On 8/2/2015 10:29 AM, krw wrote:
On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 13:39:54 +0000 (UTC), John McCoy
wrote:

Puckdropper puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote in
web.com:

"J. Clarke" wrote in
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I would add that there is little excuse not to have featherboards
available. They take a few minutes to make out of scrap and make
many cuts just so much more _convenient_.


Or you can *gasp* buy one. The one I bought is stackable, so I can
use it as either 2 featherboards or one tall one. Nice for resawing.

Best idea is to do both. You can buy featherboards that will
lock into the miter gauge slots on the tablesaw, which makes
them very convenient to use; and make several more to clamp
to the router table or a fence or other places where there
isn't a slot.

The magnetic featherboards work really well (on cast iron tops,
obviously), too.

Yes they do, BUT not so well if the magnets happen to fall directly over
the miter slot, it is surprising how many times that happens to me.
Additionally the magnetic one that I use will not let a Gripper pass if
the Gripper is wider than the stock being cut and the stock is 3/4"
thick. I have to go to my wooden feather board which fits in the slot
and is less than 3/4" thick.




Certainly once you've used them you realize how simple and
effective they are for controlling the work.

I use featherboards on the fence, too, but have to be careful so they
don't lift the fence.