Here's how I do my Featherboard operations. As you know, Featherboards are spring boards meant to hold the workpiece against the fence snugly to ensure accurate rips while freeing both your hands for hand over hand and push stick smooth, even feeding of the workpiece to avoid burning and sawmarks.

The Feather board is the classic one that they suggest you make.... Mine was made 20+ years ago, apparently a 1x4 piece of pine wood with one end cut at 30 degrees. 15-16 inches long 3 to...

With the small t-nut for the front of the rip fence and miter fence, I made a new stop block that can be used on both
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When used on the rip fence , it can set a stop for cross cutting fixed lengths off a piece against the miter fence without risking a kickback from continuous...

Small T-nut for the left side of BT3 rip fence or front of miter fence (Article Version)

11-30-2023, 04:00 PM
I have found a perfect T-nut for the front of the BT3 miter fence and for the left side of the rip fence (same extrusion used both places)

Its actually a weld nut, but fits the T-slot described above.

Weld Nut: #10-24 Thread, Tab, 1/32 in Base Ht, 3/8 in Base Wd, 5/8 in Base Lg, Steel, 50 PK
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Made this measurement tonight.
Dimensions of all the slots on the Rip/Miter fence (same extrusion if you never knew).
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Several members wrote about their need for the now unavailable miter pointer - what I call the orange thingey that slides along the rear of the miter...

I did order the extrusion and upgraded my miter fence a bit longer than Original length. The extrusion is a piece of reclaimed Rip fence extrusion, the...

Do to moving around a lot I sold or gave away all my wood working equipment quite a few years ago. Now settled, I made an impulse purchase at a yard sale....

I have a BT-3100 and am very pleased with it as a homeowner tool -- accurate, versitile and won't rust here in FL.

I'd like to add a fence...