Using A Featherboard On Table Saw

Chris marshall field editor for woodworkers journal magazine takes a closer look at featherboards.

Using a featherboard on table saw. The setup ensures a straight flat bottomed dado on the table saw right and a cleanly cut molding or. Featherboards are quite easy to make and every woodworker should keep a few on hand. A featherboard is a woodworking accessory used with stationary power cutting tools including such tools as a table saw radial arm saw or router tablea featherboard is essentially a flat piece of wood or plastic which has a series of flexible narrow fingers cut or formed into one side. Most table saw beds and router table tops just werent designed to make the process easy and convenient.

A featherboard is a simple jig that makes it much safer to cut thin stock on a table saw or router table. Place your work piece against your table saw blade. When clamped to the table of the stationary tool the flexible fingers can be positioned to hold your. Top and side featherboards increase safety and accuracy when working with small narrow stock.

Adjust your featherboard so that it is snugly up against your work piece and tighten it until there is no give or wiggle. One user was able to use the featherboard on his ryobi rts21g table saw after using a dremel tool to remove the nonstandard tabs from the slots. Rockler table featherboards on the other hand side step the clamping problem. If your saw or shaper has the right type of fence ie a tall fence with a groove you can also use a featherboard to keep stock down flat on the table which is particularly helpful if youre cutting a dado or a trim detail that needs to be at a very specific depth.

Getting the featherboard secured in the right place can be especially difficult when the goal is to clamp it to the surface of the tool. How do i hold timber when using a table saw featherboards magswitch and kreg 16 david stanton. In this article we have reviewed 5 best feather board for table saw to help you choose the one which best fits your needs. The featherboard is one simple but important table saw accessory that can improve cutting ability protect fingers and reduce the chance for kick back.

It could take some people some time to be comfortable with this accessory on their ryobi table saws but the fact is that it is an awesome one for this brand. Magswitch starter kit and featherboard woodworking magnetic jigs. Against the table for tasks like rabbeting an edge on the tablesaw right or cutting a molding pro file or edge treatment on the router table above. Why you should use them what some of your options are and where to learn more about them.