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Tens of thousands
of satisfied GRR-Ripper® System owners are in the following countries.
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When visiting the Woodworking shows,
you will notice many
Exhibitors
relied on the GRR-Ripper®
and the MJ Spli++er™
for protection and control of the stock during the demonstrations of their
cutting tools.
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Freud Tools
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Bosch Tools
- WoodlineUSA Router
bits -
DeWalt
saw blade
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Laguna
Tools -
Mike Heavey
(demonstrator of
Cabinetmaking in action) and many more.
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Reports
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Talk on internet
The woodworking schools use the GRR-Ripper® and what do other professional woodworkers say....
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We
use your
product here at our woodworking school, American Sycamore Woodworkers’ Retreat.
Love it…highly recommend it…my students love using it and I know it is
safe,,,,thanks,
 Dana and
Michael Van Pelt
http://www.americansycamoreretreat.com/
- Your
woodworking vacation destination...
Delta and Porter-Cable
Woodworking Training Facility
Mike also posted
the following at message board of
www.WoodCentral.com
on November, 28th, 2003.
highly recommended!!!!worth every penny....I
challenge you to cut 1/4" x 1/4" ebony pieces 3" long any other way that is
safer and easier than using the Micro Jig Grripper...we use them daily here at
the school.....you are correct that you must remove the guard and splitter but
the Grripper in my opinion make this operation much more safe....Good luck
Mike
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Letter from a blind
GRR-Ripper user
I'm a blind hobbyist woodworker, have
been using table saws for about 30 years. I was talking the other day
with another blind woodworker (professional cabinetmaker) and telling
him about the Grr-Ripper, and how it seemed to have been designed for
use by blind woodworkers. He suggested I send you a note, and I
thought this advice was excellent.
I've always enjoyed the challenge of
ripping boards on my saw, although must admit the feeling of
'excitement' included a fair amount of anxiety. Customarily, once a
board got down to less than 3" wide, I no longer considered it a
candidate for ripping - too narrow and too scary for me.
I heard about the Grr-Ripper a year or
so ago, and purchased 2 of them from Woodcraft about 9 months ago. I
love this product! I never rip any boards now without using my Grr-Ripper,
whether they're 10" wide or 1" wide. The product helps me feel safe,
the quality of my cuts is superior to my pre-Grr-Ripper days, and I'm
now ripping those 1/4" strips when there's a need to do so! Scraps of
narrow wood I've had set-aside for years are now being put to good
use.
Just visited your web site as I do on
occasion. My next purchases will be the MJ Splitter and the Grr-Ripper
DVD. I occasionally collaborate with a sighted friend, and he'll be
able to watch the DVD and describe the different applications to me.
I'm also awaiting more information on the MJ tapering jig, evidently
anticipated for release some time in the (hopefully) not too distant
future.
Thanks for enriching my safety and
confidence, and helping improve the quality of my cuts. I'm saving
money because I'm now using all the lumber I purchase, and my 'scrap
pile' is becoming a thing of the past.
David Albrektson, Jamestown, RI
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A Woodworking Instructor said:
Hello,
Just wanted to let you know that I installed the splitter that you
mailed us on one of our table saws and it works perfectly with the
Gripper system. I wanted to thank you again for making such a good
product. We use it daily and I am so thankful for the way it makes
things so much safer for my students. You have a wonderful product
that I don't know how I survived without it before!
Thanks again.
Trish
Trish O'Loughlin
Department of Industrial Technology
Independence, IA 50644
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Larry
Riedell
emailed us:
hi micro!! well, i have a smile on
my face thanks to you guys. WHAT a fantastic product!!!! this tool
is too cool. most of the add on jig's that are offered on the
woodworking market today are junk. this is by far one of the most
innovated tools i've come across in yrs. all i can say is thanks!!
