Source of aluminium extrusion fence

[Brian Deakin]

Can anyone please help

I saw on Sawmill creek(many months ago) a link to a supplier of aluminium extrusion suitable for making a fence (the aluminium had a number of channels into which jig hardware could be attached )

Can anyone please direct me to this product

regards Brian

[glenn bradley]

I'll guess it was 80-20 (http://www.8020.net/). Remember, extrusions are not milled so the suitability to making a fence would vary with what you accept as straight or flat. Extrusions are neither, milled extrusions are.

[David Kumm]

Try www.framingtech.com Dave

[ian maybury]

Here's another couple in the same vein. The second is a smaller UK company that doesn't trade in the US, but illustrates that these aluminium framing systems are becoming more widely available from especially automation houses:

http://www.item24.com/en/products/product_groups.html

http://www.valuframe.co.uk/Contact-Us.html

Plan B might be to buy a purpose made fence from one of the makers of machines - it could be more pricey, but might be worth it if you want a purpose made section....

ian

[Cary Falk]

Rockler has some also
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=22075&filter=multi%20track

[Thad McCulloch]

Kreg also sells some extrusions suitable for making a fence. I put one on my existing Jet TS fence and it was very useful, but you could use it to make a fence from scratch if necessary.

[Bruce Wrenn]

80/20 has an online outlet store. Once in a while my local salvage yard gets some in. When they do (and I'm there) I stock up.

[Michael W. Clark]

Here is another one http://www.ttrackusa.com/

[Charles Lent]

There is a Unifence replacement available from Peachtree Woodworking in Atlanta that has two T slots in the top and one in the face for attaching jigs and featherboards. It's called the Uni-T-Fence. It only replaces the original Unifence extrusion and does not require any modifications to install, so you can easily change between this fence and the original depending on your needs.

http://ptreeusa.com/uni_t_fence.htm


Charley

[Brian Backner]

If you use a piece of 80/20 for the fence and you're concerned about it being flat and straight - bolt a piece of 6/4 quartersawn white oak to the face with deeply countersunk fasteners and joint it flat. I've found that 80/20, especially in the heavier extrusion (like 3030 or 3060) is pretty darn flat and straight - usually within 3-4 thou per foot.