P.S. It worked.

I two table saw DVD's and neither show any featherboards for normal feeding of the timber.They advocate standing to the left side of the blade (opposite from the fence) , push the timber with your right hand (using a push stick) and keeping pressure on the timber toward the fence with the left hand. Then letting the left hand go as the end of the timber nears the blade.I have 2 grrippers and use them for all my small work. Large work, just the above method.

I agree with Gumby - I don't think you need featherboards with a sliding table setup. I've never felt the need anyway. For the spindle moulder though with smallish pieces I am finding they are a very good idea.

Had a look at the promo on Grrrippers.......I was impressed.Any one know as to the price in Aus?..............Al

$115 each from Northwood Tools. http://www.northwoodtools.com.au/category132_1.htm

Compares well with US prices.

Thanks for that........................Al

In thirty years of using a table saw I've never owned or used a feather board

I made a featherboard for my TS, and its great. I use it all the time on small stock. It sits in the mitre slot, and uses a countersunk screw and wingnut to hold it rock-solidly in place. I want to make another one for fixing to the fence and holding the stock down.

Yes a featherboard is a handy thing to have, especially for cutting narrow or tall and thin stock (like grooving the edge of a board for example). It holds the stock firmly against the fence and allows you to concentrate on not cutting your fingers off. I don't use mine very often but there are times when I reckon it's almost a necessity.

I knocked up a couple of featherboards yesterday, the piece for the mitre slot gives me no concern but the featherboard I made to attach to the sliding fence worries me slightly.
My fence slides along alli rails (front and back ) with nylon type sliders and if there was a serious lift up with heavy timber I feel there might be too much pressure on the mechanism, also the alli fence might get distorted.
Therefore the top featherboard I would most likely only want to use with small and slender pieces.

By the way I am getting quite a lot of lift up of timber which is fortunately being held back down by the blade guard.

Do I have a problem?????????

Originally Posted by jow104

Do I have a problem?????????

Blunt blade? Pitch buildup?

Originally Posted by zenwood

Blunt blade? Pitch buildup?

HELP.

I have only run 3 mtrs of timber through the new machine todate. :eek: