First I want to excuse me for my bad english. I’m french.
I’m looking for the best wood for a feather board, not to hard, not to soft and something that will last long. And another thing. what’s the best tool to do the thin cut beside the band saw.
Thanks
Rod
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White oak might be good.
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Rod,
I have cut several feather boards using maple...on the table saw.....left room on each side to put bolts and star handles so I can attach it to the table in the miter slots....
Maple is strong and has a bit of spring....Norm Abrams did his of Pine at one time...
PS. your english is fine
Whatever scrap I have on hand.
Expendible...and I make lots of them.
The think kerf of the bandsaw works best for me. It doesn't make much different what you use. I have them in cherry, maple, cedar, pine, and poplar. If you don't have a bandsaw, use your jigsaw. If you have neither, let's try this: an old-fashioned rip saw (a handsaw).
I've made featherboards out of lots of species. They all will work, but I think that ash works the best. Cut the slots long and thin to give a good spring action. If you don't have a bandsaw then a bowsaw would be a good choice to use.
That was fast. I just post this message this morning.
Thanks to you all. That was very helpfull.
Rod
I've used everything from pine to cherry and the only thing I've found that doesn't work very well is plywood. My featherboards nearly always come right out of the scrap bin and I use a table saw for the kerfs.
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Steve
Rod, I think elm is probably the best species for this purpose, because it resists cross grain failure so we...but as others have posted, I think of featherboards as simple jigs made from whatever scrap is available.
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