Router Table "roller buddies"

[CLetts]

Not too long ago I saw a thread here about some new roller buddy type hold downs for a router table. They were red with inward tilted rollers that held the piece down plus pulled it toward the fence. I remember they sold for $99/pair. Does anyone remember what these were called and/or where I can find them?

thanks!

-Carl

 

[woodworker2000]

I think they are called Board Buddies and the different colors are for different types of equipment. Here are the results from a "board buddies" search on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...vptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_70lhulsyuf_e

 

[CLetts]

thanks, Christopher! that's what I came up with on Amazon also. Those aren't what I'm talking about though. The ones I'm referring to fit into a t-track on a router table fence. My memory (cough) is telling me they're made from some red aluminum like woodpeckers uses but I didn't have any luck there either.

 

[Joe Scharle]

Incra?

 

[LB75]

Are you talking about these from Jessem?

 

[Joe Scharle]

I remember seeing these and thinking; 'After playing with them for 1/2 hour, I'd put them away in a drawer'.
So, I wrote myself a $100 check, tore it in half and put that in a drawer instead! Takes up a lot less room...

Heck, I don't even use feather boards when routing!

 

[ehpoole]

These were the traditional Board Buddies for the router table (they're bi-directional, unlike the tablesaw Board Buddies) -- available from hartvilletool.com.

The Board Buddy series both holds the workpiece flat to the table as well as pulling the workpiece against the fence.

However, the more modern variation is the example offered up by George (above) by Jessem.

 

[CLetts]

Are you talking about these from Jessem?

well, so much for my "memory" of them being red. This is them. Thank you very much!

 

[nn4jw]

I have those Jessem guides and wrote up my "review" of them on my blog, if you're interested.

http://jrwagner.org/blog/2013/06/26/jessem-clear-cut-precision-stock-guides/