Re: After market fence system for Ridgid TS2424

[Absinthe]

I'll give that a look.

I am looking for at least 36".

[Traves W. Coppock]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 18:47:31 GMT, "Absinthe" Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:

the big difference between the ridgid and the c'man rails is the ridgid rails are one piece and the c'man rails are two piece. as was suggested, move the rails over to the right of the saw, and bolt em back down. you are going to want to make a filler panel to keep the rails from bowing when you clamp the fence tight.

when you are ready for a REAL fence, Try the Excalibur.

*G* Traves

[John Siegel]

Traves You must be looking at a different model. The rails on mine are one piece. The filler panel sounds like a good idea because the fence does lock both front and back. John

[Traves W. Coppock]

On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 21:37:30 GMT, John Siegel Crawled out of the shop and said. . .:

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i checked at sears, and it seems they went to a one piece front and one piece rear rail some time after i bought mine. . . either way, for just about any fence system a filler panel is a good idea.

*G*

Traves

[Henry Webb]

If you're looking for length and are happy with the saw and don't need a large left rip capacity then you can unbolt the arms on the saw and slide them to the right a foot, giving you a 36" rip capacity. You may then have to replace the gauge with one that's 36", but that should be realatively easy to find (maybe from Ridgid.com?). I have the newer model (TS3612) that has, as you may guess, a 12" left and 36" right rip. I like the fence - it's very accurate when properly tuned (though with's definitley not a Bies or Incra).

[Charlie Self]

Henry Webb responds:

Anyway, it MAY be possible for the OP to check on-line for a repair shop nearby, and get that repair shop to order the fence rails for the 3612.

Might not, too, but worth a try, as it should be cheaper.

If not,

is a good place to start looking for relatively low cost replacements.

Charlie Self

"Men willingly believe what they wish." Julius Caesar, De Bello Gallico

[Henry Webb]

Doh! Good catch Charlie :-) I meant to say 36" tape measure - if he slides the rails to the right then all of his measurements will be off by n inches (where n = the offset). A new tape glued in place of the old one would let him use his original rails and cost very little to do...

[John Siegel]