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- From: sesv@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (steven.e.sommars)
- Subject: Re: Magnetic Featherboard
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:01:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.150142.665@cbnewsc.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Nov17.225618.2705@rambo.atlanta.dg.com> <SESTRICH.92Nov18160441@yeti.bbn.com>
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- I have the magnetic ``featherboards''& find them occasionally
- useful. The plastic seems too stiff though, this makes
- adjustment a pain. Another problem is that the lateral
- pressure is due to a single ``feather'' rather than the
- the 10-20+ feathers of a conventional featherboard. When
- the end of a board goes past the magnetic featherboard,
- the pressure is suddenly released rather than gradually.
-
- Since I don't have a highly polished
- table saw, I've had no problem with slippage.
-
- In article <SESTRICH.92Nov18160441@yeti.bbn.com> sestrich@yeti.bbn.com (Joe Sestrich) writes:
- > 3) To hold the board properly, you would like to put the finger
- > board right at the saw blade. BUT, when the cut finishes the
- > spring action pushes the off-cut into the blade. This means
- > you place the holder farther back
-
- You want to force the wood against the fence and down, never
- into the blade. Featherboards should end in front
- of the sawblade. Some other types of hold-downs can be placed
- between the sawblade and the fence.
-