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Default a choice: unisaw w/ unifence vs unisaw w/ beis

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:05:33 -0700, "Kevin"
wrote:

Hmm.. interesting.. since the fence is replaceable.. that does lend it to
being somewhat flexible.

Now if only the cost for that aluminum extrusion was $35.. instead of
what? $150?


Don't know. Mine was cosmetic assembly line reject. Cost exactly
what we got for clean aluminum scrap by the pound.

Frank



"Frank Boettcher" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:26:42 -0600, dicko
wrote:

On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:53:56 -0600, Frank Boettcher
wrote:

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Biesmeyer is ...... A little easier to attach feather boards, space
blocks and temporary sacrificial faces to the Biesemeyer.
snip

So just how do you attach feather boards, spaceblocks, and sacrificial
faces to a Unifence?

I have a Unifence and thats the most exasperating thing about it. Its
got that damned curved backside that prevents you from clamping
anything to it.

-dickm



I have to admit to having an extra fence where I have permantly
attached a wooden face that has cuts for a dado and molding
cutterhead. Slide the primary off and this one on.

I have a set of griptite magnetic featherboards and holdowns and have
installed the supplied steel plate to my primary fence, resetting the
face to the scale.

There is a flat on the extrusion that will take a block and provide a
good clamp surface. A little trouble but works fine.

Frank