Router starting pin

[Lons]

http://www.woodpeck.com/gripper.html

Expensive birthday present to me from me.

Not expensive if it saves your digits from amputation.

 

[AES]

Ah, OK sunnybob, now I remember seeing that on some Youtube videos, thanks for posting.

@lons & bm101. Yup, that's me folks, guilty as charged. Sorry.

My original post was only a suggestion to help a bloke who'd lost his router starter pin and seemed to be suggesting it was something special when seeking a replacement.

Just as you say lons, I guess either/both will do the job. Glad to have given you scope for an amusing post bm101

AES

 

[SammyQ]

http://www.woodpeck.com/gripper.html

Expensive birthday present to me from me.

S'Bob, sorry to be a kill-joy, but this device - and the pushy video on its website - has to be the most ill-advised, blinkered thing I've seen in a long time. Look at what happened to a similar device:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7sRrC2Jpp4

PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO 2MINS, 55 SECONDS ONWARD. If the Gripper is similarly rotated round its horizontal axis by a sawblade, your knuckles too could get some unintended three-dimensional carving.

This is a purely personal opinion; I'm not a professional doing this for a living, so please feel free to disagree and contradict me. But, and it's a heartfelt but, that Gripper - and the exhortation to use it - scares the BeJeebus out of me.

Sam - with a 10"/3hp table saw (and a 3hp router).

 

[sunnybob]

Sam, horses for courses. It works for me, and I'm a pretty cautious kind of guy.

I dont have a table saw, but if I did it would have a riving knife for the very reason of that video clip. A properly adjusted riving knife (which the americans seem to think of as an optional extra) is a legal requirement in the UK, and that kind of thing could not happen if one was fixed to the table.

I have a 350 bandsaw, on which I usually use a push stick to enable me to push directly behind the blade and usually allow the blade to bite into the scrap wood so I have a nice cut all the way. The gripper is a bit big for a bandsaw as it means you have to raise the blade guard quite a bit so its very rarely used on that.

But I use the gripper a lot on my router table, and thats when the full protection of the device comes into play. Setting the side skirt gives massive support for thin pieces of wood in all directions, and my hand is completely seperated from the cutter.

I read all the reviews, several negatives about the grippyness of the rubber feet, but I have no complaints at all.

 

[SammyQ]

I dont have a table saw, but if I did it would have a riving knife for the very reason of that video clip.

Thank you for that clarification Bob; table saw use was the source of my apprehension and in the light (or context) of your complete post, I fully endorse your decision - for your circumstances. I can see exactly what you're getting at about the router. May I please withdraw my uninformed criticism of your choice and wish you every enjoyment of your birthday present? May your horses happily run their courses.

Sam

 

[Lons]

Your use of the push gripper clearly works Bob although I agree with Sammy and wouldn't use it on my tablesaw even with the riving knife. Just personal opinion as I don't want my hands anywhere above or close to the blade which is why I use conventional, long pushsticks.

A properly adjusted riving knife (which the americans seem to think of as an optional extra) is a legal requirement in the UK,

Unfortunately that's not strictly accurate as there is no legal requirement for a riving knife to be used in a non industrial capacity so any amateur who watches an American youtube video could be tempted to take it off. Buying a new machine with knife fitted matters little in those situations.

cheers
Bob

 

[SammyQ]

I don't want my hands anywhere above or close to the blade which is why I use conventional, long pushsticks

Shiver, blanche...

Seconded!

Sam