Thread: Featherboard for Triton workcentre table

If you only screw it, you can always finetune it later if the need arises. If you glue it, you are up for making a new jig.

Make sure you use dimensionally stable material for the jig (such as MDF). Making one from pine is almost unquestionably going to cause trouble for example (wood movement).

Also, once you have got it to a stage that you are happy with, put some paint or poyurethane on the jig to protect it from moisture. It also makes a good surface to put (UBEAUT) wax on to make it really sli[ppery.

Don't worry about inexperience. People here vary tremendously in their experiences. I'm the first to admit I'm hopeless at woodwork.

The important things in order are:

1. You don't hurt yourself.

2. You don't spend money you don't have to.

3. Have fun

May I suggest you start a new thread, probably in the triton section of the forum. Tell us what your doing and maybe a run down of what equipment you already have, wood, problems so far etc. You'll get a few sets of detailed instructions on how to proceed. From there you'll have a few options and can take which ever suits, or take that as a starting point. Or do whatever Stuart says, he has a brain the size of a planet...

Remember rule no 3. It's supposed to be fun

Originally Posted by Stuart

Sounds about right - given their size, it'd cost me about that to dump them in a prepaid post bag. Given the price of petrol these days, it'd almost cost me that in a round trip from home to Carbatec..... (Course it is a lot closer from work...)

You could always jog...

The problem with the magswitch featherboards is that they only work with the fence on the left hand side of the saw blade - not my natural way of working. Being left handed might account for that

regards,
Jill

Jill,

Same here, but Magswitch have recently released a universal featherboard which can be used on either side of the blade.

http://www.magswitch.com.au/featherb...therboard.html

I haven't seen it in Oz yet, but it's in the Lee Valley catalogue.

Alan

excellent news! many thanks Alan, much appreciated - will follow it up

I just hope it uses the 30mm magnets

kind regards,
Jill

This is what I came up with after I had destroyed the plastic devices that Triton supplied. The piece of folded over sanding belt material stops the featherboard rotating:

Wow that feather board looks great, how did you do so many cuts so accurate? there is an exercise in itself. I pick up my timber today that I ordered for my adirondack chair. I will do what Damian suggested and start a new thread in triton listing my equipment, setting them up and starting my new first ever project. The Adirondack Trio.

Hi Diana. I cut them on the bandsaw, just moving the fence by the same amount after each cut. They aren't particularly accurate, probably look better on the photograph than reality.