I just hooked up a power feeder to my table saw, and am liking the possibilities it gives. Safety for one, and a steady feed rate for the wood. Am I right in assuming that a featherboard, or some other support, is needed to hold the board to the fence?
It’s a 4-speed Jet, 1 horse, 1 phase model. I am seeing where more speeds will be wanted in the future, but I think this will work for now.
thanks,
Jerry
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Jerry, When you set it up, you angle it in relative to the fence about a 1/4" front to back. This will eliminate the need for feather-board.
A little tip to remember. If you are doing a lot of ripping to one dimension, that will need to be planed after they are ripped. I like to set the little planer over on the right wing of the table. You can do two jobs at once this way.
When the board being ripped finishes up just pick up the new ripping and start it into the planer, then start the plank through the saw while the planer is doing its thing.
Thanks, Keith, for the info. I've got a lot of ripping to do, so the idea of the planer running along with the saw is a good idea. Anything to speed up the production line will be great.
Further to what Keith has said, you may consider setting a stop on your fence to be sure that it cannot creep due to the pressure against it from the feeder- it can happen.Philip Marcou
Thanks, Philip, I never even thought of that. I bought my unisaw about 1990, with the unifence. I'll go ahead and clamp the outfeed end as well as locking it on the infeed end.
thanks for the input,
Jerry
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