Bench Dog 40-011 Feather-Loc Double Featherboard for Table Saws & Router Tables
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Bench Dog 40-011 Feather-Loc Double Featherboard for Table Saws & Router Tables
Customer Review: Bench Dog Featherboard
Summary: 2 Stars
Take these back to the drawing board Bench Dog!
Let me start by saying I love my Bench Dog router plate, but these featherboards are way too stiff. You usually can't even force the material past the featherboards. Back off slightly, and they offer no contact at all. I have used cheap plastic featherboards before, and really liked them. These are way too stiff. Every so often I take them to the band saw and cut off another plastic finger - still too stiff.
Also the non-parallel slots are not well designed. This is minor compared with the stiff fingers.
Two things I do like about these...
1. They are plenty long, so they reach the router fence in any position.
2. They indicate feed direction, so when your brother in law borrows your router table he won't hurt himself.
Try another brand, these aren't any good.
Customer Review: These get a bad rapp
Summary: 4 Stars
Ive read more than a few rather unfavorable reviews for this set...
Ive had these a while, haven't used these all that much, but have not found any real problems...
Its obvious to me you do not get the miter attachment, and I dont have any trouble adjusting with the angled slots... There is a perfectly good reason for that...
Who else sells 2 decent feather boards for under $10 each (on sale)....
Customer Review: Great accessories, if you read the directions
Summary: 5 Stars
I use these regularly on both my table saw and router, but mostly on my table saw. These items are sold as router accessories, so as other reviews have noted, the slider bar must be purchased to use them on the table saw.
The plastic bar that comes with these are to hold the items to the cardboard packaging. It is not meant to be used in a table saw miter slot.
The table saw bar has two ends. One end expands and the other does not. The expanding end must be installed on the in-feed side. When tightened, this anchors the bar in place. The non-expanding end goes on the out-feed side. This anchors the out-feed side to the slide bar.
I know we all just take the things off the card and throw away the card without reading the directions, but the card for the slide bar does give a description of how this device is supposed to be installed.
I have never applied more than 1/4 turn, probably not more than 1/8 turn, past finger tight and have never had a problem with slippage.
Customer Review: Hold Downs
Summary: 5 Stars
Works great if you have t-slots. Be nice if they would include a rail that would fit a miter slot as well. But does what they are supposed to do.Customer Review: 40 yrs..Never saw a 1/4" T-Slot
Summary: 1 Stars
Never have I seen a 1/4" T-Slot. Guess I'm not the first to be taken by poor advertising. Guess they really dont care as poor reviews for some time now. Bought a crown molding cutter to use on hard maple. As I'm buying the cutter the Bench Dog featherboard pops up and I check it out and buy it. Didnt look close enough though, are you kidding me,never even heard of a 1/4" T-Slot. Stuck with it now. Lesson learned, will never buy from Bench Dog again. PS. When I bought my crown cutter it had in bold numbers 1/4" SHANK....1/2" SHANK....