Check out Rob's DIY Jointer Push Blocks video here: kzitem.info/news/bejne/xK-vwGqEpaCplo4
@rgemelaris
Жыл бұрын
Hi Rob. I learned how to make this push stick watching your online workshop. I had seen you use this design hundreds of times which encouraged me to make one and use it. Thanks for being such a great teacher and example for your students (of which I happily consider myself one). Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Rich.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Happy T-day to you
@LivingTheLifeRetired
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. I am new to woodworking, the guy that bought a table saw with no prior experience. I liked and subscribed.
@ricogallegos7456
Жыл бұрын
You do have to spend some time setting the saw up... blade, fence, etc. But once done, the saw is great. Fairly compact which is Nice kzitem.infoUgkxXh-4_3-ZT1fFWP91ZV7iVqzElr0lEb-a I did get an Incra Miter Gauge which takes some setup as well. The stock miter gauge can be adjusted in the miter slot with a little painter's tape... this tightens up the side to side play a lot.
@sawhill729
Жыл бұрын
You do a better job freehand than I do with a French Curve. Great video.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
I doubt that. Artistry is not my strong suit
@michaelmcdermott2178
Жыл бұрын
Love it! Marked out on a plywood offcut while I watched. Will be in use tomorrow. Thanks!
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Sounds great!
@MMWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
I've been searching for the perfect shop made pushstick for years. I've got about 10 different shapes and styles in my shop, and I have never fallen in love with any of them. I can't wait to try this one and see whether it finally is the last design I need to try.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Let me know what you think
@gcallgator
Жыл бұрын
Timely video, had been planning to make a push stick, inspired action, works great
@anncranwell3046
Жыл бұрын
Wow. I have been using this design for years. I don’t remember where I got the design but it is the best push stick bar none.
@kevinr1704
Жыл бұрын
I don't know how many times the piece of wood I was ripping tried to climb up close to the blade shortly into the cut. This style pushblock really helps stabilize your workpiece and makes it so much safer. Thank you for sharing this!
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree with you
@norm5785
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful design. Thank you for sharing this, stay warm, safe, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Same to you
@andrewbrown8148
Жыл бұрын
Nice, simple design. I love it~! I'll try this with ply as well. I had one that I'd made (20+) years ago out of solid wood and it splintered one day when it hit the table saw blade during a cut. That was my intro of flesh to spinning steel. Love my SawStop now, but don't want to take the chance of setting off the brake, or much less reenacting that scene. Thanks for sharing this, Rob~!
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
I make mine from scrap ply a lot.
@billboy7390
Жыл бұрын
I've used this exact style for over 20 years at the college I teach furniture making/woodworking. I tend to make them out of baltic birch plywood. (some 1/2" and 3/4") I save up 10-15 pieces of scrap about the size you use and stock up. I also will often take and cut the bottom 1/2" off and re-do the sole if the groves are not too deep. the students love them and always use them.Safety is the first thing we teach
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
I agree, I am just copying the design that my teacher showed me at BYU
@dwightlee8944
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Rob
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
you bet
@WillyBemis
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@alanmckeown6462
Жыл бұрын
Very nice. Will have to make one.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Let me know how it works for you
@woodysranch2690
Жыл бұрын
I love the Jessem stock guide. I attach it to my fence with two Mag Switches so it can be removed easily (lots of videos on how to do this). It does everything - canted wheels keeps the board tight to the fence, one way wheels stops kick back, spring wheels stops the board from lifting, and it is a Canadian company - probably not far from where you live. Does everything a feather board and push stick do plus more. No more splinters in my hands. For the really narrow boards you can use almost any skinny stick to push through the blade, it just doesnt matter when the stock guide does all the work. Not saying you dont need a push stick, you do for some cuts and I like your design, but the Stock Guides are in place for the majority of my cuts and make me feel safer
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
I always wanted to try one of those. Maybe now I will!
