Saw the grr-ripper plastic pusher / holder at a show. Lee valley also has
it.
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...240,45884&ap=1

Opinions?

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Saw the grr-ripper plastic pusher / holder at a show. Lee valley also has
it.
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...240,45884&ap=1

Opinions?

There was a thread on it recently--if you look for it on Google Groups
you should find it.

Bottom line is that it works nicely, does what they say it does, in
principle you can make a workalike without much trouble, in practice
making a workalike is more effort than it's worth unless you're just
doing it for the exercise.

On 10/20/2010 7:48 PM, Four Fingers wrote:
Saw the grr-ripper plastic pusher / holder at a show. Lee valley also has
it.
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...240,45884&ap=1

Opinions?

Buy two.

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On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:36:11 -0500, Steve Turner
wrote:

On 10/20/2010 7:48 PM, Four Fingers wrote:
Saw the grr-ripper plastic pusher / holder at a show. Lee valley also has
it.
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...240,45884&ap=1

Opinions?

Buy two.


Agreed

Mike M

"Four Fingers" wrote in message
...
Saw the grr-ripper plastic pusher / holder at a show. Lee valley
also has
it.
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...240,45884&ap=1

Opinions?

The reviews on Amazon glow. Other information--including manuals--are
available on www.microjig.com,
the manufacturer. eBay offers the best prices, including the pairs
that appear to be optimal. Not cheap but
what does your first bloodletting cost?

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

"Four Fingers" wrote in message
...
Saw the grr-ripper plastic pusher / holder at a show. Lee valley also has
it.
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...240,45884&ap=1

Opinions?


Not a solution looking for a problem, these things are great and as others
have said, get a pair. They come with a jack leg that will support the
gripper when cutting narrow stock. This prevents the pusher from tilting.
It is handy to have one ready with the jack leg adjustment when you are in a
ripping production mode and you stock is narrower than the gripper.

"Leon" wrote in
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"Four Fingers" wrote in message
...
Saw the grr-ripper plastic pusher / holder at a show. Lee valley also
has it.
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...,240,45884&ap=
1

Opinions?


Not a solution looking for a problem, these things are great and as
others have said, get a pair. They come with a jack leg that will
support the gripper when cutting narrow stock. This prevents the
pusher from tilting. It is handy to have one ready with the jack leg
adjustment when you are in a ripping production mode and you stock is
narrower than the gripper.




As the others have said "get two". I was lucky enough to find two at a
garage sale for a great price, but I was planning on getting a pair
anyway. They work every bit as well as advertised.

Steve

"Four Fingers" wrote in message
...
Saw the grr-ripper plastic pusher / holder at a show. Lee valley
also has
it.
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...240,45884&ap=1

Opinions?

FF:

Check that www.microjig.com website.

Microjig also offers two
accessories besides the MJ handle: an attachment that allows cutting
stock
thin as 1/8" and a transparent plate for deflecting chips and,
apparently, for
connecting two grippers side-by-side on wide stock.

A lot of folk using this report they are able to do away with the
featherboard
or at least adjust it--in certain applications--to apply less tension
on the
workpiece, reducing pinching of the workpiece and kickback.

It would be nice if the system was not spendy but as you imply 4
fingers on each
hand is good. By the way, in Spanish, all the digits are "dedos"
(fingers), so your
handle would lose a bit of the ambiguity if you're ever translating.

Regards,

Edward Hennessey

On Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:48:00 GMT, Four Fingers wrote:

Saw the grr-ripper plastic pusher / holder at a show. Lee valley also has
it.
http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/pag...240,45884&ap=1

Opinions?

I guess my opinion is somewhere in between the rest. My opinion is
this is a good safety accessory for a pretty high price.

You can make suitable safety accessories yourself for little cost and
some time, or you can purchase them. Your choice. If you decide to
purchase, the Grr-ripper is the best I've seen.

I made my own before the Grr-ripper became available, and I am
satisfied I am operating safely. If I had to choose today, I'd do the
same, thinking my time is hobby time and making my own is worth it
because I enjoy doing it.

Others feel their time is more valuably spent on more "productive"
work. Which I believe is reasonable point of view as well. Just not
for me.