Phisherman wrote:

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 02:47:15 -0000, CNT wrote:


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...0000223VO/qid=
1120012395/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_8/103-8408767-3498248?v=glance&s=hi

I am now looking into buying featherboards for the router table. I never
saw a need for it with table saw or anything else, until I got the router
table (so it's gonna be for the router table). Browsing in Amazon.com, I
am surprised that the above link has so many negative reviews? I am just
looking for simple featherboards. I don't think I would want a Bench Dog
since it's looks big and bulky (not mentioning it's 3-4 times more
expensive?)?

I looked back when I was in the WW Show, they had those for $1.00 each! I
wish I took a handful of those (got into router table after the WW Show).

Will I regret for buying the above link, or even those $1.00 bulks? If
you know of better ones, let me know. But, hopefully it's available in
Amazon.com since I have a gift certificate that I like to use up.

Chuck



I make all my featherboards as these are easy and cheap to make and
you can custom make the ones you need. I thought about buying a
magnetic featherboard for my cast iron tablesaw, but the ones I've
made work just fine. A good router table should have places on it to
allow clamping featherboards both vertically (to the fence) and
horizontally (to the table).

I have to second that. One of my favorite things to do is
make a featherboard. I have lots of them. It is the same way
I feel about buying sawhorses. Why buy one when you can make
one exactly like you want it?

--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX