Cutting Lumber Core Plywood On A Table Saw

Have you tried the 1/8" leg for the Gripper? No need to move the fence. Just keep on ripping.

BTDT

I also angled the handle, front towards the fence, so I'm "automatically" pushing the Gripper into the fence as I'm pushing it forward. Probably a mental thing, but if I feel safer, I feel better.

I bought that piece about 12 years ago.... Still in the plastic bag. LOL

I find that my band saw is better for cutting wide, thin thickness, material. Wider than the depth limits of my TS.

LOL, Says the guy before the SawStop.

You work the way you are most comfortable.

As they say, growing old ain't for sissies!

Can you actually align the gripper handle parallel to the sides? I thought the handles were too long to not angle them. LOL.

My handles are at an angle too.

The corollary: Life's a bitch, then you die.

Beats the alternative.

I'd think the reverse would be better. Since you're standing behind and to the left of the blade, it would seem more natural to push straight against the handles to push the piece forward and into the fence. Turning the handles the other way would seem to require an unnatural turn of the wrists. I could see how crossovers could be tricky.

My old Vauxhall Firenza went up Mt Washington in 2nd and 3rd - never needed low - and that was a 2300cc 4 cyl

Either you be misunderstanding me or I be misunderstanding you.

This is how my handle is angled.

I think of second gear as a low gear, down shifted from 3rd or 4th.

And if it were jetted/calibrated for higher altitudes it may not have need for you to down shift.

I live near sea level,but when in the mountains in Colorado my V8 Silverado was being passed up by Beetles.

With fuel injection, it shouldn't matter. Perhaps your axle ratio is set up for fuel economy rather than torque. The they have a manual transmission that doesn't make bad assumptions.

Right. If you're standing behind the TS, or even on the side behind the blade, you wrists will be turned clockwise from their natural position an your left hand well be dragging the block. Reverse the handles and both hands will push the blocks with the palms.

Seems to me, anyway.

I only use one Gripper. Maybe Leon can speak to two hand usage.

Don't take this the wrong way, but maybe you should try yours before suggesting setups. I mean that in the nicest way. ;-)

I just played with mine. Standing where I stand, with the handle at the angle shown, my wrist is in a direct line with my forearm. Turned straight or angles in the opposite direction, my wrist has to turn towards my body. Very uncomfortable.

I also played around as if I was using a Gripper with my left hand. Since my left arm is coming across my body at a wider angle than my right in relation to the fence, if the front of the handle faced away from the fence, my wrist has to twist even further in a counter counter-clockwise direction than my right. Even more uncomfortable.

Just trying to understand how (and how why) it's used. Besides, this thread won't be around in three or four months. ;-)

Since I can't do the experiments, I'll have to stick with theoretical physics.

OK, I'm obviously missing something about the way you're standing. If I could even move my wrist, I'd go dry-lab the experiment.

Is your thumb on top of the handle or the bottom?

OK, the video shows the handle down the center but it's a reference for discussion (if anyone is interested anymore).

At 0:15, he's standing on the side of the TS. If the handle were turned toward the fence, I'd think his wrist would be in a very awkward position. If he were to use two Grippers, hand over hand, I don's see how he could manage to put force into the fence.

At 1:16 he's standing behind the TS, to the left of the blade. He's using his left hand (apparently on the front of two Grippers). I can see that holding as he is would make the handle away from the fence wouldn't be great but towards the fence wouldn't be great either. Move the thumb to a position on top of the handle, yeah, handle towards the fence may be better. I was looking at it as thumb-under, fingers on the top of the handle. The back (right) and more or less the same.

Held like it is at 2:08, with the thumb along the top, the handle angled into the fence makes sense. Maybe down the center is a compromise.

No high altitude calibration, but 2 constant vacuum (Stromberg) carbs. Third gear was a bit too fast for some of the hairpin switchbacks at RPMs that provided enough power. The average grade of the Mt. Washington Auto Road is 12%. The steepest section of the road, known as the Raymond Grade is 18%. For comparison, the steepest grade allowed on a United States interstate highway is 6%. A 6% grade means that for every 100 feet of horizontal distance traveled the change in elevation is 6 feet There was a lot of "big American Iron" sitting steaming at the side of the road!

I've been up it on a motorcycle. Never gonna do that again. I'm nuts but I'm not _that_ nuts. There's a parking spot--guy on a Harley parked, then couldn't unpark--no reverse and the bike was too heavy to push uphill. It ended up that the tour bus gave him a tow.

To those who don't know, Mount Washington is not particularly high--6288 feet--and it has both an auto road and a railroad to the summit, but its reputation is that it is the most dangerous small mountain in the world.

At 3:32, the left hand position looks ridiculous. Into-the-fence would be better but not much. The right hand would be better with a away-from-the fence position.

Monty, I'll take door number 3...