They're not cheap and, set up can be a hassle but, the time and money pales in comparison to a hospital trip.

15 hours ago, p_toad said:

 

You will not regret it, Herb.

Edited February 7, 20179 yr by schnewj
Wrong quote

Glad you are OK.

What I do for narrow parts when my push stick will not fit with 1/4" clearance of the blade and fence.

Add a feather board to the table to hold the part against the fence.

Add an extension the miter gauge to go over the feather board and push the item thru.

Let the saw cut off the end of the extension or just catch the outside of the piece without hitting the blade.

That way hands are not in the energy release path.

Because the miter gauge is a fixed length it can reliably be set up to not hit the blade.

But if so no big deal.

 

 

I feel it's safer to make those thin cuts from the left (outside) of the blade. What's normally the waste piece is now the work.

I used the Grriper for the first time yesterday. Can't say I am excited about it. I ripped a piece of white oak 1X6X 14" down to 3 1/2" wide.  It was too narrow to hold the grriper tight to the fence with out cutting the gripper so I positioned the rriper away from the fence about 1/2' so the saw had a channel to go through. About 1" from the end of the cut the gripper started to slip and I could just envision the board kicking back and my hand going into the saw. I didn't like my hand that close to the blade anyway. So I applied more pressure and made it through the cut ,but the grriper didn't stop slipping.

For the next cut I used a wooden pusher like Lew showed in a picture previously.

 

So I will set the grriper aside until the hooks for the back arrive and will try it again. I thought that the set i ordered had the hooks ,but found they are an accessory. While I was at it ordered the dado stops Gene showed and clamps and some other accessories ,I'm getting well over $300 wrapped up in this thing, should be called the Grrrrabbbber! Oh well for safety sake and the kids don't know where their inheritance is going yet.LOL

 

https://www.amazon.com/MICROJIG-GRGH-040-GRR-RIPPER-Gravity-Heel/dp/B00L7KTBZC/ref=pd_sim_469_2/153-2746623-1403149?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=DD8V5AGXST6S4NBMXM65

 

Herb

Edited February 14, 20179 yr by Dadio

Herb, mine don't slip. I hold it down from almost directly over the handle. Much more down force than forward force. Did you get the off side extension? It helps. Also, I don't worry about it not riding the fence. Feather boards take care of that. 

I think I mentioned earlier that it does take some getting used to. And, it ain't the answer for all situations. My wooden pushers still get lots of use.

Don't give up on it.

 

Edited February 14, 20179 yr by Gene Howe

Thanks Gene, I will try to improve on the down pressure  but will still use the hook piece until I get over having my hand over the blade.

On 2/14/2017 at 6:57 PM, Dadio said:

Thanks Gene, I will try to improve on the down pressure  but will still use the hook piece until I get over having my hand over the blade.

How's the hand coming along Herb...healing OK?

On 2/14/2017 at 3:57 PM, Dadio said:

Thanks Gene, I will try to improve on the down pressure  but will still use the hook piece until I get over having my hand over the blade.

The hooks arrived yesterday, and I assembled one on one of the Grrippers , also put a handle bridge on top so I can adjust the position of the handle, it also came with a nonadjustable hook. Haven't tried it yet.

Herb

58 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

How's the hand coming along Herb...healing OK?

Dave, thanks for asking, I went to the Dr. yesterday,and it is 99% healed up, he suggested cutting it all out and patching it in so no scar would show., He is a plastic sturgeon too. I declined, I will just have to live with the scar.,heh,heh.

Herb

Glade you will be able to heal.   Another thing, If you would have had that expensive Stop Saw, you would have still had to have the stitches....Of all the bruises I have had in the 60 years of playing with the table saw, not one would have been prevented with that saw......This is what a lot of folks don't realize when they put down the bucks for one..... 

1 hour ago, Smallpatch said:

Glade you will be able to heal.   Another thing, If you would have had that expensive Stop Saw, you would have still had to have the stitches....Of all the bruises I have had in the 60 years of playing with the table saw, not one would have been prevented with that saw......This is what a lot of folks don't realize when they put down the bucks for one..... 

You are absolutely correct. The secretary of our WW club had a kick back on her SawStop and it broke her arm.

She was ripping a piece hesitated and relax a little and the board retracted a bit and then went shooting back and hit her in the fore arm and broke it  in two. It didn't set off the Stop mechanism.

She had set off the mech twice before, ones was with a staple that was in the lumber and the other with her thumb, just put a mark on her thumb ,didn't draw blood.

So in reality it did save her a thumb.

Herb

6 hours ago, Dadio said:

Dave, thanks for asking, I went to the Dr. yesterday,and it is 99% healed up, he suggested cutting it all out and patching it in so no scar would show., He is a plastic sturgeon too. I declined, I will just have to live with the scar.,heh,heh.

Herb

Looks a whole bunch better than a few days ago Herb...Happy to know it has healed well and thankful it didn't tear into a tendon...No doubt you are too.

Hey you can blame the hand specialist for at least trying an "up-sale..."  He just doesn't get it, we have to have few scars to brag about right?  I mean gotta' be able to say, "you think that's a scar, well look at this and let me tell you about it..."

 

Any way, thankful to know you're OK now...just be careful out there with those new gadgets...

and here i thought maybe he was a woodworker and wanted to give your hand one of these,.,,,'

 

 

8 hours ago, Dadio said:

I will just have to live with the scar.,

another badge...

2 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

we have to have few scars to brag about right?

 

39 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

another badge...

You mean we get recognition for scars? Man, have I got one to brag about!

John

1 hour ago, HARO50 said:

 

You mean we get recognition for scars? Man, have I got one to brag about!

John

keep it to WW....

angry SO's don't count...

Brittleness of plastic can be caused by excessive drying time or drying temperature such as at full heat for several days. Excessive drying either drives off volatiles in theplastic, making it more sensitive to degradation of the material by reducing the molecular weight

On 2/17/2017 at 1:49 PM, Dadio said:

You are absolutely correct. The secretary of our WW club had a kick back on her SawStop and it broke her arm.

She was ripping a piece hesitated and relax a little and the board retracted a bit and then went shooting back and hit her in the fore arm and broke it  in two. It didn't set off the Stop mechanism.

She had set off the mech twice before, ones was with a staple that was in the lumber and the other with her thumb, just put a mark on her thumb ,didn't draw blood.

So in reality it did save her a thumb.

Herb

Kick back is not something SS was designed to prevent.  It is always best to keep your self out of the line of fire and if you need to take a rest turn off the saw wait for it to stop then release the board.

 

 

Thanks for posting. I have always used wood push blocks.  However I have considered some of the fancier plastic one that are designed for function and comfort. Now I am rethinking that process.

You are lucky that it wasn't worse. Hope it heals in a timely manner.