As I noted in an earlier post, I purchased the Rockler router table and
fence this weekend, and got a fence which was roughly THREE degrees out
of square.
Well, I took it back to get a new one.
They had two display fences. One was out by about two degrees, one was
out by just one degree.
They pulled a new one out of the box for me, it was out anywhere from 0
to 1 degree along its length. Went home with that one.
I've shimmed it with TWO pieces of duct tape (I'm a Southerner...it's
in my blood), and its now square to the table.
ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION OUT THERE ROCKLER??? The table is otherwise a
great table; flat as a pancake, a great value, a breeze to set up
(minus the shims, that is!), decent accesories, and a nice size to
boot. But if your fences are THAT out of square, you have a real
problem with quality control.
Can't wait to get some sawdust out of it now!
Toller wrote:
> What exactly is out of square? The actual extrusion?
> I bought a Rockler fence at a garage sale to use on a router table I never
> seem to quite get around to building. If it is junk I will make other
> plans. (Of course, I paid $5 for mine, but still...)
Right, that blue aluminum extrusion that serves as the subfence. (Two
melamine-covered MDF inserts then provide the sliding fence sections.)
Put a square up against it and let me know what ya got!
I will ask our product management to check further into the quality
control in the manufacture of this fence component. I am glad you
brought the fence back to our store and raised this to our attention.
Steve
Technical Support
[email protected]
Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
[email protected] wrote:
> As I noted in an earlier post, I purchased the Rockler router table and
> fence this weekend, and got a fence which was roughly THREE degrees out
> of square.
>
> Well, I took it back to get a new one.
>
> They had two display fences. One was out by about two degrees, one was
> out by just one degree.
>
> They pulled a new one out of the box for me, it was out anywhere from 0
> to 1 degree along its length. Went home with that one.
>
> I've shimmed it with TWO pieces of duct tape (I'm a Southerner...it's
> in my blood), and its now square to the table.
>
> ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION OUT THERE ROCKLER??? The table is otherwise a
> great table; flat as a pancake, a great value, a breeze to set up
> (minus the shims, that is!), decent accesories, and a nice size to
> boot. But if your fences are THAT out of square, you have a real
> problem with quality control.
>
> Can't wait to get some sawdust out of it now!
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Toller wrote:
>> What exactly is out of square? The actual extrusion?
>> I bought a Rockler fence at a garage sale to use on a router table I
>> never
>> seem to quite get around to building. If it is junk I will make other
>> plans. (Of course, I paid $5 for mine, but still...)
>
> Right, that blue aluminum extrusion that serves as the subfence. (Two
> melamine-covered MDF inserts then provide the sliding fence sections.)
>
> Put a square up against it and let me know what ya got!
>
Maybe I got lucky. Mine is right on.
Good luck with yours...
Dont think its just the tables.
Go back and search a bit on some of the plans they sell!
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> As I noted in an earlier post, I purchased the Rockler router table and
> fence this weekend, and got a fence which was roughly THREE degrees out
> of square.
>
> Well, I took it back to get a new one.
>
> They had two display fences. One was out by about two degrees, one was
> out by just one degree.
>
> They pulled a new one out of the box for me, it was out anywhere from 0
> to 1 degree along its length. Went home with that one.
>
> I've shimmed it with TWO pieces of duct tape (I'm a Southerner...it's
> in my blood), and its now square to the table.
>
> ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION OUT THERE ROCKLER??? The table is otherwise a
> great table; flat as a pancake, a great value, a breeze to set up
> (minus the shims, that is!), decent accesories, and a nice size to
> boot. But if your fences are THAT out of square, you have a real
> problem with quality control.
>
> Can't wait to get some sawdust out of it now!
>
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> As I noted in an earlier post, I purchased the Rockler router table and
> fence this weekend, and got a fence which was roughly THREE degrees out
> of square.
>
Mine is spot on 90 degrees. I used a machinist's square to check it.
Jim
I'd rephrase as "What they sell as plans" being bitten! Once only!
On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:40:18 GMT, "Rob V" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Dont think its just the tables.
>Go back and search a bit on some of the plans they sell!