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   AlanG | Jan 02, 2006 04:57am | #1

   Sorry about the typo above--the top is 22" deep X 15" wide without the extension wings, 22" X 25" with.

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   QCInspector | Jan 02, 2006 06:00am | #2

   Lee Valley has this one.

   http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=47305&cat=1,41080,51225&ap=1

   If you think the fence is too long then it could be shortened. The other option is to look into making a size appropriate version of your own.

   A number of years ago I was given a 9" Beaver that a friend scooped from a recycling bin that is about the same size as yours. Might even be the Canadian version of yours. My Father needed a saw so I rebuilt it and set it in a larger wood top that also included a router in the top to the right of the saw.

   I made a fence that looked much like the aftermarket T-fences that you are looking at. I used a Bessy K body clamp sitting loosely in a groove in the top of the fence with the jaws pointing down. The fixed end grabbed the far side (out feed side) of the table, and the sliding end pressed on the "T" portion of the fence. The fence is located for the cut by tape measure and pressing on the "T" with your thigh, then a couple of turns of the clamp handle snugs it up tight. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures that I can post.

   There was an article in FWW along time ago about a fence made of metal that you can adapt to your needs if you can track it down. Perhaps a search might reveal other homemade fences.

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   forestgirl | Jan 02, 2006 08:50pm | #3

   A 1962 Delta?  Is it cast-iron??  I'm not sure why there is a concern about the weight of the AccuSquare fence.  Two questions:  (a) is it really all that heavey (it's CNC'd aluminum, right?) and (b) even if it is kinda heavy, the fence is supported by the rails which are bolted to the saw table, making a nice rigid unit; where could it go wrong?

   Maybe I'm just not seeing something obvious, but .....     well, I'm not seeing it!

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   AlanG | Jan 03, 2006 06:27am | #4

   Bear in mind that the 9" Contractor's Saw is considerably smaller than the 10".  That is the reason I want to get it in operation--I can carry it down to the basement by myself.  I couldn't begin to do that with my 10".

   I already have an Accusquare for my 10" Contractor's Saw.  The fence itself weighs in at a fairly hefty 12 pounds (it's a 2-1/2' x 3" aluminum extrusion, but the "t" section appears to be steel).  Since the smaller version of the Accusquare is just cut a few inches shorter, I have to think the weight would be comparable.   Because the 9" Delta table is only 15" wide (and the fence mounting holes less than 12" on center), this leaves a lot of the rail (and the fence, when set for maximum rip capacity) cantilevered out on the right.  I would think some sort of support table would be required.  This gets a bit tricky, and more work that I really was interested in doing at the moment.

   I appreciate the lead on the Lee-Valley, but according to their catalog, it requires a table thickness of 1-1/2", in order to mount the rail properly.  The Delta table thickness is only 15/16".  Frankly, I think this would be a problem with the Accusquare as well, since their front rail is an aluminum extrusion 1-5/8" x 1-5/8." 

   I have a new-old stock Rockwell Delta fence (Part #422-39-343-002) that I picked up on eBay for about $25 awhile ago.  It weighs 4 lbs, but it's rails are 1-1/8" tubes, and mounting them to the front and rear of the saw would take some modification, or fabricating some kind of adapter.  That is why I wondered if anyone had a simpler answer, or had some experience with the Portomax.