Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
After market band saw fence options
Bill Tindall, E.Tn.
I have a Delta 20" and a Powermatic 14". I have never needed a fence on either that needed to be robust or accurate to adjust. The cheap fences I bought for each are neither accurate to adjust nor robust/stiff. What are the options for an aftermarket fence, preferably for the 14"?
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Howard Pollack
I have the Kreg fence. It is stiff, but in my experience it moves just a little bit when locked down. This may be a failure to adjust it perfectly on my part. -Howard
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ebd
I have a Kreg bandsaw fence and It seems fine to me. I can do resawing with no problem but I don't have a riser so I only resaw 6" or less. It seems pretty accurate to me.
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Barry Irby
I have the Kreg fence and well and like it. I have a 14" Delta saw with riser. I have the Kreg point fence attachment and like it too, but I have Dyslexia or dysgraphia and steering the piece of wood gives me a fit. My fault, nothing wrong with the fence.
Wish I had a second bandsaw I could leave set up for resawing.
PS, Kreg has a Micro adjust option.
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Mark Nowicki
I have the Kreg on my old Delta/Rockwell 14", without riser.
It came with the micro adjuster, which I have never used.
Adjusted using the Snodgras method, I have no drift.
Here is the Kreg on a PM 141
Virgil Johnson
Fits nicely on a 141 with a bit of drilling on the rail. I sent Kreg the dimensions (as their instructions requested) of the 141 table bolt hole spacing. Would be interesting to see if they added it the to rail. The only complaint I had was that I had to break the sharp edges on the fence and rail extrusions. So much for the pretty anodizing. The scale is accurate but it is not easy for me to find the exact increment.
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Philip Duffy
Please explain. Tks. P
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mark nowicki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGbZqWac0jU
Re: Here is the Kreg on a PM 141
ebd
I must be OCD. I never trust the scale. I always cut one or more test pieces from wood with a similar hardness. lol
Re: Here is the Kreg on a PM 141
Virgil Johnson
The scale is plenty close enough the work I do on the band saw. (providing I look at the correct line and set the pointer accordingly..) If by chance I want it closer I get out the scale.
Re: Here is the Kreg on a PM 141
William Duffield
An alternative to a scale that can work very precisely is a set of 1-2-3 blocks and set-up blocks (but you need to be able to add fractions 
).
Re: Here is the Kreg on a PM 141
Virgil Johnson
Fracktions? Aint go no problems with em.
Re: Here is the Kreg on a PM 141
mark
Very satisfied with my Kreg.
Re: After market band saw fence options
E Phillip Smith
To date I've had two.
The first was a Bessymer table saw fence on a Powermatic model 81 bandsaw. Worked fine, In fact you were with me when we bought in Atlanta and it is the fence we used to re-saw mahogany for the cabinet we made. Seemed to work well even without drift adjustment.
The second is a cast iron fence I bought off ebay which I mounted on a 30" Yates American 30" bandsaw. Think it originally came off a European bandsaw. Had to fabricate fence rail. For bandsaw fence to be useful for both sawing tenons and veneer you need ability to mount low fence for routine ripping and tenon work and a tall fence for veneer. I've used this saw to cut 5/8" tenons on the top of pressure treated porch spindles. These are no where close to uniform size or square. By using reference side cutting tenons actually works reasonably well. Cut about a hundred of these with this method. Also cut tenons for torsion box garage doors using lumber from big box. Can get reasonable tenons when you use reference face. There are 96 tenons in 8 doors so got lot of practice with non-uniform lumber.
For me the key is a fence that will lock solid, have ability for adding secondary fence (plywood vertical extension) and reasonable fine adjustment. For me this is measuring for first adjustment and fine tuning with small hammer to get exact width.