Well, I gave in and bought the Delta T2 fence for my restored 1952 Craftsman 10” tilt arbor table saw. I still have the original fence, but the rail was aluminum and not built very well. I am sure that it worked fine in the day, but this one was a sight for sore eyes. I tried to restore the original fence also, but noticed there was a crack in the rail near one of the mounting bolt holes.
Hopefully it will fit the mounting holes of the table saw. From what I can tell, the Delta T2 (biesemeyer clone) should be a good fence. Feels extremely solid and I like the aluminum fence faces.
I was going to try and build something similar to what Hutch had built with extruded aluminum. I really like his design. I think that I’ll still go this route for my other 2 table saws. I may even make one similar for my bandsaw. Here is a link to the fence that Hutch made.
I’ll try to get some pictures tonight.
-- Jamie, Kentucky
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rpmurphy509
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posted 350 days ago
Congrats on the new fence. I hope you get manyyears of enjoyment, and accurate cuts from it!
Have any ‘break in the new fence’ projects in store for us?
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Jamie
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My wife has been wanting me to build her a sofa table style table for our ‘antique area’ in our living room. I may just have to start that project..
-- Jamie, Kentucky
Karson
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posted 350 days ago
Congratulations on the fence
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
Jamie
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posted 350 days ago
Well, It looks like I’ll be taking the fence back. I guess when you’re anxious to get something that will work, you overlook a few things. The holes to mount the fence rails do not match up to the holes on the fence. I would have to either drill new holes in the saw table, or the rails, which I would rather not do and they would be too close to the original holes. I had researched some on this prior to getting the fence, and it stated that it did fit many other contractor and cabinet saws.
I thought that instead of sending it back, I would try it on my Craftsman contractor saw, but the holes did not line up on it either.
I guess I’ll step back and get the Shop Fox Classic fence, Biesemeyer (I hate to pay that much), or go with Hutch’s idea with his extruded aluminum design.
-- Jamie, Kentucky
rpmurphy509
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posted 350 days ago
Sorry to hear that fence isn’t working out as hoped.
Think most, if not all of us have been in similar circumstances
before, so can sympathize with you.
I have the Shop Fox Classic on my Grizzly, and I love it. Very simple, accurate and sturdy.
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