Newbie Question - Featherboards

There is a world(wide web) of woodworking lore at your fingertips, so DAGS by typing in "featherboards" at:

Go to my site

... but don't EVER trust your spell checker.

DAGS? What's that?

Do A Google Search

I have a plan for one on my site.

for featherboards. The illustration of how to use the featherboard is WRONG! Having the featherboard extend past the front of the blade is asking for kickback.

Bench Dog Tools makes an excellent plastic featherboard called the Feather-Loc. It is connected to an aluminum bar that locks in a mitre slot with two screw down handles that expand the aluminum bar. It is so quick to set up that I use it for all rip cuts where it will fit. My homemade featherboards work fine but take more set up time to clamp to the table or clamp to the fence.

I have several shop made ones and a commercial one similar to the links below. The commercial tightens in the miter slot and is very handy when what you're cutting doesn't cover the miter slot.

Funny... This comes up a lot. "What does that mean?" "It means do a google search" "Well why don't you just say that, why do you have to use a non-standard acronymn, blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda, whine whine whine."

It occurs to me that I haven't seen DAGS used anywhere but here. Most other places just say STFW. I guess that means the Wreck is a more polite place than usual, and the whiners should STFU.

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 22:43:53 -0500, snipped-for-privacy@privacy.net (Steve James) scribbled

I agree emphatically. It will push the offcut into the blade, ensuring that the wood becomes a projectile. Luigi Replace "no" with "yk" twice in reply address for real email address

Hey ... it ain't my page, take it up with the author. The OP didn't know what a featherboard was, now he does. He didn't know how to search the web, now he should. The page url was posted at random as an example of what he could find if he took the time to search for himself ... I wasn't about to read the damn thing for him too.

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Kevin

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 23:44:35 -0500, Silvan scribbled

DAGS --> tmLJ. Luigi Replace "no" with "yk" twice in reply address for real email address

what's a "non-standard acronymn"? All groups of people use there own terminology, some of it as TLA and FLA. When in Rome.... roam around.

BRuce

The original message was intended to help you, a self-professed newbie, with two INFORMATIVE links posted to do so ... ... you're welcome s*****ad.

If you took my post the wrong way, it is entirely YOUR problem.

Now, be prepared to 'WTF" some more:

Did you search the archives before you posted? Obviously not ... but had you lurked a bit before you tried to become a forum moderator with the post below, you would have known it is expected that you should do so before posting that type of question.

Count yourself lucky that it was me that TOOK THE TIME to answer your original post and not JOAT

Spend less time erroneously castigating and more time lurking ... you will learn a lot more around here.

Now go f*ck yourself.

Now now now, people of all ages read these groups (kids also). There is enough foul and obscene content here from spammers and the like. No need for educated professionals to add to the foul mess.

So Bob ... if the words are that offensive to you, why did you repost them?

: Because I forgot to delete them. If I were perfect I would probably be you. : -- :

Well, I think that a lot of folks would interpret DAGS as meaning search web sites, not newsgroups. The former can take hours.

The _only_ newsgroup that I frequent which assumes newsgroup search by default is this one. This newsgroup has it's own inside jokes, it's own abbreviations/acronyms/whatever etc, and the learning curve isn't as trivial to the newbie as some other newsgroups. Even going through the FAQs (e.g.

Cut the newbies a little slack.

Mike