CONSTRUCTING A PUSH STICK

When ripping work less than 4 inches wide, a push stick should be used to complete the feed and could easily be made from scrap material by following the pattern shown in Fig.150.

PUSHSTICK

MAKEFROM1/2″ OR3/4″ WOODORTHICKNESS LESSTHANWIDTHOF MAT’L.TOBECUT

NOTCHTOHELP PREVENTHAND FROMSLIPPING

CUTOFFHERETO PUSH1/4″WOOD

CUTOFFHERETO PUSH1/2″ WOOD

1/2″ SQUARES

Fig. 150

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Delta 36-426 instruction manual Pushstick, Constructing a Push Stick