Tablesaw finger saver

Tablesaw ripping tool. Grip-Tite Magnetic Rollerguide replaces fingers by feeding wood towards the fence and preventing kickback while cutting thin or thick wood, warped wood, or plywood, on any tablesaw

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Howto & Style

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• woodworking
• woodwork
• tablesaw
• table
• saw
• router
• safety
• ripping
• wood
• featherboard
• dado
• rabbet

[boughttheticket]

A thick short board like that is a difficult cut on a tablesaw. I would suggest that a band saw would be a better option. If I had to cut it on my tablesaw, I would do it in two passes, flipping to cut thru the other side, and use a push block with a heel holding it down and pushing it thru.

Jerry

[scalliwagrx8]

I was cutting a 3" thick x 8"x8" square piece of wood using a push stick and my left hand to push, Half way through the back side of the blade threw the piece more up than back.

While that may not sound bad I lost 1/2 and index finger and my middle finger was reconstructed but only time will tell how functional it will be. Oh, and I'm left handed.

Is there a way to set this up for ripping thick and short pieces? It was too long for my compound saw :(

[boughttheticket]

To cut this board on the tablesaw, You need to use the complete system with the steel fenceplate and Grip-Tites holding down before and after the blade. You use a second board the same thickness to push the first thru. The second can be narrower than the space between blade and fence.

[pizzapizza22]

or you could make push sticks with wood on band saws. thats what my class did(a student, im not a teacher)

[boughttheticket]

Many of these cuts cannot be done safely with a push stick.

All are much faster using the Grip-Tite, because you can push one board thru with the next.

[slothrop57]

For a small workpiece like that, you should make the cut on a crosscut sled, or clamped to a mitre gauge - not against the rip fence. With either of those other setups the 'fence' is pushing from behind, and you can use a hold-down clamp or a push-stick to hold the piece down. Pushing with another board is likely to twist a small piece like that into the blade and bind/kick kick back.

[tibothenr]

where can i get them ?

[s37d]

the way this guy talks puts me to sleep

[KawarthaPaintball]

use a 2x6 about 1 foot long, and cut out a nice handle pattern on the band saw, than yuse your drill press to put holes to allow your hand to fit in and bam nice peice

[buywoodworkingplans]

Great Video! Very informative.

[magprob]

You never put your fingers behind the blade. Let it drift. If you try to push it, it will eat you. It's just that simple.

[steveho79]

Can i mount this griptite on a aluminum tabletop and fence? and Also jointer fence?

Steve

[elsapodoido]

Gostei. Aonde posso comprar esse aparelho, no Brasil.

[morganbowen]

This video just broke every rule for safe ripping. Never take your hands off your wood, and if you do, for gods sake don't stand behind it. You are trusting your life to a $19.95 gadget. I can assure you a table saw motor can overpower that little magnet....

[morganbowen]

Never, never let go of your workpeice and and stand behind your wood like this numbskull is doing. The saw is way more powerfull than the little magnet, and even if it wasn't, it is a terrible habit to form. She is trusting her life to a $19.95 gadget...