Thread: Bandsawers on youtube

No place for a push stick handy? Hmmmmm

Hands up, I shouldn't have said that, never even worked on a 10" machine before.
Maybe I should have questioned is this negligence a result of having a tiny saw where one might have possibly gotten fed up
with using the push stick for whatever reason, maybe the thing constantly falling/getting knocked off the table.
I've seen the same thing at a local wood show, that was a good few years ago, and I'd call anyone up on it now.
(maybe not until after I bought the machine though!)

One should always use a push stick, and if it's not handy, make it handy by any means necessary.

I have a 3/4" plywood pad with magnets countersunk, its a nice snug fit between the webbing underneath the table which makes clamping a block to keep stock against the fence quite a bit less faff.

I find any old square stick for a pusher probably about 12" long, never measured though.
Usually but not always, a stick of pine, cause pine is consumable in a house full of furniture beetles, and I don't mind destroying it.
Very little pine stored in the shed, with everything iroko it so looks special.
I also use this stick again for when I de-tension the blade, and put it in some unusual orientation so I'd have to move it before setting up.

It looks a lot more difficult to me, when I see someone trying to locate a birdsmouth style pusher onto the stock, and usually the end result is a line from where they stopped/slowed down.

As for smaller bits
I often just hold the thick and tall bit of timber for lateral pressure, and use the stick to feed the stock from the get go.

Curious to see if anyone thinks that could be bad use also,
Obviously the answer is a feeder/sprung rollers for the safest way if possible, but for stock too short?

Trying to find an example, had all that stuff on the old computer,
and I haven't gotten back working at my saw since, I'm documenting tire dressing,
might redo my most recent video, or edit it, as I had a few things a bit over elbow and other bits not right.

I think it maybe setup as above in this fun video, but hard to make out if it is.
Bandsawolfie - YouTube

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