On Thursday, January 1, 1998 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Douglas Rhodes wrote:
I received my new Paralok TS fence last week and would like to pass on
my impressions with it. Mounting it to my Rockwell Contractor's Saw was
fairly easy but required drilling the rails. I had a little difficulty
drilling the heavy angle iron exactly where I wanted but got it close
enough. (I don't have much experience drilling metals--just wood!) I
ran the cables and mounted the fence. Took 10-20 minutes to align to
the miter slot. The fence glides very easily because of the cable
system. Fence flatness/straightness is claimed to be less than 0.002"
and I believe this to be correct with the tools available to me. A
quick measurement of the squareness to the table revealed that the top
of the fence was out by about 0.006". I called the company (Quintec
Manufacturing) on New Year's Eve and was told that Daryl Waters
(inventor/president) would be out until Friday or Monday but he could
answer my concerns. I was somewhat disappointed but figured it WAS New
Year's Eve. Well, within 10 minutes I got a call back from Daryl and we
spend some 15 minutes discussing the squareness issue among others. I
must say I was impressed! I doubt Delta or Biesmeyer would call on New
Year's Eve!

He recommended I place paper shims under the locking blocks. I did so
and had the fence perfectly (as close as I could tell) square within 10
minutes. Overall, I am very satisfied with this fence and only wish I
replaced my Jet-Lock fence sooner. The scale is extremely accurate and
repeatable. I was using the fence as a "stop block" to cut tenons with
the miter gauge and had to re-cut one after moving the fence for a
different cut and found the fence was exactly back to where it
previously was positioned using the scale. I'll throw away my tape
measure for sure for measuring the distance from blade to fence.

I build my own version of the infill table rather than use the suggested
plans. I figured mortise and tenons joints for the table's support
would be more appropriate than 1X2's and plywood bracing.

Negatives....yes a few.
1. I was mis-led (not by Daryl and Quintec) by the Bridge City
Toolworks catalog which carries the Paralok. They say to take the
biggest cut you want to make and add 3" and select the fence rail
lengths from a chart. This is wrong. I ordered the 6' rails assuming I
could cut almost 6' to the right of the blade. The 6' rails ARE 6' feet
in length...total. The catalog should have said: add the left and
right distances that you want to cut and add 6" and order that rail
lengths. I discussed this with Daryl and he agreed that the discription
is incorrect in the BCTW catalog.

2. I wish the railed were pre-drilled for the more common table saws.
This would save the consumer the trouble of drilling fairly thick steel.

3. A minor point. The fence does not include mounting bolts. I feel
for this price range they should. The Paralok's instruction manual
claims that for so many different models of table saws, it would be
difficult to determine the correct bolts. But, for common TS, like the
Unisaw and Contractor's saw, I say include them. I had to really search
for 3/8" fine thread bolts for my TS. Everyone (including HD) only
carries the course thread. The manual DOES state that if you really
have trouble finding the bolts, to call them and they will assist in the
procurement of them.

Note: I have no affiliation with Quintec other than a satisfied
customer. YMMV.

--Doug Rhodes



On Thursday, January 1, 1998 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Douglas Rhodes wrote:
I received my new Paralok TS fence last week and would like to pass on
my impressions with it. Mounting it to my Rockwell Contractor's Saw was
fairly easy but required drilling the rails. I had a little difficulty
drilling the heavy angle iron exactly where I wanted but got it close
enough. (I don't have much experience drilling metals--just wood!) I
ran the cables and mounted the fence. Took 10-20 minutes to align to
the miter slot. The fence glides very easily because of the cable
system. Fence flatness/straightness is claimed to be less than 0.002"
and I believe this to be correct with the tools available to me. A
quick measurement of the squareness to the table revealed that the top
of the fence was out by about 0.006". I called the company (Quintec
Manufacturing) on New Year's Eve and was told that Daryl Waters
(inventor/president) would be out until Friday or Monday but he could
answer my concerns. I was somewhat disappointed but figured it WAS New
Year's Eve. Well, within 10 minutes I got a call back from Daryl and we
spend some 15 minutes discussing the squareness issue among others. I
must say I was impressed! I doubt Delta or Biesmeyer would call on New
Year's Eve!

He recommended I place paper shims under the locking blocks. I did so
and had the fence perfectly (as close as I could tell) square within 10
minutes. Overall, I am very satisfied with this fence and only wish I
replaced my Jet-Lock fence sooner. The scale is extremely accurate and
repeatable. I was using the fence as a "stop block" to cut tenons with
the miter gauge and had to re-cut one after moving the fence for a
different cut and found the fence was exactly back to where it
previously was positioned using the scale. I'll throw away my tape
measure for sure for measuring the distance from blade to fence.

I build my own version of the infill table rather than use the suggested
plans. I figured mortise and tenons joints for the table's support
would be more appropriate than 1X2's and plywood bracing.

Negatives....yes a few.
1. I was mis-led (not by Daryl and Quintec) by the Bridge City
Toolworks catalog which carries the Paralok. They say to take the
biggest cut you want to make and add 3" and select the fence rail
lengths from a chart. This is wrong. I ordered the 6' rails assuming I
could cut almost 6' to the right of the blade. The 6' rails ARE 6' feet
in length...total. The catalog should have said: add the left and
right distances that you want to cut and add 6" and order that rail
lengths. I discussed this with Daryl and he agreed that the discription
is incorrect in the BCTW catalog.

2. I wish the railed were pre-drilled for the more common table saws.
This would save the consumer the trouble of drilling fairly thick steel.

3. A minor point. The fence does not include mounting bolts. I feel
for this price range they should. The Paralok's instruction manual
claims that for so many different models of table saws, it would be
difficult to determine the correct bolts. But, for common TS, like the
Unisaw and Contractor's saw, I say include them. I had to really search
for 3/8" fine thread bolts for my TS. Everyone (including HD) only
carries the course thread. The manual DOES state that if you really
have trouble finding the bolts, to call them and they will assist in the
procurement of them.

Note: I have no affiliation with Quintec other than a satisfied
customer. YMMV.

--Doug Rhodes

Dear Doug I realize I am replying to an old post of yours but you seem to be a helpful person and I could sure use a bit of help. I just bought a very clean Delta cabinet saw which has a paralax II fence system which appears to have a lot of potential, however as received the locking lever moves very little and does not secure the fence. Unfortunately there was no instruction literature with the saw. I wondering if you could possibly advise me either how to adjust the lever or where to find out how.

Thanks for any help you can provide..Tom Dotta Hollister Calif.