Stop block

Stop block

The stop block is a device used primarily in woodworking (and in metalworking to a lesser extent as well) to ensure that the piece of wood or other material being worked upon is kept a certain, constant distance away from the cutting blade by allowing force to be applied to the material being cut in a direction perfectly parallel to the blade. This cutting device is typically a table saw, although stop blocks can be used with a variety of other machines, including radial arm saws and band saws.

Stop blocks generally run in a track cut into the saw's cutting surface, permitting it to move in only one direction (hence ensuring that all force is applied perfectly parallel to the cutting device, keeping the cut in a constant, straight line).


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • stop block — stabdiklis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. stop block; stop gear; stopper vok. Abstellung, f; Stopper, m; Stopvorrichtung, f rus. замедлитель, m; стопор, m pranc. arrêtoir, m; dispositif d’arrêt, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • Block Party Bash — Disney s California Adventure Opening date May 5, 2005 Closing date January 6, 2008 …   Wikipedia

  • block off — verb 1. obstruct access to (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑blockade • Derivationally related forms: ↑blockade (for: ↑blockade) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • block up — verb render unsuitable for passage block the way barricade the streets stop the busy road • Syn: ↑barricade, ↑block, ↑blockade, ↑stop, ↑block off, ↑bar …   Useful english dictionary

  • stop gear — stabdiklis statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. stop block; stop gear; stopper vok. Abstellung, f; Stopper, m; Stopvorrichtung, f rus. замедлитель, m; стопор, m pranc. arrêtoir, m; dispositif d’arrêt, m …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

  • stop — or [stäp] vt. stopped, stopping [ME stoppen < OE stoppian (in comp.) < WGmc stoppōn < VL * stuppare, to stop up, stuff < L stuppa < Gr styppē, tow < IE * stewe , to thicken, contract > Gr styphein, to contract, Sans stuka,… …   English World dictionary

  • stop — 1 vb stopped, stop·ping vt 1: to cause to halt stopped payment 2: to subject to a legal stop vi: to cease activity or motion stop 2 n: an act or inst …   Law dictionary

  • block — I verb arrest, avert, ban, bar, barricade, blockade, bridle, check, choke, clog, close, cohibit, constrict, cramp, curb, dam, debar, delay, encumber, estop, exclude, fend off, forbid, foreclose, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hobble, impede,… …   Law dictionary

  • Stop — Stop, n. 1. The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction. [1913 Webster] It is doubtful . . . whether it contributed anything to the stop of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stop bead — Stop Stop, n. 1. The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction. [1913 Webster] It is doubtful . . . whether it contributed anything to the stop of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”