Chris Parks
10-07-2023, 7:44 AM
I have owned my K3 for about 10 years and for most of that time I have wanted to put a DRO on each fence and as I had a Wixey it went onto the rip fence copied from an idea I first saw here at SMC. It worked OK but in the end it is very limited mostly caused by the calibration system which I found a bit hit and miss. There were other DRO's out there but they all had to be imported to Oz and the price was totally off the planet so I parked the idea until about 12 months ago when I saw this video and how cheap DRO's had become.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFOzEgkovtw&ab_channel=HookedOnWood
I had known of this video showing fitting as DRO to a fine adjustment rip fence for the K3 for some years but no way was the cost of the DRO was not a starter and the Wixey soldiered on until I bought one of the Chinese DRO's for under a $100 and then the Wixey got the flick quick smart.
[VIDEO]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4BU1pLqTmU&list=PLEb0Ut6A7deb0kZz_SKUmml6 zmL9-7roS&index=23&ab_channel=NobleArtisanWoodworks[/VID
DRO on my saw
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[VIDEO]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4BU1pLqTmU&list=PLEb0Ut6A7deb0kZz_SKUmml6 zmL9-7roS&index=23&ab_channel=NobleArtisanWoodworks[/VID
The next issue was fitting a DRO to the crosscut fence on the outrigger and anyone who has given it some thought soon found the biggest issue was the Kipp levers that clamp the fence and it had baffled me for some time before I came up with this answer. The magnetic read tape is under the original measuring tape for those wondering how it works.
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As I explained in the other thread asking about sliders I came up with a parallel fence system that is not hugely expensive like the options currently available from other sources and with two DRO's does the same job. This photo is for illustrative purposes only but show the concept well enough. If you have a CC fence on the outrigger buying a fence to fit on the other end of the table is not a huge expense and two of the Chinese DRO's will give equal results to systems costing a lot more. Again this was borne out of the over the top cost of importing a system to Oz which in the end did nothing more. Derek Cohen also made a parallel fence system and it may be seen on his website. If you have not got an outrigger it is possible to fit a second fence to the front of the table which I did when I first began to use the F&F jig.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFOzEgkovtw&ab_channel=HookedOnWood
I had known of this video showing fitting as DRO to a fine adjustment rip fence for the K3 for some years but no way was the cost of the DRO was not a starter and the Wixey soldiered on until I bought one of the Chinese DRO's for under a $100 and then the Wixey got the flick quick smart.
[VIDEO]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4BU1pLqTmU&list=PLEb0Ut6A7deb0kZz_SKUmml6 zmL9-7roS&index=23&ab_channel=NobleArtisanWoodworks[/VID
DRO on my saw
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[VIDEO]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4BU1pLqTmU&list=PLEb0Ut6A7deb0kZz_SKUmml6 zmL9-7roS&index=23&ab_channel=NobleArtisanWoodworks[/VID
The next issue was fitting a DRO to the crosscut fence on the outrigger and anyone who has given it some thought soon found the biggest issue was the Kipp levers that clamp the fence and it had baffled me for some time before I came up with this answer. The magnetic read tape is under the original measuring tape for those wondering how it works.
508644508646
As I explained in the other thread asking about sliders I came up with a parallel fence system that is not hugely expensive like the options currently available from other sources and with two DRO's does the same job. This photo is for illustrative purposes only but show the concept well enough. If you have a CC fence on the outrigger buying a fence to fit on the other end of the table is not a huge expense and two of the Chinese DRO's will give equal results to systems costing a lot more. Again this was borne out of the over the top cost of importing a system to Oz which in the end did nothing more. Derek Cohen also made a parallel fence system and it may be seen on his website. If you have not got an outrigger it is possible to fit a second fence to the front of the table which I did when I first began to use the F&F jig.
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