Hey folks,
As I continue to unpack and setup my old tools in the new shop space, I just finished getting everything dialed-in on my old Unisaw. That said - my fence is a "home-made Biesemeyer" that a machinist friend of mine fabbed for me years ago. It's the typical T-square style lock-up and uses a length of 10/20 aluminum as the blade. It's served me reasonably well thus far, but as I've got everything apart, I'm weighing my options on a fence replacement - mainly because this one is jut a bit big for my current space at a 50" rip capacity, though I know I could just take a bandsaw to the rails (steel angle and HSS) as well, but debating passing it along to someone who would use the capacity before I go that route.
Years ago, I had a Unifence that was awesome - I loved being able to flip it 90 degrees for thin stock rips. That said, though I have a lead on a NOS one, it's WAY overpriced in my opinion, (maybe the seller is hoping for some "collector value", who knows....)
I see that Biesemeyer isn't what it used to be unfortunately, and the current offerings have pretty consistent horrible reviews for fit/finish/ accuracy/QC/ etc, now that operations have moved abroad.
I've always been intrigued by the Incra setup - it looks like it would take up a ton of space at full rip capacity, (the arm would have to extend ~30" on the other side of the bracket, so ~62"+ from the blade), though in my current setup I will have the saw butting up to a miter bench that hasn't yet been built, so I could easily build a higher deck height on the future miter bench, and create a small cubby for the Incra arm to extend into).
Then of course there's always the Shopfox, grizzly, etc options.
And of course I could always tear down and freshen up my current fence as well - jut did want to weight the options for the current aftermarket, specifically on the Incra. Any users/ lovers/ haters in the group?
Thanks,
HMH
As I continue to unpack and setup my old tools in the new shop space, I just finished getting everything dialed-in on my old Unisaw. That said - my fence is a "home-made Biesemeyer" that a machinist friend of mine fabbed for me years ago. It's the typical T-square style lock-up and uses a length of 10/20 aluminum as the blade. It's served me reasonably well thus far, but as I've got everything apart, I'm weighing my options on a fence replacement - mainly because this one is jut a bit big for my current space at a 50" rip capacity, though I know I could just take a bandsaw to the rails (steel angle and HSS) as well, but debating passing it along to someone who would use the capacity before I go that route.
Years ago, I had a Unifence that was awesome - I loved being able to flip it 90 degrees for thin stock rips. That said, though I have a lead on a NOS one, it's WAY overpriced in my opinion, (maybe the seller is hoping for some "collector value", who knows....)
I see that Biesemeyer isn't what it used to be unfortunately, and the current offerings have pretty consistent horrible reviews for fit/finish/ accuracy/QC/ etc, now that operations have moved abroad.
I've always been intrigued by the Incra setup - it looks like it would take up a ton of space at full rip capacity, (the arm would have to extend ~30" on the other side of the bracket, so ~62"+ from the blade), though in my current setup I will have the saw butting up to a miter bench that hasn't yet been built, so I could easily build a higher deck height on the future miter bench, and create a small cubby for the Incra arm to extend into).
Then of course there's always the Shopfox, grizzly, etc options.
And of course I could always tear down and freshen up my current fence as well - jut did want to weight the options for the current aftermarket, specifically on the Incra. Any users/ lovers/ haters in the group?
Thanks,
HMH
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