& your website is just as cool!! the instructions , step by step ,
well, need i say more! very well thought out . it sure looks like
you want your customer's to be happy. I LIKE YOUR STYLE. keep up
the great work, my hand's are saved from the dredged blade!!!! if
you have a catalog available, with any new product's available,
please send one . again thanks , power to your success....
larry riedell, c/o riedell guitar's 4421 e. white aster st.
phoenix, az 85044. ride on micro you have my permission
to use the testament at any time
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Mike
Beck
of Orange Beach, Alabama wrote:
nothing better to control a
workpiece on the planet for my money - indispensable.
very well made, should last a lifetime.
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GRR-Ripper Talk on
Internet
There are a few hundred posts among many
woodworking forums on the Internet where owners of the GRR-Ripper® System
expressed their comments after extensive use. A search from any of
the following woodworking forums will bear out their opinions on this
tool:
Using keywords: GRR-Ripper; Gripper; GRR
Ripper.
Date range: November 2002 to current.
http://www.forums.woodnet.net
http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/messages.pl
http://www.bt3central.com/forum/
http://talk.woodmagazine.com/woodtalkindex.html
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&group=rec.woodworking
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I Fell in love today or I hate collet adapters
#701403 - 11/24/03 01:34 PM
 Cutting a 3/8 dado in
a piece of figured maple today, my Gripper came to a complete stop
right after a change in router sound. I hit the off switch and lifted
the Gripper up. To my dismay there was the bit, sticking through the
maple, LOOSE. The bit slipped enough in the adaptor that it came
through where my hand might have been.
 The Gripper was chewed up
but not my hand.  I believe
in safety equipment.
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Jim
I was a
skeptic, bought two at a show and became a convert. My shop-made
pushstick is enjoying retirement in the scrap box.
Jesse C
I would
make the purchase again in a heartbeat. Have used them on the Jointer,
Router table, and Table Saw so far..... as big as my paws are, I have
to keep track of every square inch of skin, man!
Excellent Purchase / Bang for the buck!
Greg D
we use
them here at the school....buy them...buy them now....you will be glad
you did...highly recommended...can not say enough good things about
the gripper...every workshop, every woodworker should own a pair....
mike from american sycamore
I just
put mine togther(200 model) this evening and the first thing I used it
for was making the Jig to install my new Micro Jig Splitter.
I will
be buying another one for the Table saw/Jointer and another for the
router table.
I am a
paranoid about table saw safety. the spliteer and the Grr-ripper are
an absolute must for small stock work.
Best
jig I ever purchased. a 10 out 10. buy it you will like it!
go to
there website and watch the 18 min demo.
Joe P
Take
this from an eight fingered table saw operator. YYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS
Rgordon
I bought the Gripper. I agree with Angelo, in terms of its
handling and control is far better. I highly recommend it. It saved
my digits while working with my router table on some red oak.
Jesse M
.......................If
I want a really, really accurate cut, no push stick I know of will
allow me the accuracy possible with the gripper's ability to "mold"
itself to the exact specs needed to hold that particular workpiece as
accurately as possible while it runs through the sawblade.
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Howdy,
I too love my grippers. Besides greater control I've noticed an
added benefit.
I used to occasionally let my work pieces dip into the profiles
of my smart fence inserts (guess I cut some holes a little too big).
With the Gripper's, when I get to the end of a workpiece, it
glides right past the hole with the Gripper against the fence; and
that green rubber does indeed really hold. I can't use my fence
feather board at the same time, but with Gripper i really don't need
it.
Hope Santa brings you a new toy!
J.May
I've had one for several months now...Use it
everytime I rip narrow stock for picture frames. I do have to remove
my splitter as everyone has indicated, but the way one uses
compensates for the lack of the splitter. I'm going to buy another
soon and I do want one of their little green splitters to go with
it. To take off on AMEX I
wouldn't be home without it.
Ross...
I know of no safer way to rip <1" strips on a
table saw than with the gripper. Bought one when they first came out
and soon added a second for longer rips. I find it equally useful on
the router table.
DK
Yes by all means get the pair they are
greeeeeeeeeeeat! Seriously they are a very good safety device, some
people feel they are pricey for being plastic but they work. Pricey
yes, but what are your fingers or hand worth? Not to mention what
the hospital visit would cost, loss of work etc. get the idea.
You won't be disappointed IMO.
