Biesemeyer Fence Isn't Locking Tight

There are two setscrews on the angle iron that slips over the fence rail. Screwing those further in will tighten the grip the fence has on the rail when locked down.

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Mine stops at about 3/4. You can vary that by running the fence alighnment screws a bit deeper which may be why yours is not locking tightly. Properly set up you should never have to really lean on that lever.

Thanks for the quick responses, went out and adjusted them a little farther out and that fixed it right on up.

Just double-check the alignment of the fence with the miter slot and blade in case you haven’t already done so. Those set screws are also the alignment mechanism for the fence. Tweak as needed until everything lines up nicely.

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Good catch other wise I would have been wondering why all my cuts were off, goes back to that saying of every action has a reaction” or something along those lines.

Thanks again.

You’re welcome.

Enjoy the fence. Once I got a taste for a Biesemeyer at the workplace I found it hard to get used to the flimsy thing on my old Grizzly saw (eventually “had” to upgrade my saw with Biesemeyer).

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The saying is and my high school physics teacher would be proud ” every action has an opposite and equal reaction”

Rich

Just wanted to add that this is a critical setting. If there’s too much play, then you’ll get what the OP asked about—inadequate locking.

But if you tighten those set screws too much (I wish mine were fine thread instead of SAE) you can actually dent the front of the rail and that’s not a good thing.

As OBWan says, “We must be cautious.”

Kindly,

Lee

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