Table Saw Push Stick

A simple push stick to keep your fingers safely away from the blade when cutting small pieces on a table saw or router table. Print 3 or 4 and keep them near every tool where you might use them.

They're designed to be a bit 'springy' on purpose, to keep nice steady pressure on the work piece. Keeping the wood tight to the table and tight to the fence is critical in making accurate and safe cuts. Couple these with a featherboard and you're going to be in real good shape. (maybe I should model a printable featherboard?) I use the yellow plastic Milescraft featherboard, available on Amazon for under $15.

They could be a bit larger but they actually work pretty well. My saw uses a 9" blade so these are fine, but if you have a 12" saw you're probably going to want something bigger. I already nicked one of them with the blade on my table saw. It took a small chip out of the plastic but the push stick still woks fine.

Printed on a Replicator 2X in ABS. I didn't want the stif