Sears lists two replacement fences on their web site. One for around $160 and one for around $260.
I have an older belt drive saw and I want to upgrade the fence. Anybody have any experience with these fences since they are not available in the stores for examination?
I've got a 1982 vintage Craftsman TS. I HIGHLY recommend the Vega fence. It's got a great microadjustment feature, its well within the price range you're looking at, it went on in 20 minutes, and just works great.
-JBB
I've got no experience with them, but in an old Wood magazine book there was a plan for making your own - I modified it for a import saw and it worked fine. I think the book title was "Woodworking Tools You Can Make" or something similar.
I would second the recommendation for the Vega. I have one on my Powermatic and it's great. If I didn't have the cool gear driven fence on my Craftsman, I might be tempted to put a Vega on that as well.
On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:21:39 GMT, Mapdude Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:
Both of those are 99% identical its a lousy fence, and not worth 50$ look into the Bies, the Vega, or, my favorite the Excalibur
Traves
I put a Delta Unifence on my vintage sears saw with a 30" extention table and really like it a lot. The Vega, Besi, HTC look good also.
Scott
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