Rex Edgar Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 I recently did my first 'raised panel' box top. Came out acceptable. So I researched and copied/stole the design for my own shop-made version. This will keep pressure against the vertical fence in the area of the saw blade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 If an idea is stolen from a thief, is it still considered stolen?. Cool idea Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 If I were you I'd position that featherboard before the blade instead of next to it, otherwise you risk trapping an offcut between the two and creating a missile. For non-through cuts you wouldn't have to worry about it. For something like your raised panels, you would. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Edgar Posted August 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 C'mon, Eric.........The featherboard will be against the vertical portion, not the diagonal being removed. The blade in my photo is not set to the 12 degrees or so of angle for the raised panel. Sorta like this....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 I know it's just a demonstration photo but...wouldn't your push block need to be about the same size as your work piece? Otherwise the feather-board might make too much resistance to push the stock completely through with ease. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 23 minutes ago, Rex Edgar said: C'mon, Eric.........The featherboard will be against the vertical portion, not the diagonal being removed. The blade in my photo is not set to the 12 degrees or so of angle for the raised panel. Sorta like this....... The offcut can still get trapped and turned into a missile. It's cool though, I usually learn things the hard way, too. Just don't stand behind the blade when you're using that contraption if you wanna keep the jewels intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Edgar Posted August 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Here's where the inspiration came from. This 'splain's it better than I can, Lucy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 Uh, yeah. I know it's Rockler Magazine so people give it the benefit of the doubt (even though they shouldn't). You can see at 6:40 when he makes the cut that the blade starts to suck the offcut back in towards him. Luckily it didn't flop over...if it had...missile. It's a handy device, I'm not saying throw it away. Use it...just use it slightly before the blade instead of directly opposed to it. Or don't. It's your genitalia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prov163 Posted August 27, 2016 Report Share Posted August 27, 2016 I have to agree with Eric here and for good reason (other than Eric's usually right). I had something similar happen with my Gripper of all things. I was using it to cut a piece and the off cut got trapped between the outer Gripper leg and the blade. It did basically the same thing as it does on the fence side. Luckily it was small and the Gripper deflected it away from me. A change of shorts and I recalculated what happened and why. I might do that operation a hundred times and never have it happen again but I ain't taking that chance. Still, it's an interesting approach. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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