@woodysranch2690
Жыл бұрын
@@RobCosmanWoodworking If you buy one, I used the 30 mm Magswitch from Lee Valley and I cut a matching racetrack shaped hole at each end of the wood for the magswitch rather than screw the magswitch in place. This way the magswitch will not turn as it would in a round hole and can be easily removed and used for another purpose if needed.
@robertbamford8266
Жыл бұрын
@@RobCosmanWoodworking Definitely recommend them. I have an old Craftsman table saw - no riving knife, blade guard with kickback pawls and splitter were ineffective (even dangerous), removed early on (in early 1980s).
@robertfontaine3650
Жыл бұрын
I have to ask. Your push stick puts your hand exactly in the position you don't want it to be if you do have kick back. Pulling it across and into the blade. Why isn't it longer so that you don't have to lean over the cut or put your hand where the blade can cut it off?
@fredrausch3208
8 ай бұрын
Do you leave the wood piece on your router? Does it serve as a guide or other purpose? Thank you.
@charlesmcarthur5722
Жыл бұрын
Rob you made another good video to learn from. i would like to see your video about why a splitter is important. i know those videos exist, but they are not yours.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Ok. I will add it to the video to do list
@DirigetDeus
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for video, going to make one. Question: what tape measure are you using, looks very readable.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Thats tha Tajima tape that we sell. I like it because its easy to read and stays accurate.
@richs5422
Жыл бұрын
Nice. I prefer moving the handle forward a few inches from this design, but to each his own.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
That's perfectly acceptable
@joejanzen5511
Жыл бұрын
This design is worlds above the generic 16” stick with a bird’s mouth. I do however prefer the design Marc Adam uses in his shop. It’s highlighted in a Fine woodworking video series on table saw techniques. Thanks for all you do rob and company. I don’t always agree with Rob but I always learn something.👍🏼 keep it up!
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Luther uses the Marc Adams design too. Very similar with a difference or two
@vanshankguitars
Жыл бұрын
How do you feel, Rob as to the usefulness of a strip of sandpaper glued to the bottom of the flat section? Overkill?
@MoyockScorpion
Жыл бұрын
That is what I do. Overkill possibly, but, makes me feel better knowing I have some "grip" even with the stop heel on the push stick.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely that will work, but these things get chewed up a quickly so I dont bother
@J.A.Smith2397
Жыл бұрын
Darn it Rob ya make me wanna grow my hair out.... Tks,tks a lot lol
@vanshankguitars
Жыл бұрын
Saw Stop saws are great at saving your fingers, but I'm sure the replacement parts are rather expensive still from the time the mechanism was introduced. The push stick is countless times less expensive.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@dpmeyer4867
Жыл бұрын
thanks
@revtoiletduck
Жыл бұрын
Suggesting that a Sawstop will keep you from cutting yourself is probably an exaggeration. Rex Krueger has a video about a pretty significant injury to his thumb from a Sawstop. The working theory was that his fingernail made contact first, which didn't conduct enough current to trigger the safety mechanism until it had started cutting him. I do like this pushstick design and will be making a few.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
I have not had any bad experiences with the saw stop triggering mechanism. Unlike Rex, I run a tool manufacturing facility with numerous employees and 4 sawstops. I have lost count of how many times the saw-stops have been triggered ( twice by me) and every time they performed as advertised saving numerous serious injuries. I also taught at a woodworking school in Calgary and those students activated them literally 100s of times while I was there saving countless fingers. I also know the sawstop guys from the show circuit and last time I talked to them no suits had been brought against them for the trigger mechanism from failing to perform properly. All that said you should always practice safe procedures even with a sawstop
@BobVogel-t1u
Жыл бұрын
My thoughts on this... Well, I liked it enough that I just paused the video and went and made one.
