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Hi fellow woodies. Quick question... Does the steel rail at the back of a tablesaw add any stability to the cast iron table wings, or is it simply somewhere for the tail end of the Biesemeyer fence to rest? I want to remove it to better position my new outfeed table, but wasn't sure if this is a bad idea. Looking forward to your thoughts. Thanks in advance...Simon.
It will help support the wings but they should be ok without it. My saw does not have one as the fence is different. That said how are you going to support that end of the fence?
Outfeed tables don't have to butt hard up to the saw table they just have to be the same height so you could leave it on. Just something to ponder.
Regards
John
I wont need the fence support as the new fence im installing slides by resting on a UHMW plastic glide under the fence itself, as opposed to the foot on the end of the Biesemeyer fence. Im thinking that replacing the angle iron with some 3mm flat bar will provide me with any support for the wings and shorten up the gap. Still thinking this one through :-)
Hi Shortsta,
If you have a look at my recent thread on retro fitting an aftermarket Biesemeyer type fence to a crummy old Triton workcentre, you will see i did exactly that with a piece of UHMW plastic to active a as trailing edge bearing/guide for the fence. This fence did come with a rear support rail but I didn't fit it due to issues with the length of the workcentre. I find that when locked in place, the fence is extremely secure an I need to apply a lot of lateral pressure to move the fence out of square to the blade.
It seems to work well.
The link is here:
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f15/tr...55#post1950854
Cheers,
Trav
Trav,
Thanks for your input.
Nice work on your fence in the post. My new fence is a vsctools (vsctools.com) bracket with some locally sourced aluminium tslot extrusion (80x40mm). Very solid...very straight. I will post some photos when ive finished setting it all up :)
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I look forward to the pictures. I also looked at the very super cool option and was close to considering that as it is a great system. I also found a a link to a guy in the US who made a nice unit completely out of aluminium extrusion also.
He posted it here:
DIY Table Saw Fence #1: Table Saw Fence - by Hutch @ LumberJocks.com ~ woodworking community
All his fittings were supplied by a company called 80/20. They have EVERYTHING!
I basically sent that link to 80/20 in Sydney (they are the only Australian branch) and asked them to price up based on his design but unfortunately the 80/20 gear is super expensive (quality, but expensive).
I was going to use 40 x 40 for the rail and 80 x 40 for the fence. The quote came back at $805.00!
In the end, the fence I bought for Timbecon was at a price I couldn't refuse even though there was always going to be some issues retrofitting it.
I looked at a few extrusion suppliers here in Melbourne. Where did you end up getting yours from?
I went through 8020 in Sydney, but purchased through a friend who had a trade deal setup, so was cheaper than retail. Still not cheap though. I have made up a fence for day to day operations, and a setup dedicated to tenoning. I'm definitely sold on the use of aluminium though, as its stability cant be faulted.