Before I developed this fixture for cutting thin strips, I found that I ruined about as many strips as I kept. The rotation of the blade tends to lift the workpiece or the strip off the table, and, if conditions are not perfect, the strip will catch on the blade and break. This fixture, however, eliminates this problem by holding both the workpiece and the just-cut strip on the table. To avoid problems, cut with a sharp hollow-ground planer blade, set the sawblade parallel to the fence and install a fingerboard before feeding the stock.

Harold Nachlin, San Diego, Calif.

Fine Woodworking Magazine, December 1991 No. 91

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