@theajthomas
Жыл бұрын
Would it work just as easily to just joint the whole bottom and then glue on the little heal cleat part? Seems like it would and might might even be faster if you don't count the time for the glue to dry.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Sure...go for it
@dane3038
Жыл бұрын
I've been experimenting and I prefer a big heavy block of wood with a tooth on the back end. Gives plenty of downward force and keeps my hands far above the blade. I'm a beginner so if anyone sees a problem with this, let me know.
@nikolausreinke9966
Жыл бұрын
Two thoughts from watching: isn‘t your hand pretty close to the blade (in case of tilting the push stick to the left)? Secondly I learned that putting the stick near to the blade (instead of the fence) provides more pressure towards the fence, which is preferable? I love your work, but this time I am not 100% convinced. What are your experiences with my concerns?
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Well I have never had any issues. You need to do three things regardless of what push stick you use: 1) Maintain control of the wood through the cut. 2) Keep the reference edge of the wood against the fenc 3) Keep your fingers out of the blade
@nikolausreinke9966
Жыл бұрын
@@RobCosmanWoodworking thank you for answering my question. #2 and #3 of your advice is exactly what makes me doubt. Just from watching, I feel umcomfortable regarding these points. But I‘ll give it a shot.
@jimhyslop
Жыл бұрын
@@nikolausreinke9966 remember that Rob introduced this style of push stick by saying that it's a design that HE likes - that doesn't mean you have to like it! As I said in reply to another comment, feeling uncomfortable with your tools is an invitation to an accident. So if you aren't comfortable with this design, look for one that you are comfortable with, and which meets the three points Rob made above (personally, I'd have put keeping your fingers out of the blade as #1, but that's just my opinion 😀)
@abcaabca6364
2 ай бұрын
Great video. However please muffle those shrill devices such as the band saw and router. You have hearing protection, on we don't ;>)
@tonybaker7411
Жыл бұрын
Why doesn't your table saw have a guard over the blade?
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
The saw stop comes with one but I find it interrupts cutting procedures too much to be useful for me
@TraconWizard
Жыл бұрын
I thought plywood wasn't supposed to go through a jointer. The glue would damage the blades. Not criticism, wanting to learn. Maybe only being 10" it's not significant. Love the simplicity, time & cost.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Really don’t know where that started, I’ve never had “glue” damage a blade. Best to ignore old tales like that and trust what you see from your own experience. Too many people repeat it and all of a sudden it’s true! The media knows all about that trick!
@debandmike3380
Жыл бұрын
Nice design although I would prefer a wider opening at the top like a handle. Also if you have to show someone how to make it then maybe they shouldn't be using a tablesaw.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
There are no qualifications to buy a table saw. Assume they don’t know and show they why and how.
@hightowerone
Жыл бұрын
Damn!......get on with it
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Patience!
@TomTrees
Жыл бұрын
450mm is the minimum requirement for a push stick in Europe, if using a TS.
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Seems silly. Are you sure that applies to homemade push sticks?
@mikegleaden5096
Жыл бұрын
@@RobCosmanWoodworking That seems to be the regulation according to the Health & Safety Executive in the UK. But I'm pretty sure that relates only to commercial use, not home use. They also specify push stick design, which is a long skinny thing with a tiny bird's mouth on the front and a handle at least 450mm away. That would feel incredibly unsafe to me, with no real control other than pushing the work towards the blade - no downward control, no lateral control. So I'll be sticking with a design very similar to yours that has served me well.
@TomTrees
Жыл бұрын
@@RobCosmanWoodworking Here's the links to the UK's HSE pages for anyone to see. www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/circular-saw.pdf www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/wis16.pdf There are folks who do the same thing with that shoe design, and it states these rules for all tablesaws. Many over here across the pond don't have much good to say about this flesh detecting tech, as they see it as pointless since the blade should be covered, and good practice like the 450mm pushsticks. should be used, For someone who doesn't have this tech, I urge them to google annual table saw accidents USA, it is an alarmingly ridiculous number, Just looked up the most recent stats for USA, and thankfully it's reduced by half compared to pre c19 stats... I wonder if it vaguely collerates with the Sawstop sales, or perhaps it's made folks wary of an "archaic tablesaw" Either way, it's still bananas figures @ 39,750 Surely all of the folks who've had these incidents aren't a doofus. If the older tablesaws i.e Delta and the likes came with true riving knives, I'd guess these guidelines would've been adoped and made the norm. Keep safe Tom these all can't be doofuses .
