| Review by gizmodyne | posted 182 days ago | 416 views | 1 time favorited | 15 comments | ![]() |
- Rockler Universal Fence Clamps
- Brand: Rockler | Category: Tablesaw Accessories

Well you could get by without them.
$15 a pair from Rockler.
What the heck are they?
They hold aux. fences and stopblocks to your existing rip fence, for crosscutting and dado operations where the blade would otherwise obliterate your existing fence.
Just rip a piece of ply, melamine, or other stable stock, drill two holes for the clamps, and clamp away.
The biesemeyer aux. fences with clamps are around $150. The only advantage I see is that their fence is exactly 1” thick, allowing for easy math. I will just use a tape.
Get a pair.
-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne
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15 comments so far
GaryK
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posted 182 days ago
They are great Giz. I happened to be in a Rockler the day they first got them in the store and grabbed a pair.
I planed a piece of mahogany exactly 1” thick the make it easier to offset on the fence dimension.
I also cut off a couple of short (6”) pieces for crosscutting the the miter gauge.
I agree! Get a pair.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
PanamaJack
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posted 182 days ago
Just got mine at the Indy Woodworking Show in January. Well worth it.
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scottb
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posted 182 days ago
oooh. I like those… sure beats screwing some ply or other from the other side.
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rikkor
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posted 182 days ago
On my list!
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brunob
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posted 181 days ago
One more thing on my wish list.
-- Bruce from Central New York
Hawgnutz
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posted 181 days ago
They truly are a great, inexpensive addition to your table saw! I love mine!
God Bless,
Hawg
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Karson
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posted 181 days ago
Great Review Thanks John.
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Sawdustmaker
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posted 177 days ago
I just added these last week and they work great. Very easy to pull off if needed as well. Good bang for the buck.
-- Brian, Virginia Beach
Woodchuck1957
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posted 177 days ago
They look pretty good, but I’d like to see the tightening end of the clamp reach down farther. Atleast half way down the fence. From the picture I see they don’t do that. Plus I wonder how long it will take before the round rod starts bending up and not clamping so well anymore. Nice idea, but I can see some problems with it.
-- If you can't find the time to do it properly, how will you find the time to fix it ?
GaryK
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posted 177 days ago
Woodchuck – That rod part does clamp farther down. You can’t see it because the rest of it is
inside the wood and it’s bent in slightly toward the fence. Also your second concern is a non issue.
That rod is way too strong to ever bend.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
Woodchuck1957
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posted 177 days ago
Yeah Gary, it’s kind of hard to see it in that picture, plus the lack of dimensions doesn’t help either. I guess I’ll have to look it up on Rocklers website to see if I can get a better picture.
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gizmodyne
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posted 177 days ago
Woodchuck…
I agree. I wish the clamp side went down a little further. It seems pretty strong though. It takes two hands to keep it from twisting.
Dimension from Rockler:
Range of travel 1/2”-5-3/4” (1/2” minimum assumes a 3/4” auxiliary fence; you can clamp to an even thinner primary fence if you use a thicker auxiliary fence).
Drill a 3/8” hole in the auxiliary fence.
Here is the link to the rocker site for the clamps
-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne
Woodchuck1957
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posted 177 days ago
Thankyou Giz. I have a Unifence and the clamps might be just the ticket.
-- If you can't find the time to do it properly, how will you find the time to fix it ?
Drell
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posted 44 days ago
I have a few of these laying around. I use one for a stop and two more for a sacraficial fence which leaves a spare after one of the kids steals one of the three;)
I think these work great and it would be very difficult to bend or break this unless you set out to deliberatly do so. It’s a pretty simple and cheap solution. I also created a 1 in thick stop to make it easier to set it up with the fence ruler.
all in all a very good buy.
sIKE
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posted 44 days ago
Match the 1” stop block up with Wixey’s Digital Fence that you can zero to the stop block and you have one killer solution.
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