On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:20:57 -0400, Roy Smith wrote:

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"Pounds on Wood" wrote:

"CNT" wrote in message
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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
Chuck

I have one of those and it really sucks. Got if free with something or
other and paid too much. Just make your own. I have a free plan at the
link below.

I agree, make your own. I've got a bunch that I made out of 3/4" pine in a
variety of sizes. They're trivial to make. I've experimented with finger
length to get just the amount of springiness that seems right to me. Some
I fancied up with hold-down knobs, others I just clamp to the
table/fence/whatever.

I once went nuts and bought one of the commercial hardwood featherboards
you can get from most catalog places. It sucked. There wasn't enough
spring in the fingers, it was too short, it came with some silly metal
piece that I still have no idea what purpose it was intended to serve. One
day, it failed to prevent a kickback and self-destructed in the process. I
salvaged the knob and the cute little thingie that fits in a table saw
slot, and wrote the rest of it off as a mistake.

For some uses, old nylon cutting boards are just the job for making
featherboards - cafes and restaurants need to replace them regularly
and throw the old ones out.

John