Table Saw

gatesmr2 · 29 Sep 2007

Hiya

Just wanted to find out about push sticks

I have a great table saw (ryobi) but it came with a brittle plastic push stick which i assume that all makes come with

I have never used it and to be honest never intend doing, just a thought might be me but surely if it hits the blade your gonna get showered in plastic, rather than what i prefer to use a self made softwood one

Might not be a great point just something thats been bothering me since i bought it

Marty

Bodgeit and scarper ltd · 30 Sep 2007

They don’t shatter and if they did your safety glasses would protect you

oilman · 30 Sep 2007

Look up "steve maskery" on youtube, there are several interesting ideas, one of which is push sticks.

big-all · 30 Sep 2007

there are lots of different grades of plastic some are brittle some are soft some are very very strong
now being an international company with well made tools each with several different types of plastics used in different areas for there different qualities
i think we should trust their ability to get the push stick made from the best material

besides a push stick is for pushing and if the gap is less than 15mm either use apush stick made from 9mm ply or mdf for the last 3 inches
or move the push stick to the l h s of the blade

i can honestly say i have never nicked a plastic pushstick on a blade if its tight use a sacraficial wooden one

Jasonb · 30 Sep 2007

I've nicked my plastic ones but would rather have small chips of plastic flying around than large wooden splinters from a softwood pushstick

Jason

oilman · 30 Sep 2007

Oh, no, not the the big splinter

Scrit · 30 Sep 2007

oilman said:
Look up "steve maskery" on youtube, there are several interesting ideas, one of which is push sticks.

Some of the ones he shows place your hand beside the blade at the end of the cut. The boot style he shows is not permitted for use in trade workshops because they are dangerous. Beware "training" videos produced by untrained/amateur woodworkers, I'd say

Jasonb said:
I've nicked my plastic ones but would rather have small chips of plastic flying around than large wooden splinters from a softwood pushstick

I tend to use hardwod or birch plywood as they are generally more robust than softwood

Scrit

oilman · 30 Sep 2007

Thanks for that scrit. I was under the impression steve was other than an amateur. I'm rather attached to my fingers.

Balenza · 21 Oct 2007

The plastic pushsticks are dangerous.
I snagged the blade with one recently and it was violently snapped from my hand and thrown across the workshop floor and left me with a very sore hand.

I had suspected blade damage but fortuanetly their was none.
Wood for me any day.

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