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AND NICE I BOUGHT. SUCH A NICE BANDSAW. I HAVE OWNED THE NICKEL AND DIME BANDSAWS ALL MY LIFE (I AM 60). THE SQUARENESS OF THE 12" IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFULL. THANKS FOR SUCH A NICE MACHINE. I AM THE PROUD OWNER OF THE JET 12" BANDSAW. ANYTIME I CAN HIT WITHIN A 1/64 TO 1/128TH OF AN INCH I GO ESTATIC.
IF YOU WANT QUALITY, YOU MUST PAY FOR IT. I GOT TIRED OF USING GARBAGE AND DECIEDED TO FINALLY BUY SOMETHING NICE. I WISH THE FENCE WOULD HAVE COME WITH IT, BUT HERE YOU ARE AGAIN. THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IS THAT I AM SO SORRY THAT I DIDN'T PURCHASE ONE LONG AGO. I HAVE CUT OAK, ASH AND POPLAR AND I HAVE GOTTEN THE BEST CUTS IN MY LIFE, AS FAR AS BANDSAWS ARE CONCERNED. I WOULD RATE THIS ON A ONE TO TEN SCALE AS A TEN PLUS. REGARDS, TERRY
Sent it back and received a replacement - same thing, no accessories. This fence is advertised as including a miter gauge and a resaw adapter. Neither of which is actually included. Then Amazon tells me "this is a widespread problem", and that I should send the replacement back as well.I just took the loss as a lesson, and went ahead and mounted it to my bandsaw.It's not a bad unit, but just be aware it will not include the accessories. And they still have not removed the false advertising from the unit's description.
The pointer covers the metric side of the scale. Fence works great. Only problem would be if you want to use the metric scale on the fence guide. Just take note that the miter gage is not included (but,is pictured in the view). I was sort of surprised that it did not come in the box until I looked closer at the description.
You can adjust the front rail to line up the measuring tape. Needed a good whack with a hammer on the tab that friction locks the near side of the fence. It is just like the Jet contractors saw fence: square adjust with four screws, friction lock on one side only. Pointer is weak but considering the error in measurement added by the rough cut of the blade itself it is plenty accurate. (.).
Since there are no other fence systems out there for the Jet your stuck with this one. Easily replaced with another stick on ruler but its a bit annoying that its that far off.
The fence itself is not assembled and there are no instructions provided, but its fairly obvious when you look at the CAD drawing on the parts list what goes where. First of all the fence works fine once you tune it up, the table of the saw is predrilled to accept the rails and their assembly is pretty straight forward.
My only gripe is the sick-on ruler that came pre-attached to the rail is not square to table and is full 3/4" off the mark. TIP: if you don't already have one buy a feeler gauge or better yet a set of setup blocks.
This makes setting the fence height from the table a lot easier. Having to pay over 50$ for such a critical piece of equipment that is standard on most other band saws the least they can do is get the tape on straight and true.
But it does work fine just plan on spending additional money on a new adhesive measuring tape and a good set of setup blocks.
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