People either love or hate a Delta Unifence. It has many features that no other fence has and can be set up for many different cutting options. I like the ability to slide the fence back off the leading edge of the saw table to better align a long board when ripping. One thing I did not like was the fact that almost all the weight was cantilevered and carried on a nylon foot in the middle of the fence and that when you adjusted the fence position, it was dragged across the table surface. When I moved the fence to my new-to-me PM72 from the PM66, I gave this some thought and came up with the following solution, simple but it works like a charm. The rollers are #608 bearings used in skateboard wheels. The aluminum is ¼" and the fasteners are all 5/16"x18. The stud that the bearings are mounted on are threaded into the aluminum and super glued in place. There is a small spacer washer between the bearing and the mounting plate for clearance.
This upgrade makes the movement of the fence extremely smoooooth!
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