On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:07:39 -0500, the inscrutable "Scott Willett"
<[email protected]> spake:
>http://www.microfence.com/default.html
>I have read all their reviews and wanted to see if I could get some feedback
>either positive or negative.
>
>Has anyone regretted buying this product?
At $179.95, I sure hope so. Gimme half an hour and I'll make
one for under $5. Micro adjusters are planned for my bandsaw,
table saw, drill press, and mortising machine jigs. Now where
has my round tuit disappeared to?
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Scott Willett wrote:
>
> http://www.microfence.com/default.html
> I have read all their reviews and wanted to see if I could get some feedback
> either positive or negative.
>
> Has anyone regretted buying this product?
>
> Thanks
> Scott
I've got the "standard " Micro-Fence and the circle cutting
Micro-Fence with mounting blocks for my DW621 plunge
and my PC D-Handle.
Inlayed black walnut strips into my workbench legs,
cut mortises for knife hinges, 6 - 18 inch diameter
circles ... As advertised, this is a precision device that
is put together with quality materials and craftsmanship.
Haven't tried matched curves yet but given how this
thing works it shouldn't be a problem.
It's really nice to be able to dial in a few THOUSANDTHS
for "slop".
SAVE THE INSTRUCTIONS! Being a guy, I tucked them away
somewhere. Dismantled the "system" so it'd go back in the
box and a month later played "This goes here - I think - but
then how does this attach to that?"
BTW - the co-inventor is a really nice guy - very patient
with customers at shows and quick to laugh. Anyone with
smile lines like that has to love what he's doing. I'm ordering
the small circle accessory this week.
charlie b
CW wrote:
>
> They're quite easy to make but if you want to buy one (no problem with that,
> I have a couple), look at Pat Warner's guide. Straitforward and functional.
>
> "Lenny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> The micro-fence is no doubt the "cadillac" of
> > the industry but can anyone recommend a "Ford" model perhaps ????
I guess it's a question of whether you want to spend your
time making special jigs, deciding on and then finding the
hardware you think you need, do multiple iterations as
you use what you thought would do everthing you want
to do and found out it didn't ...
OR
Buy one that'll do what you want to do now AND stuff
you weren't even aware of but discover as you use
it.
Make furniture, boxes, cabinets etc. or make jigs.
The Micro-Fence is like the early HP pocket calculators -
"a solution looking for problems to solve".
And THAT raises an interesting question
Does buying specialized, and often expensive, tools
get you doing things you wouldn't even consider
trying, or weren't even aware of - sooner than
you would've learned to do them otherwise?
(lousy sentence structure but you get the idea)
examples
The Leigh/Akeda/PC etc. dovetail jig or the
Incra/JoinTEch router table and fence system
The W&H moulder
A Lie-Nielsen dovetail saw and a set of their
new chisels, along with 5 of their planes
A dedicated mortising machine
A horizontal boring/mortising/router machine
with an XYZ table
The Leigh FMT
charlie b
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:32:22 -0800, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:07:39 -0500, the inscrutable "Scott Willett"
><[email protected]> spake:
>
>>http://www.microfence.com/default.html
>>I have read all their reviews and wanted to see if I could get some feedback
>>either positive or negative.
>>
>>Has anyone regretted buying this product?
>
>At $179.95, I sure hope so. Gimme half an hour and I'll make
>one for under $5. Micro adjusters are planned for my bandsaw,
>table saw, drill press, and mortising machine jigs. Now where
>has my round tuit disappeared to?
>
>
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> Thesaurus: Ancient reptile with excellent vocabulary
> http://diversify.com Dynamic Website Applications
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I'll make you a new round tuit if you'll make me a micro-fence.
Seriously though, I have a Makita 3612 Plunge Router and would like to
upgrade the edge guide. The micro-fence is no doubt the "cadillac" of
the industry but can anyone recommend a "Ford" model perhaps ????
They're quite easy to make but if you want to buy one (no problem with that,
I have a couple), look at Pat Warner's guide. Straitforward and functional.
"Lenny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
The micro-fence is no doubt the "cadillac" of
> the industry but can anyone recommend a "Ford" model perhaps ????
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:35:23 -0500, the inscrutable Lenny
<[email protected]> spake:
>
>On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:32:22 -0800, Larry Jaques
><novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:07:39 -0500, the inscrutable "Scott Willett"
>><[email protected]> spake:
>>
>>>http://www.microfence.com/default.html
>>>I have read all their reviews and wanted to see if I could get some feedback
>>>either positive or negative.
>>>
>>>Has anyone regretted buying this product?
>>
>>At $179.95, I sure hope so. Gimme half an hour and I'll make
>>one for under $5. Micro adjusters are planned for my bandsaw,
>>table saw, drill press, and mortising machine jigs. Now where
>>has my round tuit disappeared to?
>I'll make you a new round tuit if you'll make me a micro-fence.
<g>
>Seriously though, I have a Makita 3612 Plunge Router and would like to
>upgrade the edge guide. The micro-fence is no doubt the "cadillac" of
>the industry but can anyone recommend a "Ford" model perhaps ????
DIY! Some sample pics/urls follow:
http://www.puzzlecraft.com/Projects/micro/adjuster.htm
http://www.lawson-his.co.uk/images/Trend/t5.jpg
http://www.m-powertools.com/products/n-compass/n-compass-01.html
(Only for DeWallys and Hibachis.)
Heck, I'll make one for you for a mere $100, including prototyping,
machining, and delivery. Send your baseplate (and cash) to me and
suggest rod sizing or length. Give me a week and I'll do the rest.
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