Comments on: Cheap-Ass Tools: Homemade Push-Stick

By: Coach James

Coach James — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:39:35 +0000

Why not just go to the billiard room and get a meat stabber or pot passer?

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:35:12 +0000

I can’t believe that anyone would pay for something that can be made from scrap in a couple of minutes. If you’re not creative enough to make a push stick, maybe you’re not creative enough to be building whatever.

Also, I have more than one push stick. One I use all the time, others are for special situations like very thin stock.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:31:06 +0000

Now take that pushstick you made and cut a diagonal notch with the open end facing the handle and give it to your wife/girlfriend to keep in the kitchen. They’re great for pulling racks out of a hot oven, and the front is great for pushing them back in.

By: Michael W.

Michael W. — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:10:56 +0000

I do have a nice “purchased” one that came with a lot of tools I bought. It’s the same design, but made of 1/8″ thick aluminum. I would think about buying another if I lost it, just because I don’t have scraps of aluminum hanging around in my shop. It would be pretty easy to make if you did though.

(Aluminum won’t damage your saw blade and the 1/8″ thickness allows me to rip pretty thin pieces of wood safely)

By: Leaf

Leaf — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:23:28 +0000

you want more wood at the tip to keep the work from lifting up.

By: aaron

aaron — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:39:31 +0000

I believe that buying a pushstick would be more than just a waste, it could be dangerous as well. at least to cheap ba$tards like myself. A pushstick is there to get cut when your fingers dont - ie, it shouldn’t be “precious,” as they say. spending $ on one would counteract that tendency, which leads to danger.

By: Michael Pendleton

Michael Pendleton — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:24:24 +0000

I worked in a shop that had a factory-made push stick. It did have a magnet in the handle, which made it less likely to get lost, but that’s about it. It was the same style as the one you’ve got pictured there, and I prefer to use a different style. I’ve found that push stick engineering is one of those places that the creative urge comes out of lot of people and you will see some pretty wacky designs if you look around. Sounds like a photo-essay to me…

By: BarelyFitz

BarelyFitz — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:16:32 +0000

Bonus points if you can declare “I made this using only my hands and teeth”.

By: akbar fazil

akbar fazil — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:59:46 +0000

I can’t say for the life of me ever using a push stick I have ever paid for one.