Larry Fox
07-18-2013, 4:52 PM
Last winter I acquired an older SCMI SI-12 slider from a fellow creeker and absolutely love it. However, it does have one little issue that I would like to sort out. The rip fence is one of those types that rides on a solid bar of just round-stock. The fence body just slips over it and to lock the fence in place you push down on the handle which pushes a round piece of steel against the bar. Nothing crazy - pretty standard stuff. The problem is that the fence moves along the bar sometimes when doing a rip cut. I think the little piece of steel that engages the bar must be worn or something. I am tempted to take it to a machine shop and have then gnurl (spelling?) the end to give it some "bite" but I am not sure if this will mar the bar over time making it hard to move the fence along its travel. It is not a huge deal as I just put a clamp on the bar to the right of the fence to arrest any travel but I would like to fix it if I could.
I have had saws with this type of fence / bar gizmo in the past and there were "teeth" on the underside which a gear in the fence body indexed to but not this one.
Anyway, thanks in advance for your time.
I have had saws with this type of fence / bar gizmo in the past and there were "teeth" on the underside which a gear in the fence body indexed to but not this one.
Anyway, thanks in advance for your time.