Steve
There are at least hundreds if not
thousands of posts like these among many woodworking forums on the
internet, the comments are from the actual owners of the GRR-Ripper ®
System. We encourage you to search and read as many comments
as you wish before you decide if the GRR-Ripper®
System is right for you.
We express our sincere thanks
to those who have shared their honest opinions with the world on our
products. Their support contributes to our great success in
continuing to serve the industry in developing products with
breakthrough concepts.
Micro Jig Management team
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Micro Jig Technical Team in New Jersey
Woodworking Show, 2004
Left to right: Mike Jones, David Bolash ,
Henry Wang, Craig Bentzley and Adolph Schneider.
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GRR-Ripper®
user from
Australia
I received my GR-200 early last week and got to use it for the first
time this weekend. I'm impressed to say the least. It looks like you have
thought of everything. I have to admit that I'm almost tempted to keep the
guard off the table permanently. Thank you also for including the extra
hardware it will come in handy I'm sure.
The magazine in which I first
saw the Grr-ripper was Fine Woodworking and it wasn't actually a favorable
review. However I could tell from the photo included that the reviewer had
missed the point. Sure enough there was an apology in the following issue.
Isn't it typical that the apologies are always smaller than the original
insult. Anyway as they say, "There is no such thing as bad publicity."
because it still wet my appetite.
Darren Healey
Ocean Reef, Australia
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We couldn't have said it better ourselves!
Leroy C. Noyes of Chester, New Hampshire
recently sent a letter to the editor of Fine Woodworking Magazine
regarding the articles they published on the GRR-Ripper® System. Leroy
forwarded same letter to us through our Feedback Form on this web site.
We have contacted Leroy and obtained his permission to publish his
original letter without editing. To protect his privacy, Leroy's contact
information has been omitted. We must state that Mr. Noyes is not
affiliated with Micro Jig in any way and we do really appreciate his
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Comments: Leroy C. Noyes
To: The Editor, Fine Woodworking
Date: June 22, 2003
Subject: “Grr-andiose push block”, Tools & Materials Review
Please let me introduce myself. I am a part time woodworker with more
than 60 years experience, a Charter Subscriber to Fine Woodworking and one
of the founders of The Guild of New Hampshire Woodworkers. Therefore I
feel competent to comment on this review.
I have just re-read your review of the GRR-Ripper push block in the
May/June 2003 issue and the letter from Henry Wang, President of Micro
Jig, Inc. in the July/August issue. I have also checked out the excellent
website
www.microjig.com.
I believe that the GRR-Ripper push block is the first real innovation
in push block design that I have seen in all this time. I bought two at a
woodworking show in February and they have become one of the most used
tools in my well-equipped shop.
I believe that your review did a great disservice to Micro Jig, the
GRR-Ripper push block, and your readers. The focus was on the supposed
negatives, of interfering with the blade guard and needing more downward
force, instead of the many advantages.
Actually, the GRR-Ripper push block is its own blade guard and splitter
and is a welcome addition for those of us who use the table saw without a
blade guard anyway. Also, with the GRR-Ripper push block, I find that I
can control the work piece much better, more easily insure that it stays
parallel to the blade and tight against the fence, and I haven’t noticed
that it takes any more force.
When it comes to cutting narrow strips, the GRR-Ripper push block has
no competition. Both the stock and the narrow strip are held tightly with
complete safety until they are well clear of the saw blade. Fingers are
safe and there is no danger of kick back!
I could go on and on, such a versatile tool can do many other things in
the hands of an imaginative user. I have used mine to hold stock against
the fence when re-sawing on either the table saw or the band saw. I have
also used it with my router table. For a few ideas of other uses, check
out the Micro Jig web site and while you are there, do yourself and your
fingers a favor and buy a GRR-Ripper push block!
Please do another review of the GRR-Ripper push block, not only to
correct the negative impression of the first review but also as a service
to your readers in how to use a table saw more safely.
Sincerely,
Roy Noyes
Category: Products
Name: Roy Noyes
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GRR-Ripper®
user
from
Japan
The GRR-Ripper
(GR-100)
arrived safely yesterday.
