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July 15, 2020 5:11 PM

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Andrew Davis (Administrator)

does anyone have a recommendation for how to best apply a featherboard to the fence to hold a workpiece DOWN when making a dado cut;

July 16, 2020 12:32 AM

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Tom Shirley (Administrator)

I use an older version of this:

https://www.infinitytools.com/magswitch-univ-featherboard?gclid=Cj0KCQjw0rr4BRCtARIsAB0_48OcdNp5qITVpg8esrr3t2tnYLsIMFM5ilvbd7M3EVMd259d5WLiOmAaApwyEALw_wcB

Place it where you need it and then just rotate the knobs and it is locked in place.

Sorry misread your question.

Last modified: July 16, 2020 5:52 PM | Tom Shirley (Administrator)

July 16, 2020 3:00 PM

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Tim Holiner (Administrator)

The ones I've seen require drilling into the fence body. Alternatively, you could build an auxiliary fence to fit over the SawStop fence with a featherboard attached to it. The aux fence would also be useful as a tall fence for cutting angles with the piece on it's end. Check out the Fine Woodworking article on Bob VanDyke's fence system.

https://www.finewoodworking.com/membership/pdf/27802/011231056.pdf