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   John_D | Apr 20, 2006 09:13pm | #1

   If you construct it as a box, say the left side is your tall UHMW, the right side the same height as your TS's fence.  Then you can use normal clamps to hold it in place.  Downside is that it's easy to make a mistake so the new fence isn't precisely parallel to the old fence... or to the blade.  This is what I've done to attach a split fence to my TS fence for use in my auxiliary-table-mounted router.

   More common is to build it as a saddle, so it slips right over your existing fence; you can either friction-fit it, or add a pair of hold-down clamps to the back side to make it more secure.  Since the UHMW rides against the existing fence, it'll be set up precisely as well as your existing fence.  I have a friction-fit saddle style aux fence (3/4" plywood, constructed with glue and screws, no fancy UHMW plastic), and just jam wedges into each end (on the back side) to lock it in place.  From the side it looks like a lower-case "h", the left side about a foot tall, the top part exactly as wide as my Bies fence, the right part exactly as tall as my Bies fence.  When I drove the screws into the left side, I had the thing clamped hard to the fence to make it as close to exactly plumb as possible (checked it with a square before, during and after attachment).

   I've got a miter slot so I don't have that problem you do... I think forestgirl has had good luck with a magnetic featherboard, maybe that would work for you.

   My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.
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   DarrellN | Apr 20, 2006 11:33pm | #2

   I drew out a side view of what I am wanting. The grey is UHMW the yellow is plywood and the dark grey is the metal part of the fence.

   What I would like to know is how to attach this to the fence other then just a friction fit.

    

   edit: dang that picture is WAY bigger then I thought rofl. Hope you have automatic rezizing turned on =).

   Edited 4/20/2006 4:35 pm ET by DarrellN

   
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   John_D | Apr 21, 2006 12:10am | #3

   Well, you can wedge it, that works pretty well.  Another alternative is to attach a pair of toggle clamps to the back of the auxiliary fence, to attach it to the main fence.  You can make it very secure with these, and easy to attach and remove.  Everybody sells 'em, here's Woodcraft's page.My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.