Bench Dog 40-025 Panel Hold Down and Safety Accessory

 

Bench Dog 40-025 Panel Hold Down and Safety Accessory

 

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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• ASIN: B00005RHP6
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• Item model number: 40-025
  

By : Bench Dog
List Price : $59.99
Price : $47.99
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Product Description

From the Manufacturer
The Bench Dog 40-025 Panel Hold Down and Safety Accessory is the first and only combination hand guard and panel hold down for router tables and table saws. Use it for routing panels or ripping sizeable sheets of plywood or veneer. Panel-Loc gives a solid barrier amongst your hands and the cutter, excellent for when you happen to be working with substantial diameter bits on a router table, or are handling sizeable sheets on a table saw. The distinctive shape and plastic contact strip areas low-friction pressure on the panel providing just the ideal amount of "give" to compensate for slight variances in panel thickness. Produced in the USA.
Bench Dog 40-025 Panel-Loc Panel Hold-Down / Hand Guard

Technical Details

• Protects your hands with a solid aluminum barrier
• Accommodates all raised panel bits
• Reduces fatigue by holding down the panel
• Includes 20-inch section of T-Loc t-track so you can mount it to fences of your own design or to other fences
• 2-year limited warranty

Client Critiques

I had purchased the Bench Dog PL400 a although ago, and however it sat in the tube it ships in. Well I broke it out, and immediately after working with it, I am sorry that I did not do it sooner. It is superb. It will fit any sort of fence with the normal T slot. The attaching nuts are included and the quick to turn and fasten tightening knobs do the job well.
The great issue about this piece of gear is that it does such a excellent job of holding down your workpiece. If you have a 3, to 6 inch panel or higher, it will perfectly maintain it mated to the table. That is in component due to the hard rubber strip that extends beneath the bottom. The cast aluminum plate is substantial. I was tongue and groove routing, 88 inch extended boards, and when I got to the finish of the board, the PL400 had no issue keeping it true to the table, even when I let go. So I had three inches of an 88 inch piece of cedar becoming held straight, and beneath all of that pressure, it was nonetheless flush for the bit.
The safety advantage is second to none. Given that it completely covers the router bit location, it protects you from an exposed bit. It actually covers an location a couple of inches away from the fence.
It is usable on your table saw, router table, or anything that has a T-slot. No T-slot, no situation, it is shipped with an included T-Slot aluminum channel, so you can convert your fence to a T-Slotted fence. If you added a wooden riser-extension to your fence, this would attach perfect to it. It is not predrilled, so you can custom apply it to your needs.
I highly recommend it. Simply adjustable for just the suitable quantity of pressure. It does the job alot more entirely and uniformly than single featherboards. It removes and installs in about 30 seconds. It doesn't shift on you when bigger stock is trying to move it.
If I was cutting distinct size pieces all day lengthy, I would use a featherboard, since it makes it possible for you instant access to the bit, for setup changes. If I was generating runs of lots of boards, I would use the PL400, because the 20 second further set up time, is additional than worth the benefits and advantages.
I program on keeping mine handy, and using it a lot much more from now on. Hope this helps.

I had to mount the Panel-Loc to a 2x4 fence since the fence on my table saw is also tall to let the Panel-Loc to hold down thin plywood. It operates much superior than a featherboard for ripping plywood. It would be five stars except for 1 situation. You can't see the base of the fence to make sure that material is tight against the fence.