How to mount feather loc above piece

[mark_anderson_us]

Hi Guys

Just bought Feartherloc pair and miter slot adapter. What do I need to mount to on the fence so that it holds the piece down?

TIA

Mark

[Black wallnut]

Hi Mark welcome to BT3Central. One of our sponsors T-nuts.com has what you will need.

[mark_anderson_us]

Hi Mark welcome to BT3Central. One of our sponsors T-nuts.com has what you will need.

Thanks Mark. Scoured their site and didn't see anything. From the featherloc pics, it looks like I need something to secure the miter rails to the fence, but miter rails have no holes inside, or some sort of right angle bracket that I can attach using t-neut

[Black wallnut]

If you are trying to use the feather boards in a hold down configuration which is what I assumed you were asking you would want to attach it to the ripfence. T-nuts would be my first choice. If you are wanting to attach it to the DMST there are attachments available from most wood working tool supply houses. I don't use miter slots so can't really help more in that regard however I have seen them in catalogs.

[aiyou]

Mark
I sent you a pm with my contact info. Feel free to reach out to me for options on mounting these with t-nuts

Rob

[mpc]

To attach items to the fences or to the BT3 rails, a "T-nut" is the easiest method. You have a couple on the saw right now: the rectangular bits that hold the rails to the body of the saw. Ryobi and others sell extras for attaching stuff to the rails, miter fence, and rip fence. They're threaded to accept readily available screws/bolts. See T-nuts kits The Ryobi jigsaw + router mounting kit includes a couple as does the basic Ryobi BT3 accessory kit. The actual Ryobi ones (accessory kits, router kit, and the ones that attach the rails to the saw body) are simple rectangular stamped metal pieces; the T-nut.com ones are a little beefier with more threads for the screws to bite into.

For attaching things to a miter slot, or the Ryobi dual miter slot, a typical method is an expanding bar. Take a look at a sample from Rockler: expanding miter slot bar
See the tapered screw hole in the center? That normally faces down, into the slot. A screw runs through that hole, up through your featherboard or other attachment, and into a twist knob. As you tighten the knob, the screw is pulled into the tapered hole and tries to push the sides of the bar apart... wedging it into your miter slot. You can make one from hardwood as well.

mpc

[Black wallnut]

FWIW aiyou is the owner of T-nuts.com.

[mark_anderson_us]

FWIW aiyou is the owner of T-nuts.com.

thanks. I did mean to attach to rip fence. Will contact aiyou

[Black wallnut]

By the way Mark your membership level is now "Forum Newbie" and with that comes the ability to freely use our PM feature. You now have a 50 message limit.

[mark_anderson_us]

By the way Mark your membership level is now "Forum Newbie" and with that comes the ability to freely use our PM feature. You now have a 50 message limit.

Thanks. that 1 message limit is useless. Couldn't even reply to the 1 message I had