Bench Dog 10-005 Feather-Loc Single Featherboard for Table Saws and Router Tables
by Bench Dog
 |
List Price: Our Price: $9.95 You Save: $16.30 (62%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Category: Tools See more product details |
Product Details
Manufacturer: Bench DogModel: 10-005
Product features:
- Multipurpose featherboard for holding the stock against the guide fence
- Unique miter gauge slot allows quick removal
- Easy set-up feature
- High tech polymer ensures it will maintain its original shape
- Advanced design means no marring to your workpiece
- This Old House
- Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home (American Institute Architects)
- Rockler Plastic Magnetic Push Stick
- Rockler 4' Universal T-Track Kit
- Rockler Bench Cookie Work Grippers, 4-Pack
Tools and Hardware Reviews of Bench Dog 10-005 Feather-Loc Single Featherboard for Table Saws and Router Tables
Customer Review: Nice, but not safe...
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this Featherboard, and was immediately disappointed by the fact that only one of the two lock knobs actually locks the adapter into the miter slot. The following are my correspondences with Bench Dog about this issue:
FISRT EMAIL:
Dear BenchDog:
I recently purchased my first table saw. I was shopping for accessories, and became familiar with your company's name and products in catalogs from companies like McFeeley's and Rockler. So after much debate, I purchased your Feather-Loc from McFeeley's.
I have to admit that I am a little confused by the operation of the product. Why is it designed for only one knob to lock the miter slot adapter into place? It seems that no matter what I do, the non-locking side tends to try to lft when I tighten the locking end. I checked both your tool and my saw table with a straight edge, both are fine.
It seems that when you designed this, it would have made more sense to use bolts with the champhered head at both ends of the adapter, and to split both ends to allow expansion and locking in the miter slot. The long slot that you cut to fit the t-head bolt at the non-locking end could have also been cut with a champher.
My concerns about this might seem trivial to you, but I can assure you they are not. When I am using this unit, the non-locking end wants to lift out of the miter slot very frequently. I view a distraction like this as a dangerous situation when using a table saw.
As it is, I have 2 choices: see if I can get a friend who is a high school shop teacher to make me a new adapter (I could do it myself if I had access to a mill) or buy someone else's product and consign this rather expensive unit to the scrap heap.
Is there a third choice? Have you changed the design on this in newer units? Please let me know.
Sincerely,
John Strait
FOLLOW UP:
I corrected the locking mechanism by replacing the t-bolt in the slotted end of the adapter with a flat head machine screw. I filed the edge of the head down to allow free movement of the head within the slot. Tightening this screw spreads the sides of the adapter just enough that it locks just as securely as the open end of the adapter. Shouldn't be necessary though, it should have been engineered better out of the box.
BENCH DOG REPLY:
Thank you for your expressing your concerns and offering suggestions. I will pass your e-mail on to the product development team. I am sorry the product did not meet your expectations.
Best Regards,
Brian
BOTTOM LINE:
It's a nice featherboard, but it shouldn't be neccessary to re-engineer it in order to make it operate the way it should have.
More Bench Dog 10-005 Feather-Loc Single Featherboard for Table Saws and Router Tables Customer Reviews:
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6
Description of Bench Dog 10-005 Feather-Loc Single Featherboard for Table Saws and Router Tables
This premium featherboard holds stock firmly against your power tool's fence or tabletop for safer, more comfortable cutting. Use it on the table saw to keep long stock tight against the rip fence, or attach it to your fence to prevent workpieces from lifting during a cut. From routers to shapers to bandsaws, Feather-Loc works great to stabilize pieces on a variety of tools. It features integral fittings for T-slots and includes a miter-slot adapter for tables and fences with standard 3/8" x 3/4" slots.The Bench Dog 10-005 Feather-Loc Featherboard can greatly enhance the performance of your woodworking machines and, more importantly, significantly increase your safety. The 10-005 is made from a nearly indestructible polymer plastic, and its 13 fingers have just the right combination of flex and hold-down power to keep the workpiece firmly pressed against the machine?s tabletop or fence.
The Feather-Loc has T-head bolts that slide into the machine?s miter-gauge slot. It also has a pair of adjustment slots and two large knobs that allow you to position the featherboard, and then securely lock it in place. It?ll also fit most 3/8-inch by 3/4-inch T-slot track systems, like those used on the Bench Dog 40-006 ProFence or the 40-037 ProTop Complete Router Table System.
Consider buying more than one Feather-Loc Featherboard, since it can be used on virtually any tool with a miter-gauge slot, including a table saw, shaper, router table, and bandsaw. -- Joseph Truini
Jigs Tools
Tools and Hardware
Bestsellers in Jigs Tools
Kreg SML-F125-1000 1 1/ 4-Inch No. 7 Fine Pocket Hole Screws with Washer-Head, 1000-PackKreg; Tools
Best price: $11.29
Price in other shops:
Kreg SML-C150-500 Pocket Hole Screws 1-1/ 2-Inch #8 Coarse Washer-Head 500ctKreg; Tools
Best price: $12.95
Price in other shops:
Kreg KMS7800 Solid Production StopKreg; Tools
Best price: $16.49
Price in other shops:
Kreg KMS7727 4 Non-Adhesive Measuring Tape (Left-Right Reading)Kreg; Tools
Best price: $4.99
Wal-Board Tools 08-001 16" Drywall Circle Cutter - Cuts up to 16" Diameter (AC-31)Wal-Board Tools; Tools
Best price: $6.35
Shop Fox D3171 Shelf Support Boring JigShop Fox; Tools
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops:
Porter-Cable 51102 Maximum Security Mortiser 1-1/ 8-Inch x 2-3/ 4-InchPorter-Cable; Tools
Best price: $49.95
Porter Cable 5507 9/ 64-Inch Pilot Hole Bit for 552 Production Pocket CutterPorter-Cable; Tools
Best price: $10.00
Price in other shops:
Porter Cable 5503 7/ 64IN EXT LONG BITSPorter Cable; Tools
Price in other shops:
General Tool 840 Pro Doweling KitGeneral Tools; Tools
Best price: $21.95
Price in other shops:
Similar Tools and Hardware Products
Bessey BPC-34 3/ 4-Inch H Style Pipe ClampBessey; Tools
Best price: $13.39
Wixey WR300 Digital Angle GaugeWixey; Tools
Best price: $25.00
Price in other shops:
Bench Dog 10-025 Push-Loc Offset Push Stick For Table Saws, Router Tables with Docking StationBench Dog; Tools
Best price: $15.90
Price in other shops:
Bench Dog 40-001 ProTop Contractor Benchtop Router TableBench Dog; Tools
Best price: $234.66
Price in other shops:
Bench Dog 10-016 Trim-Loc Casement Trim Installation ToolBench Dog; Tools
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
Bench Dog 10-035 Bench Cookie Work Grippers, 4-PackBench Dog; Tools
Best price: $10.49
Price in other shops:
MLCS 9167 Safety Push Block and 5-Piece Stick PackageMLCS; Tools
Best price: $24.23
Price in other shops:
Bench Dog 10-012 Miter Slot AdapterBench Dog; Tools
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops:
Kreg PRS3020 True-FLEX Featherboard - Twin PackKreg; Tools
Best price: $28.32
Price in other shops:
Bench Dog 40-011 Feather-Loc Double Featherboard for Table Saws & Router TablesBench Dog; Tools
Best price: $22.99
Price in other shops: