Bandsaw Fence

farley · Post by **farley** » Sun May 31, 2009 6:56 pm

Thinking of buying a band saw so I am looking for a use one. I own a 510, it doesn't look like I would use the same fence on the bandsaw. Am I correct?

Does the bandsaw use the 500 fence or is it a special fence?

TIA

ldh · Post by **ldh** » Sun May 31, 2009 7:23 pm

farley wrote:Does the bandsaw use the 500 fence or is it a special fence?

TIA

If the bandsaw has the cast iron table you can use your SS miter gage as the fence. If you have the aluminum table you will need the SS bandsaw fence #555645. The fence is on sale at the moment. The after market Kreg fence is also available from SS.

ldh

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sun May 31, 2009 7:32 pm

farley wrote:Thinking of buying a band saw so I am looking for a use one. I own a 510, it doesn't look like I would use the same fence on the bandsaw. Am I correct?

Does the bandsaw use the 500 fence or is it a special fence?

TIA

Farley, none of the 500,510,520 fences are compatible to the SS Bandsaw unfortunately.

farley · Post by **farley** » Sun May 31, 2009 7:46 pm

thanks for the answers

ldh · Post by **ldh** » Sun May 31, 2009 7:58 pm

dusty wrote:Farley, none of the 500,510,520 fences are compatible to the SS Bandsaw unfortunately.

Dusty is correct if you just try and mount the 500 fence to the bandsaw without shortening it to fit. The 500 upgrade fence is just a bit longer than the bandsaw fence. It is not hard to modify the 500 fence, but it is a lot easier to just order the correct one from SS.

ldh

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JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:33 am

If the bandsaw has the cast iron table, only the miter gauge is intended to be used as a fence.

If the bandsaw has the aluminum table the following is true.

1)The original bandsaw fence has a clamp at only the one end.
2)The clamp attaches to an extrusion mounted on one side of the table.
3)The part which attaches to the extrusion on the side of the table is identical the the original 500 fence.
4)Thus an original 500 fence is just as effective as the original bandsaw fence, but is longer.

The later versions of the bandsaw fence have a clamp at both ends as shown in IDH's post above. His post also shows the newer 'improved' version of a 500 fence.

I do not have my camera so I cannot post a pix. If desired I can do so when I have my camera.

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:44 pm

JPG40504 wrote:If the bandsaw has the cast iron table, only the miter gauge is intended to be used as a fence.

If the bandsaw has the aluminum table the following is true.

1)The original bandsaw fence has a clamp at only the one end.
2)The clamp attaches to an extrusion mounted on one side of the table.
3)The part which attaches to the extrusion on the side of the table is identical the the original 500 fence.
4)Thus an original 500 fence is just as effective as the original bandsaw fence, but is longer.

This is one of my bandsaws with a cast iron table.....

doug45601 · Post by **doug45601** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:43 pm

Due to a Shopsmith factory blunder, I received 2 bandsaw fence kits.. Talked to Shopsmith about it and they have yet to be able to identify their oversight on the double shippment.. Hence both fence kits were received under the same shipping document but only one was ordered and charged for. Guess the packers were feeling giving that day.. Anyway, I'll send you the fence kit for half the cost of a new one from Shopsmith plus actual shipping

kd6vpe · Post by **kd6vpe** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:31 pm

Rob,
I have a left of 500 fence and table. Can you explain or show pics of how you attached the fence rail to the cast iron table. tks

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:52 pm

To mount the fence, I took advantage of the holes already in the table. Lined up the right end of the fence bar close to the right side of the table and marked the bar for drilling. Mount the bar and then mark the bar for the miter slot. Remove any material in the bar that interferes with the miter bar travel over the fence bar. Once you adjust the fence for drift, it is much easier and quicker (IMO) to set than the miter gauge for resawing.