"Upscale" wrote in message
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Hint: The best fences invariably lock down, ONLY in the front.

Garbage.

I didn't realize that there was a Shop Fox fence that clamped in the
back, but indeed some of the saws in the catalog have a dual clamping
fence.

Don't let a few opinions turn you away from a fence that locks down front
and back. I own an Excalibur that locks down both sides and I'll match it
cut for cut any day with a Bies or clone of a Bies fence. Bies fences just
happen to be more popular. That doesn't for one second mean that all
others
are no good. Go and decide for yourself.

My Excalibur is easy to set up, maintains its accuracy quite well and
doesn't interfere in the least with an outfeed table. The space need for
the
1" wide back rail doesn't effect outfeed to a table at all. There's
advantages and disadvantages (small ones in both cases) to both types.


The original observation was mine. If you'll re-read the whole thing,
you'll see that I commented that my Shop Fox fence always locked down
straight and parallel, which is what it's suppose to do. I have absolutely
no complaint about the fence itself.

My observation was that with any fence, (I've ever seen) that locked in
both the front and back, it is extremely difficult to build extension tables
out the back of the saw. With my fence, there with simply have to be a six
inch gap between the saw and any extension table I might create.

(I was unaware that Shop Fox, at least now, has a fence that locks only in
the front.)

My observation was that I wish I had popped for a few extra dollars and
bought the Biesemeyer......

Clear now.