Board Buddies direction of rotation

"J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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<snip>
> If I have here a table saw with the fence to the right of the blade as I
> stand in front of (i.e. on the side from which one feeds stock) the saw,
do
> I need the yellow board buddies or the orange board buddies?
> --
> --John
> Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

If you really want BBs for your TS it's the Yellows. Depending on the type
of work I found them of very limited value and got magnetic featherboards
that get far more use.

Bernard R

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> I've had exactly the opposite experience. I've tried magnetic feather
> boards in the past and found them unsatisfactory. I recently purchased a
> setof yellow board buddies and mounted them on a metal plate that will
slide
> into the slots on the top of my Vega fence. They are mounted about 12
> inches apart. I position the plate so on bb is on the infeed side of the
> blade and one is on the outfeed side, just past the rear of the blade.
When
> properly adjusted they work great and I can take them on and off the fence
> in just a couple of seconds. Only negatives I have noticed is they get in
> the way of a pushstick when ripping really narrow stock.
>
> Rick

Mine were mounted on the top of a Bies, about the same configuration as
yours, the problems I found were the plastic cams kept on getting jammed and
there wasn't enough lateral movement to get the roller where I wanted it,
maybe OK with a lower fence. Now they sit mainly gathering dust but
recently I fitted them to my router fence and occasionally use them to put
some down pressure if boards aren't truly flat.

Different horses and all that.

Bernard R

Depends on what side of the fence you are cutting with.

If cutting to the LEFT of the fence, then use the clockwise board
buddies

If cutting to the RIGHT side of the fence, then use the counter
clockwise board buddies

John

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:29:19 -0400, "J. Clarke"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>The descriptions I can find for "Board Buddies" say that the yellow ones
>rotate clockwise and the green ones counterclockwise. That's nice, but
>it's useless information without their telling you which side of the thing
>you're looking at when it rotates that direction. Hence the following
>question:
>
>If I have here a table saw with the fence to the right of the blade as I
>stand in front of (i.e. on the side from which one feeds stock) the saw, do
>I need the yellow board buddies or the orange board buddies?

On 25-Apr-2004, [email protected] (Alan W) wrote:

> Rick:
>
> What method do you use to finish clearing stock with the Board Buddies
> on the narrower stock? I've found a second scrap piece of same
> thickness material is a bit awkward, but cannot think of much else to
> use.
>
> Also how much tension do you put on the downward pressure of the BBs?
> I've found if I put as much as I want to, I have great difficulty
> getting the material under the second one and end up with only slight
> downward pressure.
>
> Recently I've installed a Micro-JIG Splitter to assist the board
> buddies in an attempt to keep from burning the edge going through the
> saw.
>
> Alan

Alan,

I find that if I adjust the BB's about 1/4" lower than the thickness of the
stock they seem to work well. I don't use a great deal of spring pressure,
you still need to use reasonable care to keep the stock against the fence.

As far as clearing the narrow stock, I find if I position the front roller a
couple of inches in front of the leading edge of the blade I can use a push
stick to reach over the front roller once the rear edge of the stock has
cleared the roller and push it clear of the blade. If I'm just cutting one
piece, I stop the saw and release the pressure on the rear roller and pull
the stock free. If I am cutting multiple pieces, once the piece is clear of
the blade I go ahead and feed the next piece, letting it push the previous
piece clear of the rear roller and onto the outfeed table.

Rick

I've had exactly the opposite experience. I've tried magnetic feather
boards in the past and found them unsatisfactory. I recently purchased a
setof yellow board buddies and mounted them on a metal plate that will slide
into the slots on the top of my Vega fence. They are mounted about 12
inches apart. I position the plate so on bb is on the infeed side of the
blade and one is on the outfeed side, just past the rear of the blade. When
properly adjusted they work great and I can take them on and off the fence
in just a couple of seconds. Only negatives I have noticed is they get in
the way of a pushstick when ripping really narrow stock.

Rick

Bernard Randall wrote:

>
> "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> <snip>
>> If I have here a table saw with the fence to the right of the blade as I
>> stand in front of (i.e. on the side from which one feeds stock) the saw,
> do
>> I need the yellow board buddies or the orange board buddies?
>> --
>> --John
>> Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
>> (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
>
> If you really want BBs for your TS it's the Yellows.

Please confirm that the yellows are correct for the fence on the _right_.

> Depending on the
> type of work I found them of very limited value and got magnetic
> featherboards that get far more use.

I'm not planning on using them in conjunction with a table saw, I just want
to verify the direction of rotation before I order.

> Bernard R

--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

John Crea wrote:

> Depends on what side of the fence you are cutting with.
>
> If cutting to the LEFT of the fence, then use the clockwise board
> buddies
>
> If cutting to the RIGHT side of the fence, then use the counter
> clockwise board buddies

Thank you very much, exactly what I needed to know.

> John
>
> On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:29:19 -0400, "J. Clarke"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>The descriptions I can find for "Board Buddies" say that the yellow ones
>>rotate clockwise and the green ones counterclockwise. That's nice, but
>>it's useless information without their telling you which side of the thing
>>you're looking at when it rotates that direction. Hence the following
>>question:
>>
>>If I have here a table saw with the fence to the right of the blade as I
>>stand in front of (i.e. on the side from which one feeds stock) the saw,
>>do I need the yellow board buddies or the orange board buddies?

--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

[email protected] wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I've had exactly the opposite experience. I've tried magnetic feather
> boards in the past and found them unsatisfactory. I recently purchased a
> setof yellow board buddies and mounted them on a metal plate that will slide
> into the slots on the top of my Vega fence. They are mounted about 12
> inches apart. I position the plate so on bb is on the infeed side of the
> blade and one is on the outfeed side, just past the rear of the blade. When
> properly adjusted they work great and I can take them on and off the fence
> in just a couple of seconds. Only negatives I have noticed is they get in
> the way of a pushstick when ripping really narrow stock.
>
> Rick

Rick:

What method do you use to finish clearing stock with the Board Buddies
on the narrower stock? I've found a second scrap piece of same
thickness material is a bit awkward, but cannot think of much else to
use.

Also how much tension do you put on the downward pressure of the BBs?
I've found if I put as much as I want to, I have great difficulty
getting the material under the second one and end up with only slight
downward pressure.

Recently I've installed a Micro-JIG Splitter to assist the board
buddies in an attempt to keep from burning the edge going through the
saw.

Alan