jointer pad question
 

Last night I was trying to put a flat surface on a box end I was
making but when I tried to run the wood across my jointer, my push
pads kept slipping which made it hard to keep my work against my
cutter head.

Anyone have ideas of what I could use to get a sticker grip so I don't
loose my grip on the wood I'm trying to joint?

Thanks,

Wes

I have a couple of sets of push pads.

One has some medium grit sandpaper glued to it, one has a thin foam
rubber pad and one set has some very fine pins about 1/16-1/8 inch
long.

I also don't normally use a push pad when running material over the
jointer.

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I have a couple of sets of push pads.

One has some medium grit sandpaper glued to it, one has a thin foam
rubber pad and one set has some very fine pins about 1/16-1/8 inch
long.

I also don't normally use a push pad when running material over the
jointer.

I use a push stick on the jointer. It doesn't slip and as a result, neither
do my hands.
:-)

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Lowell Holmes

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Last night I was trying to put a flat surface on a box end I was
making but when I tried to run the wood across my jointer, my push
pads kept slipping which made it hard to keep my work against my
cutter head.

Anyone have ideas of what I could use to get a sticker grip so I don't
loose my grip on the wood I'm trying to joint?

Thanks,

Wes

Careful...you could go blind....

Lou

Well, you could always use double sided tape OR hotmelt glue to hold a
handle/pushstick attached while running the piece thru the jointer

Or, put some peel and stick sandpaper on the contact surface of the
push stick so the sandpaper gives it some grab


John

On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 15:50:31 -0400, wrote:

Last night I was trying to put a flat surface on a box end I was
making but when I tried to run the wood across my jointer, my push
pads kept slipping which made it hard to keep my work against my
cutter head.

Anyone have ideas of what I could use to get a sticker grip so I don't
loose my grip on the wood I'm trying to joint?

Thanks,

Wes

I typically use gloves with rubber coating. There are lots o' versions.
I use the cheapest ones I can get, they are stanley wool gloves with
the fingers and palms sorta dipped in rubber. Get em at HD.

There are more expensive version with rubber dots on the fingers and
palms.

I use these on jointer and when ripping. Can't beat them in my opinion.
I also use a push stick when ripping if it's less than 3" wide rip.

I must admit the jointed does scare me a bit at times but I make sure I
have clean technique and never in a position where a slip would put me
into the blades..

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I typically use gloves with rubber coating. There are lots o' versions.
I use the cheapest ones I can get, they are stanley wool gloves with
the fingers and palms sorta dipped in rubber. Get em at HD.

Wearing gloves around any machinery is dumb, dumb, dumb. Use push blocks or
push sticks instead -- the last thing you need is to get the glove snagged by
a spinning tooth or knive, and pull your hand into the cutter.

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Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Wes,

Try cleaning them with rubbing alcohol or even mineral spirits and see if
that helps. That's the suggested method for cleaning the rubber rollers on
a DeWalt planer and should not hurt the pads. If they still slip, try
pulling them across a sheet of sandpaper to scuff the surface a bit.

The there's always the "throw more money at it" route - GRR-Rippers

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...080,51225&ap=1

Bob S.


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Last night I was trying to put a flat surface on a box end I was
making but when I tried to run the wood across my jointer, my push
pads kept slipping which made it hard to keep my work against my
cutter head.

Anyone have ideas of what I could use to get a sticker grip so I don't
loose my grip on the wood I'm trying to joint?

Thanks,

Wes

maybe you need to work on the other end of the problem -- have you waxed
your jointer lately. Force needed to push wood across the blade goes down
significantly with a slick jointer bed


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Last night I was trying to put a flat surface on a box end I was
making but when I tried to run the wood across my jointer, my push
pads kept slipping which made it hard to keep my work against my
cutter head.

Anyone have ideas of what I could use to get a sticker grip so I don't
loose my grip on the wood I'm trying to joint?

Thanks,

Wes

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Last night I was trying to put a flat surface on a box end I was
making but when I tried to run the wood across my jointer, my push
pads kept slipping which made it hard to keep my work against my
cutter head.

Anyone have ideas of what I could use to get a sticker grip so I don't
loose my grip on the wood I'm trying to joint?


Imagine a plane with a slight heel. A push block which allows you to
maintain all the pressure at the feed end that you need, and can't slip,
because the heel has hooked the trailing edge. Both hands holding means
none to be jointed....

Great at the table saw too, but always a bit taller as the blades come
through the piece.

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Last night I was trying to put a flat surface on a box end I was
making but when I tried to run the wood across my jointer, my push
pads kept slipping which made it hard to keep my work against my
cutter head.

Anyone have ideas of what I could use to get a sticker grip so I don't
loose my grip on the wood I'm trying to joint?


Imagine a plane with a slight heel. A push block which allows you to
maintain all the pressure at the feed end that you need, and can't slip,
because the heel has hooked the trailing edge. Both hands holding means
none to be jointed....

Great idea for a table saw, as you noted. Not-so-great idea for a jointer,
though, because it necessarily places the feed pressure on the infeed side of
the cutterhead. Feed pressure should be on the infeed side only until enough
wood has passed the cutterhead to enable a safe grip on the outfeed side;
after that, all pressure should be on the outfeed table.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

"Sam the Cat" wrote:

maybe you need to work on the other end of the problem -- have you waxed
your jointer lately. Force needed to push wood across the blade goes down
significantly with a slick jointer bed

That might be a good idea. I'll get the floor wax out this evening and
do that.

Wes
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I use one plain pad in the front, and something with a hook on it in the
back.
http://www.wood-worker.com/tips/push-stick.htm

There is nothing special about these; it is just the first site I found on a
search.

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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Imagine a plane with a slight heel. A push block which allows you to
maintain all the pressure at the feed end that you need, and can't slip,
because the heel has hooked the trailing edge. Both hands holding means
none to be jointed....

Great idea for a table saw, as you noted. Not-so-great idea for a jointer,
though, because it necessarily places the feed pressure on the infeed side
of
the cutterhead. Feed pressure should be on the infeed side only until
enough
wood has passed the cutterhead to enable a safe grip on the outfeed side;
after that, all pressure should be on the outfeed table.

Press with the forward hand. You have two still? Works great.

On pieces much longer than the push, another will take care of the lead, the
second the trail.