home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!sdd.hp.com!hp-cv!hp-pcd!hpcvaac!billn
- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Magnetic Featherboard
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.195742.15343@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Nov20.012836.4744@adobe.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:57:42 GMT
- Lines: 22
-
- bennett@adobe.com (Bennett Leeds) writes:
- : >
- : > Since I have a highly smooth and waxed table top, it is easy for me to
- : > let the board wander away from the fence. With a sharp blade, I do not
- : > even notice, until too late. The second featherboard - behind the blade
- : > on finish cuts - eliminates this problem.
- :
- : Rather than performing a second "finish" cut so that you can use two
- : featherboards, I recommend using one of the rip-fence-mounted holddowns
- : (Shophelpers, Ripstrate, Leichtung, etc.) that not only hold the wood down
- : on the table, but also against the fence. As Steve says, these can even
- : be located between the sawblade and the fence in many circumstances.
-
- Since I frequently make two cuts anyway - it is no problem. I do use one
- of the commercial holddowns, on occasion. At other times, I use a feather-
- board clamped to the rip fence. It is not high tech - but it is inexpensive
- and effective.
-
- I prefer to use the multiple featherboards when my work piece is narrow. I
- use the commercial holddown for wide ripping cuts.
-
- Bill
-