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What did you guys do on 01/01/01 this is what I did (Im too old to for hangovers the morning after isnt worth the night before!).
Please take particular note of the ends I made for the Ryobi fence more on this later.
The main reason I made the new fence, was that I wanted to reduce the number of times I had to take the (Triton) guard on & off: eg guard off line up the saw with the marked line; Guard on make the cut. I found I was tending to leave the guard off NOT SAFE (and it lets the dust fly around.
The 3⁄4 plywood fence is 6 longer on the left, (longer T track), and 2-1⁄4 longer on the right, notched to fit under the guard. 220 grit sandpaper glued to the front surface.
In use, I set the right hand end as close to the saw blade as I can, without actually touching. This gives me a reference point to align a pencil line on the work piece.
NOW the new ends on the Ryobi fence! This is very important stuff. Do you like how they look? They have no purpose other than to look good I just didnt like the look of the Ryobi plastic ends. Also, I had a left-over piece of laminated (2 x 3⁄4 plywood) stock I just knew Id find a use for it. They are held on by 1⁄4-20 C/S screws I drilled and tapped the fence.
Original PDF Document:
smtfnc2.pdf
We miss Rod and I was privileged to correspond with him over the years and even met him when he came from Melbourne to Houston to visit once. When he sold his BT3000 and got a contractor saw, he saw fit to send me the last set of Kirbyized custom attachments for his BT3000, not trusting them to the new owner. So I have and treasure the original Kirby BT3 Miter fence and Micropositioner he featured in many discussions here on the forum.
Loring