Thread: Toolmac 12" tablesaw fence

Welcome to the forum.

You're unlikely to find a fence to suit your rails and will almost certainly have to buy a fence and rails. Either that or you can make a fence. The fence that came with these saws is pretty crappy so you're not really missing out on anything IMO. There's quite a knowledge base on these saws on the forum so if you run into any other problems do a bit of a search or just ask. You'll find this saw a lot more useful than your jobsite saw once you get it set up properly. Good luck.

Welcome to the (kinda) club!

3horse, 18A. Wowzers, you got the big boy !

Originally Posted by aldav

Welcome to the forum.

You're unlikely to find a fence to suit your rails and will almost certainly have to buy a fence and rails. Either that or you can make a fence. The fence that came with these saws is pretty crappy so you're not really missing out on anything IMO. There's quite a knowledge base on these saws on the forum so if you run into any other problems do a bit of a search or just ask. You'll find this saw a lot more useful than your jobsite saw once you get it set up properly. Good luck.

Thanks for the reply, I have been checking out Youtube for diy fences! I've asked Toolex who seem to have something to do with the Toolmac brand if their fence will suit but at $100 I'm not holding my breath on the quality!

Originally Posted by poundy

Welcome to the (kinda) club!

3horse, 18A. Wowzers, you got the big boy !

I thought it was a good opportunity to upgrade fairly cheap, it'll be a good experience to clean it up and dial it in I hope

Good chance it's the same as Aldav's and mine, and the myriad of other people who have posted here about them over time.

And is it seriously on a 15A or 20A plug, or is that badging on the main badge completely different to that on the motor? The motor on mine is rated as 2HP and 9A.

Originally Posted by poundy

Good chance it's the same as Aldav's and mine, and the myriad of other people who have posted here about them over time.

And is it seriously on a 15A or 20A plug, or is that badging on the main badge completely different to that on the motor? The motor on mine is rated as 2HP and 9A.

It was hard wired at the hardware store, the sparky is coming early next week to connect it. I'll keep you posted, thanks again for the reply. I'm going to build my own fence system like the one that John Heisz built for his saw on YT

Carbatec used to have an upgrade fence for about $300 would have been exactly what your after

Originally Posted by havabeer69

Carbatec used to have an upgrade fence for about $300 would have been exactly what your after

...but no longer seem to offer it, at least according to their website. Maybe worth a call to see, my suggestion would be to aim at a minimum of the 30" T-Glide model like comes with Carbatec Professional 250mm Cabinet Saw with 30" T-Glide Fence Kit | Carbatec

Just checking in - did you get anywhere with your fence ? I'm contemplating a build to replace my craptastic fence

Sorry for the late late reply poundy, the guys at Mitre 10 found the original fence and I got it dialled in pretty well (I'll need to replace the nylon adjustment screws soon though). I checked with Carbatec and their replacement fence system is $600