Thank you.
It works great. However, I need more practice to fully utilize it. And I
realized the necessity of additional kit
(accessories included with GR-200)
while making several trial runs...........................................
Y. Yazu
Tokyo, Japan
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The following pie chart is the actual rating percentage pulled from
our database. This percentage is based on ALL returned registration cards
from GRR-Ripper® owners that included ratings; registration cards that did not submit a rating
are not included. 84.3% of the returned registration cards were submitted
with ratings.
GRR-Ripper Owners' Comments
Our thanks to many of the
thousands of GRR-Ripper® owners who have shared their valuable comments with us.
Their confidence and enthusiasm affirm the value of the amazing GRR-Ripper®
System. For those who would like to view the actual comments, please click on
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Chuck Grimes shared with us a review of The GRR-Riper by
MICRO JIG, INC. The GRR-Ripper precision pusher System
also serves as a blade guard that the user holds, rather than a
blade guard that is affixed to the back of the table saw, or one
that hovers above it. It becomes an unyielding barricade between
the blade and both of your hands. You would have to
remove a conventional blade guard when attempting thin cuts
regardless of the type of pusher. For those special cuts and especially
during narrow ripping, the GRR-Riper System is designed
to do the job of the blade-guard and anti-kick back pawls. It is
designed to protect both hands, at all times during use, regardless
of movement. After the meeting, several members came up
to look at, and inspect the GRR-Riper. Every one was impressed
with the safety and the construction, and the ease
of adjustment of the unit. One or two had one and voiced
there experience and satisfaction with the GRR-Riper System.
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He also bragged about his Grr-ripper, a push tool that feeds your
workpiece past the saw blade and eliminates bare hand feeding. Allows control
over both sides of your stock -as narrow as a quarter of an inch - without
losing balance. Check out: http://www.microjig.com/
Can’t wait to see what Howard
has to show us next time!
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 WWG
Newsletter June 2003
Raffle
Alan Clapp
The winner of the May raffle prize was Lee Weberg.
The raffle prize this month has been donated by Henry Wang, inventor and owner
of Micro Jig Inc. Henry has donated a very unique and versatile pushing jig for
table saw, router table and jointer use. Several of us saw the GRR-Ripper model
GR-200 demonstrated at the Woodworking Show in February.
In addition to providing safety features for sawing and routing operations,
the tool improves the control and therefore the accuracy that is especially
beneficial when cutting smaller pieces.
Talking with Henry, I learned that his company is working to solve real
problems by inventing innovative tools for the woodworking community. The
GRR-Ripper tool is available locally at Rockler and Woodcraft. Details of the
use of the tool are available at
<www.microjig.com>.
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..............after 30 years of building
furniture with veneer and in-lay, finally a tool that will help me cut veneer
strips effortlessly. Thanks to the GRR-Ripper's ability to securely hold
down and advance the veneer strip on my table saw with no shattering......................it simplifies my woodworking life by
a big
margin.......................
Adolph Schneider
Adolph is a professional furniture maker who specializes in veneer / in lay
works.
Rip
veneer strip on table saw.
(DSL/Cable)
Rip veneer strip on table saw
 (56K or
slower)
Click here to see Adolph's works
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I recently received two GRR-Rippers for my
workshop. Currently, I'm instructing individuals on the very basics of using
power tools and creating simple wood projects. Safety is a large concern and now
by using this incredible safe product, my concern around the table saw is all
but gone. This is an amazing product that offers incredible safe operation
around my table saw and jointer and just this evening, I had a friend over who
had never used a table saw in his life and within five minutes of using the
GRR-Ripper, he was ripping oak stock to a width of 1 inch. Every shop should
have many of these GRR-Rippers.
Gary Phillips
Gary teaches woodworking in Ontario, Canada.
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...............My table saw kicked back a
board on me two years ago that left me very sore and black and blue from chest
to my stomach. Thanks to the way the Grr-Ripper supports and holds a board
on both sides of the cut, kickbacks are virtually
eliminated........................
Larry Woods
Apopka, FL
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