Home-made featherboards for table saw

[@bertusklusidee7161]

Great idea as you have made it. It locks itself in the miter slot. I was just searching for a magnetic switches for jigslooking to using for a featherboard as well when coming across your solution. It much cheaper and it works as well.

[@southernexposure123]

Thank you for the time and effort to make your videos. One of my viewers encouraged me to research featherboards to make my saw safer. Your video is helpful.

[@TheTwopeesinapod]

Just what I was looking for, many thanks. Will start mine soon!!! Cheers

[@sbuzz5889]

good videos, great ideas- make 1 thick feather board and rail clamp totally complete and then cut both in 1/2 for 2 at once time

[@user-dt9fo9cy8b]

Nice, thanks. Side note: you can get a small selection of hardwoods at the big box stores, but not in the isle with 2x4's. The HD near me has poplar, oak, and mahogany.

[@oppositeworlds1460]

Great idea and very well explained. Thanks.

[@davidgeorgeross]

You had me at, “I’d rather not fart around with my router.”

[@yellowskunk3465]

Thank you so very much. This is exactly what I needed. Got yourself a new subber!

[@BerndtTost]

If you don't have any of that 'fancy' lubricating wax for the bolt threads you can use a bar of regular old bath soap as an alternative. It makes hammering nails into hardwood that much easier too. A tip I learnt from my father, who learnt it from his father who was a carpenter. 8-)

[@G4Disco]

Stopdrill is the word you're looking for. We use them to stop cracks in sheetmetal.

[@ooCHICOoo]

great 👍 job my friend

[@gary24752]

Didn't see how you cut the fingers to get them evenly spaced.

[@ChrisSmith-yx1iu]

@Scroungineer , what is the width of the fingers? 1/4" and the spacing is 1/4" ? does it matter as long as i keep them even? and also how far back does each finger progress ?

[@robertbutler8004]

You need to check out other videos where they rip down two pieces of timber that are glued to gather then it fits perfectly into the track so there is no wast at all!

[@ScoutSniper3124]

What was the purpose of grinding the countersunk screws (what you referred to as "stove bolts") heads flat on two sides? Was it to keep them from rotating while the you put tension on the knobs? I like the overall design you came up with. Thanks.

[@Scroungineer]

Precisely as you said--grinding the flat edges keeps them from spinning when tightened. In the future though, I'm going to do something a little different--I'll grind 2 flat spots on opposite sides of the threads (just under the screw-head) so that the shaft is only as wide as the original saw-cut slot. Then I'll insert the stove-bolt into the "relief hole", and slide it into place in the counter-sink cone. (I won't drill the main bolt-hole as I did here, only the countersink.) Hope that makes sense. That should work better to prevent spinning.

[@shanetimberedowl9541]

Scroungineer A little tip I learned: If you drill your countersink first, then drill the hole from the point of the countersink, you'll get a cleaner countersink

[@bigjoe2458]

are you sure the stove bolts and the flat washers would tighten up snugly enough? I would think T slot bolts would work better. good video though

[@williwild2]

If you only activate the item in the slot, there should be no worries about expanding the slot and splitting. Provided you are talking about small expansion.

[@SteifWood]

Stick wax (11:25) cheap substitute = any sort of ski glider/wax

[@Helliconia54]

here in Australia,you have THREE choices in timber,unless you go to a specialty supplier.You have Pinus radia(monteray pine)Tasmanian oak/Victorian ash.Neither what their name says.BOTH are Eucalypt.And Plain Generic gumtree.(eucalypt)

[@teaohar2]

I really appreciate other woodworkers sharing their knowledge and experiences, however, there seems to be a tendency to way over explain what is visually obvious. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. This is a common problem with how-to videos.

[@williwild2]

Countersinks work better with full contact. Do this before cutting slots.

[@rustom2011]

Take care your push stik handel is low to the blade. Make a higher one with the handel at 45 degree

[@march11stoneytony]

Smart guy

[@CafeenMan]

Drill and counter sink then cut the slots would work better for you.

[@bobbg9041]

for 30 bucks you could have just bought 2 premade motherboards that fit the miter slot.

[@terryperry8523]

complicated a simple device

[@Belg1970]

Love your effort of putting out info but your taking way to long to get to the point. Love the recycling concept and follow it myself on many of my projects. Hate seeing quality lumber go to the land fill.

[@romeliapolly9631]

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[@romeliapolly2519]

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[@SargentRooster]

Flat head machine screws,.....

[@smoigida]

I only wanted to know how to make a feather board, bored me to death so I looked elsewhere

[@rayatlast]

That is one serious dangerous situation you're creating for yourself & others trying to learn by plunging on a table saw, why not go the safe route & use a router table?

[@DarlingDaintyfoot]

Jesus Christ with these effing safety Nazis. Dude, STFU

[@chrisconlon7970]

A 14 minute viseo on home made feather boards. Including 12 minutes on sticks of wood and mistakes. Nothing on how to make featherboards ... Thanks.