Customer Reviews

Big Horn 10225 Table Saw, Router Table & Shaper Featherboard 3 Piece Set

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(12)

 

 

Don't buy this set unless you can't get the stick and block separately. The featherboard is complete trash and should be thrown away immediately. I haven't used the stick, though it looks like you could make a longer and nicer one in a few minutes. I do, however, use the push block all the time and have found it to be very useful. There are certainly applications were it doesn't work that a custom one would, but that's always the case. I can recommend the push block, could go either way on the stick and just put the featherboard in the trash and back away. Buy the other two separetly if you want them and save [$$$].

I rate this half-a-star simply because it was a 'set' as advertised. That is the only thing the manufacturer/distributor got right. The push block and the stick can be made at home for cents. The featherboard mounting system is a total failure. There is no way you can lock the featherboard to the table slot and have it be a reliable, working accessory. I'm amazed this set is still offered for sale. In my opinion, the loose and unreliable featherboard is quite possiblly an accident waiting to happen. Not mine. It is at the landfill.

The featherboard is a useless piece of trash. This set does not meet any minimum standard. Don't buy this set unless you have money to throw away. Not even worth 1 star.

This package may seem like an inexpensive bargain, but the items are all inferior, even in light of the price. The featherboard, in particular, is virtually useless. Given that, 7.50 each for a cheesy (and short, relative to a 10' table saw blade) push stick and block is kind of stiff.

I advise you to take a little extra time and find the individual components you need for what you are doing. This may be easier in a venue that contains a greater selection of woodworking items, or you could make them...

The featherboard was complete junk. I was able to 'assemble' it, and inserted it into the slot on my table saw. Each time I was about to run stock past it, it would come undone, come unassembled, or just not do what it was supposed to.

If you buy this set, you will end a mediocre push block, and stick. The ones I have made from hardwoods are way better than these.

Agree with other reviewers - featherboard is a useless and dangerous piece of junk - should be removed from market.

Received it as a gift - like most reviewers I agree that the screws are wrong, they don't fit the slot properly and make it difficult to insert the slider into the table guide. I will probably throw it away and not dissapoint my daughter.

Also one of the turn-screw threads was filled with plastic - took me fifteen minutes to clean it out enough to thread it on.

The push stick is rounded slick plastic and I would have to put some rubber or something on the end of it before trying to use it.

The cheap plastic has sharp edges and must be trimmed and cleaned up for any sustained use.

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY ON THIS PRODUCT

The push stick and push block are ok, but the featherboard is pure junk and will easily cause an accident and could result in serious injury. The design and material is pathetic. This product should be recalled and warning issued to previous buyers. I am returning mine. A good featherboard is usefull insure the wood being cut on a table saw is held tight to the fence. This featherboard will allow the wood to get loose and potentially allow the table saw blade to throw the wood back at the operater.

The gripping clamps do not grip the track in my Porter Cable table sufficienly strongly to make this a reliable tool. No matter how careful the clamps were placed and tightened, the featherboard popped off the tracks under the slightest load.

If I had seen this in a store I would not have bought it. Feather board will not prevent kickback, does not lock securly into the miter slot. pass this one up make your own.