Thread: Purchasing an LS system Q ...

The reason you use a 32" positioner is if your doing repeat cuts, like dovetails or finger joints or grooves, across a longer distance. It is convenient on a saw because it can reduce moving the base unit but it is less crucial. As always it depends on how you work. I set my primary scale carefully to zero clearance and use the positioner to set every cut, straight off the scale no measureing. If your moving the base and using the positioner to make final adjustment then thats a completely different situation.

Regarding your finger joints one of the great things about an incra is if you setup your parts carefully again you can add a tiny amount of clearance by taking another pass. I've shaved a thou off to get a part just right and it really is that accurate.

The base unit assembly is available as a part from incremental and PWS supplied same to me for a very reasonable price. This allowed me to take my LS super 25 and mount it to my saw.

Given the choice I'd rather the 32" positioner but YMMV and I haven't cared enough to actually go out and buy one.

Originally Posted by damian

The reason you use a 32" positioner is if your doing repeat cuts, like dovetails or finger joints or grooves, across a longer distance. It is convenient on a saw because it can reduce moving the base unit but it is less crucial. As always it depends on how you work. I set my primary scale carefully to zero clearance and use the positioner to set every cut, straight off the scale no measureing. If your moving the base and using the positioner to make final adjustment then thats a completely different situation.

Regarding your finger joints one of the great things about an incra is if you setup your parts carefully again you can add a tiny amount of clearance by taking another pass. I've shaved a thou off to get a part just right and it really is that accurate.

The base unit assembly is available as a part from incremental and PWS supplied same to me for a very reasonable price. This allowed me to take my LS super 25 and mount it to my saw.

Given the choice I'd rather the 32" positioner but YMMV and I haven't cared enough to actually go out and buy one.

Hi Damien...

You're quite right of course about the 32" vs 25" positioners and of course the larger one is more versatile. I haven't noticed and "short comings" with my 25" unit though.

Also, I've done the same in the past to trim a tiny amount off a piece... Incra's are great for that...

Rob

Originally Posted by socratous

I got mine from Tool King in Denver. They were a fair bit cheaper than Incremental Tools, had great service and were one of the few that had a realistic international freight quote, not that international freight is an issue for you!

I sent Tool King an email for the LS-TS32 on Monday 5/9/11 and still not got a reply. Now I know why the US economy is doing so badly, no service for buying customers.

SB

Originally Posted by Superbunny

I sent Tool King an email for the LS-TS32 on Monday 5/9/11 and still not got a reply. Now I know why the US economy is doing so badly, no service for buying customers.

SB

Monday 5/9/11 was a public holiday in the US (Labour Day), maybe they haven't recovered yet?
As it is about 6am on Thursday 8/9/11 there now, they've only had 2 days so far, if they didn't take an extra long weekend.

Originally Posted by Big Shed

Monday 5/9/11 was a public holiday in the US (Labour Day), maybe they haven't recovered yet?
As it is about 6am on Thursday 8/9/11 there now, they've only had 2 days so far, if they didn't take an extra long weekend.

That's all right but now they can't find the saw fence on their own web site so their latest email said. I sent them instructions on how to do a search of their own web site. They must have been having one hell of an extra long weekend.

SB

I looked at this thread again today for the first time since about March. There is a lot of valuable information and opinions here.

I already have a metric-converted 17 inch positioner with wonderfence for the router table. Its currently mounted on a Triton extention table so I can use it on the triton router table or workcentre 2000. Its been a good way to experience the incra system and now its time to upgrade the saw and router tables.

I am looking at a separate router table and tablesaw and getting a 32 inch metric positioner for the saw. This will give me the option of swapping and changing if one is not big enough for the occasional job, having everything interchangeable and a separate router table so I can leave both set up and move from one to another as required.

Having revisited this thread I am sure I am on the right track

Thanks to all who have posted here.


Doug

Well it all arrived on Monday and what a fine bit of equipment it is no thanks to Tool King. I got the metric one and all installed by the factory before delivery. All up cost $564 Australian dollars delivered to my door. Not a bad saving but you will not get at this price now as the dollar has droped. I wish I could have got it in Australia for near this price as I would prefer to give my business to an Australian firm. No dig at PWS intended, I know they have to make a profit.

SB