Has anyone made a homebuilt clone of a Biesmeyer type fence

Here’s a link or two

http://home.comcast.net/~jaswensen/machines/fence/fence.html

http://www.twistedknotwoodshop.com/tsquarefence.pdf

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

Terrific links Jim.

I made mine out of some left over plywood. The plans were obtained in a book titled : Shop Tested Tools You Can Make.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

Yes, thanks Jim. Thanks for the interesting links. Those were very informative.
Hmmm, looks a little more involved than I thought. I was going to bolt mine together instead of welding. The clamping part looked a lot more complicated than what I was planning to design. So, I ended up ordering a Delta T3 fence from Lowes for $129 and it should be here in a week or so. This way My table saw should last a long time before I spend the $$ for a hybrid one in the future. It also leaves $$ for other tools I want/need.

-- Ever notice how some people look intelligent until you hear them speak?

this is some pics of my fence i made ,it made with 2×4 alum. tubing and some pice of iron angles

I have the same problem with mine. I screwed a piece of partical board to the side of it with shims in the necessary places to keep it square to the table. Let us know how the delta fits on yours. I’ve wanted to look into that myself.

-- Rick, Pa. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

jim, many thanks for the two links to DIY biesemeyer fences. i will add them to my glossary page on “jigs” in the history of woodworking: http://www.woodworkinghistory.com/glossary_J_jig.htm

as Jim and anybody else who engages in woodworking knows, woodworking is an activity that frequently requires on-the-spot creation of some quick-and-dirty device needed for completing part of a woodworking project.

woodworking technology itself shows a “bottom-up” nature, meaning that it is from woodworkers working on the shop floor where most innovations in tools—hand and power—are visualized. one of my friends loves to repeat this, “necessity is the mother of invention”

on this page i have a brief account of the development of the biesemeyer fence: http://www.woodworkinghistory.com/chapter_7-5_technological_development.htm

on my bandsaw, i cobbled together a biesemeyer-like fence that works pretty good: http://www.woodworkinghistory.com/bandsaw_table_fence.htm

-- Raymond McInnis Washington State ray@woodworkinghistory.com

Rick, I have seen a couple of sites out there that document the adaptation of the Delta fence onto a Craftsman table saw. I found this one on Instructables and the saw looks just like mine.
Delta fence to Craftsman table saw
The instructions look pretty through and I know there is some drilling to be done but of the people that have done it, they seem happy with the results. I cannot think of this being anything but an improvement on the original fence.
I will post my results when I get it completed in a week or 2.

-- Ever notice how some people look intelligent until you hear them speak?

Thats great information.

Thanks.

-- Rick, Pa. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

Sounds interesting!

-- I never started a project I couldn't screw up.

I’ve had many customers over the years look at the price of a Biesmeyer T-Square and exclaim that they could make one for pennies on the dollar.

None of them did…they always bought the Biesmeyer. I remember in the 80’s when you would call Biesmeyer with a question and Bill Biesmeyer would answer the phone. A success story indeed for a hard working and innovative man.

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