Review on Delmar Tools Patented Table Saw Push Block: Enhancing Safety and Ease in Narrow Rip Cuts, Reducing Kickback Risks by Christopher Hicks

I already got this Delmar thrust block with the Grr Ripper because it was pretty affordable and I don't mind the extra security options. But unlike many budget alternative woodworking machines, this one just doesn't measure up to the size of its competitors. There are some budget details that are in order. The grip isn't as good as you'd expect, even from many cheaper pressure blocks, but the shape of the grip is easy to hold, if awkward. The Grr Ripper itself doesn't have a great default grip compared to the average push block. Use it properly when you need that kind of width. I suppose in some cases this will make it a lot harder to accidentally hit the leg. The stabilizer is out of balance. If the entire block is on top of the board then everything is fine, but if you have to use a stabilizer it seems to have been engineered to be unstable. It's very thin and shaped like a wheel so it doesn't interfere with rocking in any direction. Many cuts become much more difficult and risky due to the lack of balance. On the opposite side, it looks like a shortened version of the Grr Ripper foot, however, it has no height adjustment and can only lie on a horizontal surface. A board where you probably don't need extra stabilization and usually have to unscrew that leg if you cut anywhere near and use the round stabilizer it's on the wrong side. on the side and movable leg. This is in contrast to the Grr Ripper's two legs on either side of the moving leg. Usually you will use a sturdy round thing for the third leg. The moving leg is the same size as the Grr Ripper's moving leg, and the static leg is a little 1/4" smaller than the Grr Ripper's small leg, but barely. I suspect if you're very careful you can You can get away with ripping 1/4" on Delmar with no foot fairing and not on Grr-Ripper. The adjustments on the Delmar are strange. The bottom leg needs to be bolted down with a dial that isn't too large, as opposed to the unfasten-slide-unfasten on a grr ripper. The dial is slow and this can be interesting if your Push Block setup is about micro adjustments, but it's mostly a matter of making sure there's enough clearance. As mentioned, the inner balance leg often needs to be unscrewed and set aside, and since it doesn't do much good, you can just take it off once and never see it again. The balance leg uses a knob that doesn't feel very comfortable and a ratchet system that doesn't feel very comfortable but gets the job done. Unlike Grr-Ripper, there is little room for expansion. There are no bonus holes, it's tracks like grr rippers and no accessories are available. There are screws on the leg like the grr ripper, but the size doesn't fit. You can remove the dumb leg (which also doesn't fit the grr ripper size) and replace it with one with marks, but it's on the skinny side, not the movable leg side, and is much larger. The Delmar push block still has the key idea behind the Grr Ripper, a push block that runs along the blade on either side of the tree. It's better than the regular Push Block for ripping, but it falls short in a number of ways, and as of this writing, it's not a huge saving over Grr-Ripper. They might not have been able to copy some ideas because of patents, but if they can, they have to go back to the drawing board and then find better workarounds. The biggest issues aren't the time it takes to use it or the quality you get. it, but how well the device performs its primary safety function. This device is not bad, but we are talking about security and this is not the best option.