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   Pondfish | Apr 01, 2006 01:45pm | #1

   The higher fence will mean that you won't be able to use the board buddies on thinner woods, or for ripping narrower pieces.  They just won't reach!

   My BBs are over 20y.o., and the threaded rod is integral to the part--so no (simple) way to add an extender.  Plus, even if you add an extender, it limits their use on ripping thinner stock.

   So, you can use them for ripping thicker and wider stock, but otherwise you will have to find a way to reduce your fence height.  It sounds like a very high fence--post a picture and maybe some solution will come to mind.

   Good luck

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   charnwood123 | Apr 06, 2006 01:26am | #2

   Thank you for your response. At this point in time I am unable to post a picture or the fence but hope to do so at a later date

    I have had mixed success. I have obtained some threaded rod  of the correct diameter and number of threads per inch to extend the length of the pivot arm on the Board Buddies

   The difficulty in the United Kingdom is I am unable to obtain a threaded connector to attach the piece of threaded rod to extend the length of the pivot arm on the Board Buddies(metric connectors are freely available but not imperial inch connectors) but a solution has emerged

   A neighbour  has a father in law who is a welder at Rolls Royce Aerospace He is going to weld together two threaded nuts of the correct diameter , thread number and pitch ,so hopefully I have found a solution to my problem

   Again many thanks for your reply

    

   Charnwood