Kick Back Bad

[TommyT1963]

Man that looks familiar. My dad always had me stand to the side when cutting, never had a problem till a month ago, glad I did not get complacent and remembered his lesson

[JimErn]

or the basic version (I use this one and find it is fine for what I do)

https://smile.amazon.com/GRR-RIP-BLOCK-Pushblock-Router-Jointer/dp/B00DNX3N7S/ref=sr_1_7?keywords=woodworking+gripper&qid=1584788544&sr=8-7

Things like this are perfect when you have a b-day, anniversary, etc etc coming up

Edited March 21, 2020 by JimErn

[Birchbark]

A feather board clamped to the fence takes only seconds to set up, can be made from a piece of scrap, held in place with a C clamp and won't allow the board to climb over the blade.  If you like the ease of it all, you can buy a 'nice' plastic one.

Russell

[Sycamore67]

All the suggestions are good.....anything to be safer.  You need to keep the board from shooting back and keep it from climbing over the back edge of the blade.

I use the Gripper for two reasons.  One is that it controls smaller pieces very well.  The second is that you can adjust the handle to make it more ergonomic.  I have worn out wrist joints which are painful and the Gripper makes things easier.

[Scrappile]

I have two Grippers, use them a lot.  Only thing I don't like about them, is the stabilizing foot is always on the wrong side every time I want to use one or both..... always... and I have to move it to the other side.... I don't understand how that happens!

[Mabel H.]

This is one reason why I use my bandsaw, and jointer over the table saw, not as messy either.

[Rolf]

Trackman you got lucky this time. We all know better but it is that "quicky" that gets us every time. I cut a lot of the 1/16 (1.5mm) ply for my ornaments into squares. The problem is that occasionally it slips under my fence and it has nailed me. I will make a sled for this in the future. 

In the mean time I bought a pair of the Grippers at a show years ago. They are priceless!. I very rarely use a push stick anymore.  The gripper  has thumb screws so it takes no time to change the setting. but having two I rarely have to. I use them on my jointer, router table band saw etc.