Made this "feather board" for re-saw on bandsaw. Works good and handy when re-sawing a long board.
The pressure comes from spring hinges. The hinges maintain uniform pressure over a range of greater than 1 inch which allows for lots of variation in wood thickness. The spring tension on the hinges is adjustable. The hinges are D&D Technologies TruClose® Gate Hinges, Model TCA3S3RC, avaialbe from Home Depot, Amazon, and others.
Details and demo starting at 1m43s in this video
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