I was at the North West Lowes in Tallahassee earlier today and saw
that they had the Biesemeyer B6-30 fence system for $200, 50% off
their price.
I don't know if any other stores have it at this price, but for
savings like this, it might be worth swinging by your local Lowes to
see. The cheapest I saw it elsewhere on the 'net is $377+shipping.
They had 3 on the shelf last I saw.
Does anyone here think it would be a good purchase for me to replace
the fence on my 35 year old 9" Delta contractor saw? $200 would go
pretty far toward a Ridgid TS3650, after all.
-Nathan
Thanks everyone for the advice and responses.
I think I managed to wrangle a small gloat out of Lowes, though.
I got the 30" Unifence kit (36-U30) for $69.
They had the Bies kit for $80, but were out of stock. I got the last
Unifence in the store, and it was tucked away at the top of some
random shelf in the lumber section.
So yay! Now I get to try and figure out how it fits on my saw. :-)
-Nathan
>Does anyone here think it would be a good purchase for me to replace
>the fence on my 35 year old 9" Delta contractor saw? $200 would go
>pretty far toward a Ridgid TS3650, after all.
>
>-Nathan
>
I bought my 9" (Beaver) Delta about 35 yrs ago too. I wish I had that
money now. It would sure buy a very fancy saw today.
As for buying the fence - think about a nice newer saw with a decent
fence.
Pete
Does your present fence position easily, lock down well, and stay in
alignment with the blade? If it does, then why are you considering a new
fence? If not, then this fence should help you and it's well worth the $200.
If your present fence already does all this and works fine then the only
improvement that you should make is to buy a digital fence gauge. Wixey
sells one for less than $200. www.wixey.com There are other brands
available, but this is the one that I have and I'm very happy with it. I can
re-position my fence using the Wixey gauge and get cuts that are accurate
and repeatable to about .005".
Charley
"N Hurst" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I was at the North West Lowes in Tallahassee earlier today and saw
> that they had the Biesemeyer B6-30 fence system for $200, 50% off
> their price.
>
> I don't know if any other stores have it at this price, but for
> savings like this, it might be worth swinging by your local Lowes to
> see. The cheapest I saw it elsewhere on the 'net is $377+shipping.
>
> They had 3 on the shelf last I saw.
>
> Does anyone here think it would be a good purchase for me to replace
> the fence on my 35 year old 9" Delta contractor saw? $200 would go
> pretty far toward a Ridgid TS3650, after all.
>
> -Nathan
>
N Hurst wrote:
> I was at the North West Lowes in Tallahassee earlier today and saw
> that they had the Biesemeyer B6-30 fence system for $200, 50% off
> their price.
>
> I don't know if any other stores have it at this price, but for
> savings like this, it might be worth swinging by your local Lowes to
> see. The cheapest I saw it elsewhere on the 'net is $377+shipping.
>
> They had 3 on the shelf last I saw.
>
> Does anyone here think it would be a good purchase for me to replace
> the fence on my 35 year old 9" Delta contractor saw? $200 would go
> pretty far toward a Ridgid TS3650, after all.
>
> -Nathan
$200.00 would go well toward the purchase of the TS3650. Why don't you buy
both? While the fence on the TS3650 isn't bad, it is not a Biesemeyer. I
own a TS 3650 WITH a Biesemeyer 40" fence. IMHO it is a much better system
than the TS3650 alone - especially it is only a $200.00 upgrade!!!
While it will be true that you will lose the ability to roll the TS around,
what you gain makes it SO worth it!!
Deb