BT3 feather board attachments

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  • jeffbrown3841
    Forum Newbie
    • Jul 2017
    • 8
    • Haymarket, Virginia
    • Ryobi BT3000

    BT3 feather board attachments

    I have a question I have been waiting for years to pose. How does one attach a feather board to the table or fence of a BT3? There are no T-slots in the table. On my fence, there are slots for attaching an extended or sacrificial fence, which I have done. However, a feather board seems to be a stretch unless it too is attached to a taller fence extension. Maybe I have answered my own question, but thought I would put it out there.
  • Condoman44
    Established Member
    • Nov 2013
    • 178
    • CT near Norwich
    • Ryobi BT3000

    #2
    I have done this a few times:

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    • cwsmith
      Veteran Member
      • Dec 2005
      • 2737
      • NY Southern Tier, USA.
      • BT3100-1

      #3
      In the picture that Condoman44 posted, the feather board that is mounted on the SMT, is featured in the owner's manual with a detail dimensions. The fence is slotted and I suppose one could make a feather board to be mounted via the slots (top or side), or one could be clamped. I just looked at the commercially-made feather boards that I purchased from Rockler for use with my router table, and it looks like it would be easy to build some sort of mount at the top of my BT fence so I could use them there, if desired.

      I did make the feather board shown in the manual (for use with the SMT), but honestly, I've never had occasion to use it.

      CWS
      Think it Through Before You Do!

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      • LCHIEN
        Internet Fact Checker
        • Dec 2002
        • 20914
        • Katy, TX, USA.
        • BT3000 vintage 1999

        #4
        I mounted a featherboard to the SMT. Cut the angle of the feathers to 30 degrees, turned the miter fence 30 degrees and pushed the featherboard against the miter fence and the feathers against the side of the wood being ripped.
        Hold in place using the Ryobi miter clamp or lacking that just use a clamp to push the featherboard against the miter fence.
        To keep the SMT from sliding and to position it so the featherboard contacts the wood just before the blade, I use another clamp to clamp the SMT to the fixed tray below, off to the left side.
        Last edited by LCHIEN; 07-14-2017, 03:11 PM.
        Loring in Katy, TX USA
        If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
        BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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        • jeffbrown3841
          Forum Newbie
          • Jul 2017
          • 8
          • Haymarket, Virginia
          • Ryobi BT3000

          #5
          Thanks Condoman. Nice job executing the attachments. LCHIEN, do you have any photos? For that matter anyone else with photos of featherboard setup would be helpful, especially with the router table.

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          • tfischer
            Veteran Member
            • Jul 2003
            • 2343
            • Plymouth (Minneapolis), MN, USA.
            • BT3100

            #6
            I built the SMT-mounted one in the manual when the saw was new. These days I have dual miter slot extensions on both sides of the blade so I use standard featherboards.

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            • LCHIEN
              Internet Fact Checker
              • Dec 2002
              • 20914
              • Katy, TX, USA.
              • BT3000 vintage 1999

              #7
              Originally posted by jeffbrown3841
              ... LCHIEN, do you have any photos? For that matter anyone else with photos of featherboard setup would be helpful, especially with the router table.




              From this old 2012 thread on the same topic.
              http://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/dis...-the-bt3-fence
              Last edited by LCHIEN; 07-18-2017, 03:11 AM.
              Loring in Katy, TX USA
              If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
              BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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