Opinion on use of JessEm Stock Guides on SS

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claimdude
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Re: Opinion on use of JessEm Stock Guides on SS

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I have the Jessem guides on my Mark V (520 Power Pro) and on my router table. Love them! I started out years ago with a ripstrate and used it for a very long time. I then upgraded to the board buddies and used them until Jessem released these. Easy to set up and use. Very effective and adds a good measure of safety top using the table saw. I picked up a couple of pieces of aluminum and made essentially, long SS T Nuts. These are attached to the Jessem fence on the bottom and allow me to slide the whole set up off and on in a few seconds.

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Jessem instruction page
Jessem instruction page
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Milled aluminum T nuts
Milled aluminum T nuts
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Another view of milled T nuts
Another view of milled T nuts
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Milled T nut inserted in top of SS fence
Milled T nut inserted in top of SS fence
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Jessem guides installed
Jessem guides installed
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Re: Opinion on use of JessEm Stock Guides on SS

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Thanks for the photo and review.
Gale's Law: The bigger the woodworking project, the less the mistakes show in any photo taken far enough away to show the entire project!

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Re: Opinion on use of JessEm Stock Guides on SS

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I made a similar jig for my router table JessEm stock guides. I couldn't see paying another $250 for the table saw version when I can share the one I have for the router table. The downside is the wheels don't extend out as far for the router table guides but like you I also have the board buddies which I use for larger width rips.
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