well, dagnabbit already.... (fence question)

[Dell Moore]

I spent the morning lining up and drilling to put the fence on my new unisaw. Everything used, and the previous owner did things bass ackwards.

I used my smaller biesemeyer to estimate everything I did on this one, but I'll be danged if when it was all said and down the fence itself did ride up a good quarter of an inch or so off the tabletop. I didn't notice it until I was across the room and looking back at the saw.

Do you think this is going to be a huge problem? I really detest the idea of drilling the caste iron again. I often us a sacrificial fence also...

Any thoughts? Drill again, right?

Thanks,

Dell

[jerry nazard]

You don't say what kind of fence. If it is a Bies, I would be tempted to try a sacrificial facing. If you don't like it after using it for a while, you could certianly remount the rails or whatever at a later date.

[Cary Falk]

I always drill the fence to match the tablesaw. I would redo it if it were me. It would bug me and at 1/4" all kinds of stuff would slip under it. It would be a bigger pain for me to keep messing with a sacrficial fence then to suck it up and redrill.

[David DeCristoforo]

"...suck it up and redrill..."

Well said!

[glenn bradley]

Hard to say without knowing what kind of fence it is. Unless it is supported at the far end, won't there be improper downward pressure on the front rail/clamping assembly. This would be pretty bad for a t-square style fence like Bies that expects to be parallel to the tabel top. I'm thinkin' measure twice . . . . sorry.