I bought a used Biesemeyer fence that one fence face wood is cracked and broken out of line by 3/8" or more. It is fairly involved to remove the formica cover, then unscrew the wood. then make a new piece of wood and install the formica over that. Does it really need a wood face. The old saw fences were just metal. Or some had wood bolted to th face with a few countersunk bolt head showing. Why is it such a big deal to hide the screw? is it just cosmetic? I never noticed wood grabbing in the bolt holes on my old jet lock fence with a 1x4 face.
I am thinking of using a piece of laminate flooring and just leave the laminate exposed with a few screws showing. It sounds like each face is separately attached so I will not have to replace both faces at the same time.
Bil lD