Mike Goetzke
07-05-2010, 10:46 PM
I got a Driftmaster BS fence for father's day and had a chance to install it today. Took about 2-3 times as long to install as I expected but it's hard to design something truly universal. Plus I have tight quarters in my garage and needed to modify the mounting hardware so the fence traveler was a close to the BS table as possible. I also reversed the hand crank for the same reasons.
My Delta had two fine thread 1/4" tapped holes in the front. I decided to enlarge it to two 3/8"-16 holes:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/My%20Tools/Laguna/IMG_0962.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/My%20Tools/Laguna/IMG_0964.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/My%20Tools/Laguna/IMG_0965.jpg
Universal brackets installed:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/My%20Tools/Laguna/IMG_0967.jpg
Fence assembled:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/My%20Tools/Laguna/IMG_0968.jpg
Another reason to apply the fence crank to the front:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/My%20Tools/Laguna/IMG_0969.jpg
Everything seems to be working fine and smoothly (Note for those that move the crank to the front - at first it felt like the threads were binding but after I loosened the special lead screw nut with the key that mates with the crank by 1/2 turn it moves very easily in both directions). I will try some resawing later in the week.
Anyone know how & where the scale that came with it is supposed to be attached? (Maybe it's only made for Laguna BS's?)
Mike
My Delta had two fine thread 1/4" tapped holes in the front. I decided to enlarge it to two 3/8"-16 holes:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/My%20Tools/Laguna/IMG_0962.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/My%20Tools/Laguna/IMG_0964.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/My%20Tools/Laguna/IMG_0965.jpg
Universal brackets installed:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/My%20Tools/Laguna/IMG_0967.jpg
Fence assembled:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/My%20Tools/Laguna/IMG_0968.jpg
Another reason to apply the fence crank to the front:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/mbg/My%20Tools/Laguna/IMG_0969.jpg
Everything seems to be working fine and smoothly (Note for those that move the crank to the front - at first it felt like the threads were binding but after I loosened the special lead screw nut with the key that mates with the crank by 1/2 turn it moves very easily in both directions). I will try some resawing later in the week.
Anyone know how & where the scale that came with it is supposed to be attached? (Maybe it's only made for Laguna BS's?)
Mike