"Alan W" wrote in message
m...
"Dirty Bob" wrote in message
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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.

This makes perfect sense, as I expect the allen head bolts are class
8 and would very easily be capable of digging and dimpling the
extruded alum fence material. I have some small washers about the
house and will try this if my next attempt is not successful.

I am quite impressed with the micro adjust feature.

One other question is where is the "button" on the back of the fence
supposed to ride? Along the edge of the table causing the fence to
"float just above, or on the rear rail or? The diagrams show it on
the table and using washers to shim, but it does not make a whole lot
of sense to me as of yet.

Thanks
Alan


It had better be riding on the rear square rail.

Mike