Board Buddies

claimdude · Post by **claimdude** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 9:12 pm

Hi All,

Anyone here have experience using the Board Buddies on a Mark V 520? I used the Rip-Strate for years but don't have it any more and it is not available.

Thanks
Jack

fixit · Post by **fixit** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:51 pm

I have a couple pair and have used them but they are a pain to set up unless you are going to be doing a LOT of repetitive cuts. They do work well though.

I can't recall how I mounted them to the 520 fence - been a while since I did it. I'll look at them this evening and see if I can provide better info.

Here are a couple of pictures which may be of some help. The first shows a carriage bolt that I used and filed down the head of the bolt so I could put a wrench on it. The second shows the board buddie mounted on the 520 fence (although in the wrong direction since the blade is on the left side of the fence) using a Shopsmith t-nut in the fence track. I didn't have any hex head bolts with the correct thread at the time - I've since decided to use hex head bolts of the right length the next time I use this set-up.

Hope this helps.