I bought the Jessem stock guides. I mounted it to a board and I used (2 )150 magnates to hold it on my fence. I did it this way because I have two table saws and it enables me to use it on both.
I have seen a couple of people on You Tube showing how it enables them to rip full sheet of plywood with out help and Bla Bla Bla.. Yes if you are set up with out riggers and do it everyday, and you are highly experienced they will do the job very well. but if you plan on doing it once a month, even with out riggers I would highly recommend that you find a different way of braking down plywood into manageable sized pieces..
Please do not take me wrong, I like the Jessem stock guides. I am glade I bought them. They do exactly what they say they will do.
But here are some short comings I have ran into. The first picture is of a 7 inch wide board and between the guard on the saw and fench and with the stock pusher installed there is only about 2 inches to spare. How I have to admit I misplaced my higher stock pusher. The one pictured is only 4 inches high. Even here I would prefer a higher hand placement.
As the width of the piece getting sawn becomes thinner The distance shrinks and at 3 1/4 inches one has run out of width. My stock pushers are 1/4 thick. and the and anything thinner than 3 1/4 and the guard has to come off and if you are making styles and rails for a kitchen cabinate and they are 1 1/2 inches wide the stock cant be used. Actually I stop using them at about 3 inches wide.
Do I like them, yes I do, but the thinner the work piece the more of a liability they become. I though I would write about some of what I have experienced while using them.
When it has to be right and it is up close I still revert back to feather boards. Anything 8 inches and wider a person couldn't ask for anything better. The piece of plywood in the last picture is 6 inches high and it really needs to be at the very least 8 inches.
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