Craftsman contractor saw 80's era (fence)

For the bow, I just took an old hand plane that was nice and flat, slapped some belt sand paper on it with spray adhesive, and planed it flat.

I’ve got an old 1985 Crapsman that I bought brand new…..One of the first things I did was throw that crappy fence in the garbage, and bought a Delta Saw Guide fence…..delta makes (or used to) make a T-2 fence that with a little tweeking, worked perfect on them old saws…..If you can run across a better fence that what you have…..snag it…...Those old saws deserve a better fence, make better cuts, and will serve you well…..I still use mine today to cut dados and rabbits, which is backed up to my Delta X-5 saw…...With an outfeed table between them, the purpose is two-fold…....I completely restored that old saw, built a cabinet w/ drawers, and if you go to my workshop page, you can see a picture of it…...

-- " Unwanted mistakes.... are missed opportunities"......

RD…...that shop of yours is way, way, way too neat!

-- there's a solution to every problem.......you just have to be willing to find it.

When I had an old Craftsman saw, I put a Vega fence on it, and it got 100x better.

-- Gerry, http://g-forcecnc.com/jointcam.html