Expert Reviews, Buying Guides & Tips for Every Woodworker
Somewhere in every woodworker’s shop sits a drawer of “safety stuff I keep meaning to install.” A push stick. A dusty splitter. Maybe a featherboard still in its blister pack. If yours has both a magnetic model and a miter-slot clamp-on gathering dust, you already know the real question isn’t whether to use one — … Read more
Kickback doesn’t announce itself. One second your stock is gliding through the blade, the next it’s airborne, and your hands were right there the whole time. That’s the moment a magnetic featherboard earns its keep — it pins your workpiece against the fence with steady, silent pressure so the blade never gets a chance to … Read more
Here’s a confession every table saw owner eventually makes, usually right after a board decides to leap sideways and smack them in the ribs: featherboards are cheap insurance, and most of us buy them one panic-purchase too late. If you’re hunting for a featherboard set under $40, you’re already doing this smarter than the average … Read more
Somewhere in every small shop’s history there’s a moment where a board catches, a hand gets a little too close, and the woodworker mutters “I really need to buy one of those.” A push block for a jointer and table saw combo is exactly that: a handheld safety tool — usually a rubber-or-foam-soled block with … Read more
Rip a 3/8″ strip off a board with your bare hand hovering six inches from a spinning blade, and you’ll understand exactly why this push block system for narrow rip cuts review exists. Narrow rips are the single most nerve-wracking cut on a table saw. The offcut is skinny, the blade guard usually gets in … Read more
Here’s a confession every woodworker eventually makes, usually right after a close call: the little plastic push stick that shipped with your table saw was never built for thin strips. It’s fine for shoving a two-inch board past the blade. Ask it to control a 3/16″ sliver of walnut, though, and you’re basically steering a … Read more
Here’s a scene every table saw owner knows by heart: you’re mid-cut, the fence is set, the dust collector is humming, and you reach for your push stick — except it’s not there. It’s on the bench. It’s under a pile of offcuts. It’s somewhere in the garage entropy zone, three projects deep. That five-second … Read more
Walk into ten different home shops and you’ll find ten different push sticks — half of them buried under sawdust in a drawer nobody wants to dig through mid-cut. That’s the actual problem a magnetic push stick for table saw storage solves, and it’s smaller and smarter than most people expect. Instead of hunting for … Read more
If you’ve ever stood at a table saw and felt your hand cramp around a push block built for someone twice your size, you already know the problem this article solves. An ergonomic push block set for small hands isn’t a gimmick or a “nice to have” — it’s the difference between a shop tool … Read more
An ergonomic push block for arthritis or hand pain is a woodworking safety tool built with a wider, cushioned, or angled handle so the workpiece gets gripped by the tool’s mechanism instead of your knuckles, letting sore or stiff joints feed stock past a blade with far less squeezing effort. If you’ve ever finished a … Read more