Kreg Bandsaw Fence $88

[tommyt654]

Hartville tools has the Kreg precision Bandsaw fence for $87.95 + $9.99 shipping, Get the microadjuster for $11.98 and shipping is free. Price adjusts in the cart, Still a pretty good deal considering elsewhere your looking at $150 + shipping

[sweensdv]

I ask this in all sincerity as I can't figure out why but why would you want a micro adjuster on a band saw fence? I can do a pretty fair job of accurately resawing but always cut my stock oversized as I will have to joint and plain it anyways.

Excellent price on that fence though.

[jimglassford]

Kreg micro adjuster

I have this Kreg fence on a 14" Delta. The fence is hard to adjust in small increments. If you are trying to get a very accurate cut, it is hard to move the fence parallel to the blade. The micro adjuster really does help. I understand that if you are cutting wood for resaw, you can over size it. There are other uses for a bandsaw besides resaw. I use mine for cutting window sills. I scribe around the framing for the window and get very tight fits against the dry wall.

Having said that, I checked the price on the web site and the price of the fence is back to its usual price.

[iceman61]

It's still at the sale price here($87.98). You won't get the sale price until you add the item to the cart.

[LCHIEN]

I ask this in all sincerity as I can't figure out why but why would you want a micro adjuster on a band saw fence? I can do a pretty fair job of accurately resawing but always cut my stock oversized as I will have to joint and plain it anyways.

Excellent price on that fence though.

the microadjuster on the kreg works great.
when you loosen the main lock knob, the user end tends to move but the far end stays put, for small changes. when you tighten the knob, then the front locks square and the end pulls in line. So you only get a bit or no fence movement at the blade as you move the end on the rail. Using the microadjuster allows an exact fence movement to be produced.

THis is useful, maybe not so much for resawing, but for ripping to precise width and notching and tenons - particularly tenons where a mil of positioning results in a 2 mil tenon thickness change (if you do both sides to keep it centered).

And I usually use the BS to do real narrow rips on shorter pieces, feels much safer than on the table saw.

I've had my Kreg fence for quite a few years - it's actually a Duginske fence before he joined with Kreg. The micropositioner uses a 1/4-20 screw to do the positioning, that gives a 20 turns per inch which is handy if you work in decimal fractions (1/4 turn = 12.5 mils, 1/2 turn= 25 mils, 1 turn = 50 mils) but less handy than the BT3 micropositioner which uses a 16 tpi thread and moves 1/64th inch per 1/4 turn, and 1/16th inch per turn if you are working in fractions. (otherwise, 16 mils per 1/4 turn etc).

[tfischer]

The Kreg fence will not work on the Central Machinery BS without a bit of finagling. I got it to work and it's a good fence, but don't expect the "bolt-on" that the Kreg promises.