RIDGID Table Saw - Manual (Page 39)

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Push Stick
Make the push stick from a piece of solid
wood. Use a piece of 1 x 2 (3/4" x 1-5/8"
actual) by 15" long. Make the featherboard from a piece of 8”
x 24” x 3/4” thick solid wood
Push Block (For Use with Auxiliary
Fence)
There are any number of ways to properly
cut your workpieces to make a push
block. The following steps describe one
way you can make a push block.
Making the base:
• Start with a piece of 3/8 inch plywood
at least 5-5/8 inches wide or wider and
12 inches long or longer.
• Make two ripcuts. Perform the first
ripcut along the side of the 3/8" wide
strip. Next, ripcut the 3/8" plywood to a
width of 5-1/8".
• Crosscut the 3/8" plywood to 12" long.
• Crosscut a 2-1/2" piece off the 3/8"
wide by 3/8" thick strip and save this
short piece for later.
The next cuts will create the 3/8" by 9-1/2"
notch in the base. Mark the long edge of
the board 2-1/2" from one end. Make a
crosscut into the edge on the mark, stop-
ping about 3/4" into the board. Set the
saw and rip the width to 4-3/4" along the
same edge as the stopped crosscut. Stop
the ripcut where the two cuts intersect.
Turn off the saw and remove the base
piece. The base should now measure as
shown.
Material for Push Block
Cutting Out the Base
Creating the Notch
Finished Base
Slightly Less Than Thickness
Of Workpiece Up to 3/8"
90° Notch
Kerfs About
5/16" Apart
24"
5" 4-1/2"
8" Grain
At Least 12"
At Least
5-5/8"
3/8" Thick Plywood
Base
At Least 12"
At Least
5-5/8"
3/8" Thick Plywood
Handle
3/8"
5-1/8"
1st Cut
2nd Cut
3rd Cut
4th Cut
2-1/2" (save)
12"
4-3/4"
1st Cut
2nd Cut
2-1/2"
These Edges
Must Be
Parallel
12"
At Least
5-5/8"
2-1/2"
3/8"
4-3/4"