I LOVE my 50" Vega Utility fence. There is, however, a slight problem when
RE-aligning the fence. The four allen head bolts which hold the fence in
position are tightened down onto the fence material which is aluminum alloy
of some sort. What winds up happening, is that the bolts "dig in" slightly.
This develops a "memory" to that particular position. Someone here at this
group posted the fix some time ago. I implemented the fix, and it worked
beautifully. Simply place small steel washers under the heads of the allen
bolts. This removes the possibility of any "memory" indentations in the
aluminum alloy itself.

Hope this works as well for you as it did for me. I had the fence on a
contractor style saw which I replaced with a Grizzly cabinet style saw. I
wasn't thrilled with the ShopFox fence which came with the Grizzly saw, so
installed my Vega fence. That required RE-alignment, and the ensuing
alignment problem. The washers worked like magic.

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"Alan W" wrote in message
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After being in the market for a few weeks for an upgrade in table
saws, I found a Jet with a shop built cabinet base on wheels, a Vega
Utility 50" fence, the original Jet T fence, and the finger saver
accessory for $350.00 in the paper yesterday.

I've reassembled the saw (some dissasembly was required to go out a
door and to fit the shortbed pickup I brought). However I'm having a
bit of trouble getting the Utility 50 fence back into exactly parallel
to the miter slot.

I do have the owners manual which tells me to loosen the 4 allen head
bolts, align the saw pefectly on the side of one of the miter tracks,
clamp down the back end of the fence and then lock the cam down.

Using this I was able to improve upon the initial bolt on, but running
a finger nail down the fence to the miter slot hangs at the front and
slips over at the back:

Some ascii art

= -- fence at front of miter slot
| --- miter slot


=| --- fence at back of miter slot

The difference is maybe a 32nd at this point.

Any hints for the last little tweak? I will try again with a tighter
clamp down.

Thanks

Alan