@PtJudeRI
Жыл бұрын
Looks like Konshu from Moon Knight. Love the idea!
@jonno8183
Жыл бұрын
Hi Your comment is incomplete as you omitted the qualifcation that this for industrial users and quote: 'A push-stick should always be used when making any cut less than 300 mm in length or when feeding the last 300 mm of a longer cut.'.
@Bdbrad71
Жыл бұрын
Might feel even better if instead of a hole make it oblong so ill fingers fit
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
good idea
@johnhutton5079
Жыл бұрын
400mm-16" in the uk i dont like that type of push stick
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Then definitely dot use it
@pgtips4240
2 ай бұрын
Rob you are deceiving yourself into a false sense of safety. You said the design you favoured keeps your hand far away from the blade and it absolutely does not! Your design demands that your fingers hand and wrist all travel the full distance from front to back of the blade while being still very close to the blade. The design you said just gives you the willies favours your fingers in fact guarantees 100% protection of your fingers from being cut because it keeps your out of striking range from the blade. The idea that pushsticks do not give enough control is a myth. I use two push sticks to control the cuts and they control the stock passing through very adequately but with the advantage of your fingers NEVER at any moment being in striking distance to the blade. With the push shoe design all it takes is for the shoe to flip on its side and your fingers are gone. Kickbacks happen so fast that you would not know it's happened until after it's done but then it's too late. Your design (arguably) favours control of the wood, the long push sticks guarantee your fingers at all costs because if you are out of range of the blade then it's impossible for it to cut your fingers off. I was trained on pushsticks and I am so glad I was. I shiver when I see woodworkers runing their hand parallel to a spining blade I really do. Just because 99% of woodworkers do it, that does not make it the best or make it right. I think when it comes to safety you really need to think for yourself and not just blindly follow the crowd thinking well it must be the best cos everyone's doing it. No. It's definitely not the best and I have clearly explained exactly why in this comment. Btw, you are a better woodworker than me and I have learned a lot from you and do highly respect your expertise but on this issue of safety I hope to at the vwry least get people to really think through their choices and examine for themselves what is of primary importance to them. For me, it's my fingers. Even in the event of a kickback. I would rather accept a small increase in probability of a kickback in reward for a zero probability of losing fingers or a hand. I have proven to myself that long push sticks can be used skillfully and very safely. Take care.
@The_Drippin_Don
Жыл бұрын
Push sticks are for sissies 😒 Real men opt to turn doorknobs with left hand due to less-secured grip from his right hand's thumb and index finger knuckles being missing
@josephhfry
Жыл бұрын
I use something similar... I make a comfortable palm shaped handle (kinda like the curve in the back of yours) out of a 2x4. The handle is reusable, so make it comfortable. Screw this to the edge of a 2x4 block of whatever length you like (don't let the screws penetrate more than an 1.5" into the block. Then screw a 1.5" wide piece of scrap to the back of the block hanging down by 1/8" or so to catch the back edge of your material. I like the wider push block because it stands up when I set it down, making it easier to grab as I reach the end of a long rip. And cuts narrower than 1.5" it will push both sides of the cut past the blade. Of course this means that the block gets chewed up faster... But I just remove the handle and screw it to another 2x4 block and add a new price of scrap to the back (or flip the old one) Probably the cheapest push block to make. And you can really spend some time making a comfortable handle since it will last forever. This is similar in principle, but my handle is screwed to the top. www.woodsmithplans.com/plan/push-block/
@RobCosmanWoodworking
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you have a good push stick
@MrTmac1986
Жыл бұрын
I have one just like that from my grandfather. Works great.
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