Incra - A great router fence

Interesting. I have not gotten past a scrap board fence yet.

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I never paid much attention to this fine instrument until you reviewed it Gary.
I’ll have to take a closer look at it now.

How do you figure it improves your cuts on your router table.
I mean is the accuracty worth the investment if you are not doing precision joinery? i.e dovest etc.

Good write up.

Bob

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Have a similar setup. tis grand…
I simply love having the flexibility of being able to come back and rout with precision at a previous setting instead of thinking I must rout all the same profile in the same run, and better do much more than I need, etc, etc. (Triton router table memories…)

I have woodpeckers Unilift (all sourced locally from; www.woodworksupplies.com.au) also, cos I figure if distance FROM bit to fence is accurate, and bit height is accurate, this makes routing a process and a no-brainer rather than some particular high-skill activity !

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That is some fence Gary. I like the dust extraction facility. What sort of dollars are we talking for this unit.

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Grumpy – I think I got it for about $320 total.

Bob #2 – It doesn’t really improve your cuts, but the accuracy with which you make them. Accuracy
is the key thing here. Dovetails a little too tight? Move a couple of thousands of an inch and cut again.
I think it’s worth the money.

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Hi Gary,

I have been looking at these but one question I have can it take the place of a dovetail jig for boxes and drawers?

Thanks

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Scott – I would say no. That is because the cross feed is cheesy and that’s what you will be using.

It would be alright for short length dovetails of say 10” max.

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I’m absolutely in love with mine… changed the way I do everything. I’ve been meaning to do this review but you beat me to it. Great write up.

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Thanks Gary. One of these is definately on my wish list. Some many tools, so little time and money (deep sigh).

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I bought the Ultra Incra Fence System that fits on my Shopsmith. I can use it as both a tablesaw fence and a router table fence. It has really improved my work by making my cuts much more accurate, and allowing me to change the fence’s positiion and then go back to the exact, and I do mean exact, previous setting without any problems. I used to make just furniture, and now I can honestly call my projects fine, detailed furniture.
As for the router table, I have made so many different variations of the dovetail and box joint that I can’t count them all. This thing allows you to create through, blind, coner-post, double, double-double dovetails and box joints that are just beauitful. I have never been able to make these type of joints on a normal dovetailing jig (Leigh, Rockler, etc). I can now charge a great deal more for my boxes and jewelry cases and have no problem finding buyers for them.
As for the comment that the router crosscut feature is cheesy, I haven’t found a problem with it. If I need to make dovetails, etc. in what seems to be an extra wide board, I just attach my MDF extension to the, what the company calls, the right-angle fixture. I have made drawers as much as 26- inches deep this way, and the dovetails come out perfectly.
Precision is the name of the game here, and this system has turned my Shopsmith into a finely-tuned and precision woodworking tool. I’ll never again think about selling my Shopsmith. I plan on passing it down to my grandchildren now.

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