New Laguna DriftMaster LXIII

[richard poitras]

Looks like they made it better than the old one.

[Richard Coers]

Can we start a lottery to see how many posts before the name Snodgrass comes up?

[Mark Visconti]

There's another thread on it with comments from myself and one other person. Search on DXIII *unless there is a new LXIII in which case, oops*

[John TenEyck]

Why would you waste money on something unnecessary. Get your saw to cut straight and parallel with the miter slot and use the stock fence, or one you like better. Drift adjustable fences is something aftermarket companies dreamt up to separate people who won't take the time to learn how to set up their saw properly from their money. I'll get all kinds of grief for saying that; from folks who couldn't solve or don't care to solve why their saws drift. To each their own.

You will never get your bandsaw to perform to its full potential unless it cuts straight and parallel with the miter slot.

John

[Brian Gouldman]

Why would you waste money on something unnecessary. Get your saw to cut straight and parallel with the miter slot and use the stock fence, or one you like better. Drift adjustable fences is something aftermarket companies dreamt up to separate people who won't take the time to learn how to set up their saw properly from their money. I'll get all kinds of grief for saying that; from folks who couldn't solve or don't care to solve why their saws drift. To each their own.

You will never get your bandsaw to perform to its full potential unless it cuts straight and parallel with the miter slot.

John

Since your comment is indirectly pointed at me and others, I’ll respond.

You’re focusing only on one aspect of the fence. Beyond the “driftmaster” functionality, there are other quality features of the fence that make it far superior to the fence that came with my Laguna 14/12. The rack and pinion depth adjustment is amazingly controllable and smooth, as one example. I don’t really plan to use the drift adjustment in practice but I was able to square the fence to the miter a lot in literally 2s with no tools. So I’m pretty happy about that.

I have the disposable income, wanted those features, thus I made the decision to make the purchase. Perhaps you have other recommendations on what people should spend their money on?

[John TenEyck]

Since your comment is indirectly pointed at me and others, I’ll respond.

You’re focusing only on one aspect of the fence. Beyond the “driftmaster” functionality, there are other quality features of the fence that make it far superior to the fence that came with my Laguna 14/12. The rack and pinion depth adjustment is amazingly controllable and smooth, as one example. I don’t really plan to use the drift adjustment in practice but I was able to square the fence to the miter a lot in literally 2s with no tools. So I’m pretty happy about that.

I have the disposable income, wanted those features, thus I made the decision to make the purchase. Perhaps you have other recommendations on what people should spend their money on?

I did mention to use your stock fence "or one you like better" in my post. If the Driftmaster was the one you liked better, that's fine with me. It appears you bought it because it had other features that you found to be or value.

I won't tell you what to spend your money on. On the contrary, I told you what not to spend your money on.

John

[Izzy Charo]

I don't disagree at all about getting things square, and I know it's possible to do this with the stock fence. However, the fence I have now is clunky, and even moving it forwards or back is awkward. I have a high-quality saw, and this fence (I hope) will make using it easier. I agree it's not totally necessary, but it's a luxury that I can afford. Others may reasonably disagree.

[Edward Weber]

Can we start a lottery to see how many posts before the name Snodgrass comes up?

You just did it

I agree with John TenEyck 100%

[Richard Coers]

You just did it

I agree with John TenEyck 100%

It was a preemptive strike, not helping him sell his gospel. 10 posts and no mention yet.

[Edward Weber]

It was a preemptive strike, not helping him sell his gospel. 10 posts and no mention yet.

Ssssshhhh keep quiet, everything is going smooth, so far


As to fences, I don't really care for any of the extruded aluminum (usually proprietary) fence rails and ONE sided fences found on most bandsaws these days.
I don't worry about drift, so for me, I prefer a simple but heavy duty, three point fence, you know like those found on a million tablesaws. But since it's a bandsaw, we'll have to redesign something that works, instead of just scaling it down.

I use Jet fences on my bandsaw/s, A simple three point fence that I can use on both sides of the blade.
(disclaimer) I have one installed and one ready to install when time permits.