How To Make A Featherboard; Push Stick; How To Make A Push Block - Kobalt 1303497 Mode D'emploi

BEFORE OPERATING

HOW TO MAKE A FEATHERBOARD

• Clamping a featherboard in front of the blade can increase safety during non-through cuts, like
grooving and rabbeting, and through cuts.
• Select a solid piece of lumber approximately 3/4 in. thick, 2-1/2 in. wide and 12 in. long.
• Mark the center width on one end of stock. Miter width to 70° (see miter cut section for information
on miter cuts).
• Set rip fence to allow approximately a 1/4 in. "finger" to be cut in the stock.
• Feed stock only to mark previously made at 6 in.
• Turn saw off and allow blade to completely stop rotating before removing stock.
• Reset rip fence (T) and cut spaced rips into workpiece to allow approximately 1/4 in. fingers and
1/8 in. spaces between fingers.
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HOW TO MAKE A PUSH BLOCK

• Select a piece of wood about 4 in. wide,
6 in. long and 1 to 2 in. thick (a cutoff
from a 2 by 4 makes a good blank for a
push block).
• Drill a hole in the block and glue in a
dowel to use as a handle (you can angle
the hole to provide a more comfortable
grip on the handle).
• To finish off the block, glue a piece of
sandpaper or some kind of rubber
material (old mouse pads work well) to
the bottom of the block.
PUSH BLOCK
Sandpaper or
old mouse pad
material
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PUSH STICK

FEATHER BOARD
Wooden
dowel
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