Bench Dog 40-011 Feather-Loc Double Featherboard for Table Saws & Router Tables

Bench Dog 40-011 Feather-Loc Double Featherboard for Table Saws & Router Tables | I agree with the other reviews.

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	Bench Dog 40-011 Feather-Loc Double Featherboard for Table Saws & Router Tables Bench Dog Bench Dog average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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A featherboard is undoubtedly the most underrated router-table accessory of all time. When properly installed, its flexible fingers keep the workpiece pressed tightly against the router tabletop or router fence throughout the routing operation. The result is a dramatic increase in the accuracy, quality and safety of the cuts.

Now many woodworkers make their own featherboards from scrap lumber, but here?s a better, safer option: the Bench Dog 40-011 Feather-Loc Double Featherboard. This popular router-table accessory consists of not one, but two industrial-quality featherboards. The featherboards are made from a high-tech polymer and each one has 13 angled fingers that apply steady pressure that consistently produces cleaner cuts with less chance of kickback, chattering or lifting.

The featherboards slide into miter-gauge slots in the router table or fence, and are locked in place by tightening a pair of knobs. Note that Feather-Loc Featherboards can also be used on a table saw, shaper, bandsaw or any other woodworking machine with a miter gauge slot. -- Joseph Truini

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Easy, Effective, and Convenient

I have a total of four Bench-Dog featherboards, two with the 10-012 miter-slot adapter. The 40-011 boards come with square-head bolts that slip into slots in B-Dog's router table's fence and hold the workpiece down to the table and into slots in the router table to hold the workpiece against the fence.
If you purchase the featherboards with the 40-012 miter-slot adapter they're easy to use in the table-saw miter slot of most saws. The 40-012 adapter uses a taper-headed screw to wedge the slider in the slot. I did have trouble keeping the featherboard from moving unless I over-tightened the knob. I sprayed graphite on the screw taper and this solved the problem.

I bought the two-pack for use with the Bench-Dog table-saw extension router table. I found that for best results, I needed two on the infeed side and two on the outfeed and quickly bought two more.

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I agree with the other reviews.

Once you get them setup for the cut, they work well. But as others have stated, they are not well thought out or easy to use. The black handle has stripped out from the bolt top and is now useless. I would not purchase these again. I think I can buy the replacement pieces to fix the stripped out problem but what the heck, I have only used them a couple dozen times and they need repairs?
I recently found some mag lock feather boards at Rockler (i think). I'll be looking for reviews on those.

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