Just checking - what is the most common way owners of the BT300 attach feather board hold downs to the Fence? I have been thinking about it - in the past I have just used clamps, but they can get in the way.
Feather boards and the BT3 fence
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Most people here have and use the miter slot table, which is an optional purchase. I got mine at Sears back in 2000. A few have made their own miter slot table, about 5 inches wide and added it on as needed. A few have two and use the miter slot on both sides.Hank Lee
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Feather boards on the fence itself? Not usually where I sould use a feather board, but rather on the table... Not sure how a fence based board would work...Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel. Please check out and subscribe to my Workshop Blog.Comment
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a featherboard attached to a rip fence is there to exert downward pressure on a workpiece as it is passed through the blade.there's a solution to every problem.......you just have to be willing to find it.Comment
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On a tablesaw using a down facing featherboard isn't all that common. I'll use them on my router table at times. You get most of the downward pressure you need on a tablesaw from the way you feed it. The cutting action of the blade is also creating some downward force. A riving knife will help keeping the lifting forces from happening at the back of the blade. I wouldn't want anything tall (like a vertical featherboard) getting in the way of me feeding a piece through on a saw. On narrower rips I like to be on the opposite side of my rip fence to the blade.
I've seen some hold downs for cutting thin materials on tablesaws, nothing ever really tall though.ErikComment
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it is 1/4" plywood that I am cutting - I used a plastic feater board with clamps to keep it on the table and stop it from chipping - just found the clamps get in the way.Beaux Ti -
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I've seen some auxiliary fence faces used for the thin stuff, sometimes rabbeted. You can attach a board directly to the face of a BT fence because of the slot. I really like the Rockler fence clamps for auxiliary fences, and placing end stops for using the rip fence with the SMT or miter gauge. http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=49791
Last edited by pelligrini; 07-05-2012, 03:49 PM.ErikComment
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I don't usually use vertical featherboads, I prefer to use a push shoe to keep the fed peice down on the table past the blade.
Also I find the fence clamps http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=49791 to be a very handy way to keep the area clear and also for holding down things in other creative ways. I've got at least three pairs lying around my tools - band saw, drill press, router table, table saw.Loring in Katy, TX USA
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I don't have a BT, but typically fence mounted aids are hold downs. Without miter slots, a featherboard support can be just clamped to the table.
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Guess I will fashion some type of holder for my feathers and use the fence clamps to hold it to the rip fence- at least they will be behind the fence.Beaux Ti -
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Since you are trying to rip 1/4 inch ply, I understand the need for a rip fence feather board. You could probably clamp on on the rip fence and do just as good as anything else.Hank Lee
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Wood Magazine, a few years back (2003), published a "best workshop jig & organizers" supplement that included a tablesaw hold-down plan. This provided a means to secure two featherboards (one front, one rear) on a t-track mounted to the rip fence. Might need some minor mods to make use of BT3's integrated track on the rip fence.
If you're using the rip fence as a router fence, too, by flipping the assembly around, the featherboards could server double-duty.
RobLast edited by aiyou; 07-06-2012, 03:09 PM.Comment
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I adapted Jim Tolpin's aux fence from Tablesaw Magic and use a T-slot on the fence for featherboards. I've been ripping some rabbeted edging for bookshelves and the featherboards are handy for keeping the rabbet depth consistent.
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