Thread: Cheap fence

I just picked up a Triton roter fence for $8.16 from the local Bunnings.

I couldn't resist it, even though I am not using a Triton table any more. I actually never used the router in it.

But I figured that there was more than $8 worth of T-knobs, vacuum pipe and assorted hardware in it. I was particularly interested in the plastic vacuum hose fitting with adjustable bit guard. I was thinking I could fit it to home-made fence I use in my custom router table.

Now having got it home and inspected it, I notice it also has adjustment for offsetting the infeed fence - something I hadn't got around to incorporating yet.

Now I'm thinking of mounting the whole thing on a slippery bit of melamine for use on my own router table - which uses a pivot system for the fence. The main part of the fence is, of course, metal - for sliding over the metal triton table. I'll put bigger mdf/melamine front panels on it.

I've also got two adhesive scales which I might add to my drill press table for rough alignment - this does use a parallel slide system for the fence.

Eight bucks ... not bad, me thinks.