As some know, my table saw is a Hammer K3 with a 49" slider. This has a crosscut fence at the foot of the slider, and no outrigger down the other end. Inspired by the Fritz and Frans jig, I built a fence at the end of the slider to emulate the outrigger, which forms the basis of the way the F&F is used traditionally ...



I must admit that I have had mixed feelings about my experience of the F&F to date. It is an effort to set up the end section. It should not be so. And if I want to use the full length of the slider, the crosscut fence needs to be removed.

It occurred to me that I have been doing this all wrong. This is not how my K3 works. This K3 is centred on the crosscut fence, while those with longer sliders centre on a crosscut fence at the other end. So I decided to turn the F&F around.

A few weeks ago I posted adding a UHMW zero clearance section to the end of the crosscut fence ....





Today I made the sliding end ...





The black UHMW block under the Incra hold down is just a spacer.

The rear handle twists to tighten and lock it down (after it is pushed into the workpiece), creating a solid stop/crosscut fence.

The track comes from Felder ...



The Incra holddown further stabilises a workpiece ...



Everything is now happening at the foot of the slider ...



The little spacer is for narrow boards ...



Minus the Incra ...



So far this is just experimental. I will post my experiences later on. For those with similar sliders to mine, this is a quicker and easier F&F jig than the traditional one.

Regards from Perth

Derek