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New Rip fence for Hammer Slider - axlotal - 01-03-2016
The factory fence on the hammer slider is both excessively over-engineered and engineered so badly that it looks to have been a high school project done by an unsupervised intern
Eventually mine just broke. And thank heaven for small favors.
Well I'd been tossing about to replace it for a while and looked at the Bies retro fit the Vega and a slick little contraption by a little start up that the wood whisperer had promoted made by VerySuperCoolTools.
I contacted them to see if they'd cut me a price. They would not negotiate. Oh well. It was worth the asking. They might have said yes. They do make a nice fence. But I'm cheap and I got skills so ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
So I set out to build one that had all the clamping off to the right of the fence and was sturdier and tougher and way far better than the Factory Fence.
here is the clamping mechanism upside down
The round bar in one inch diameter by about 9 inches long The little turned ends are off center to create a cam clamp the bearing in the middle is pressed in place
The little angle pieces that mount the clamp bar are 3/8" thick
here is the main rail assembly before I mounted it to the saw
Here it is on the saw
Those little turned Brass pieces with the extra long 5/16-18 Allan grub screws are the angle adjustment mechanism and the screws have since been shortened.
Here is a Vid of the eccentric cam clamp
https://youtu.be/ky88ga8i-zo
Here's a vid of me cutting the press fit for the bearings in the angle for the eccentric cam clamp
https://youtu.be/bC7mTC-qhkY
here's a video tour of the fence showing the clamp the two delrin wheels I mad for it to run on so it doesn't drag on the saw
https://youtu.be/s9jxnTg6OVY
and here is the FrankenFence Alive~!!
https://youtu.be/O9Ic-C28sYM
So far it's bulletproof and spot on perfect.
Putting an indicator on it I can position it with merely the weight of the handle providing the friction and then when I clamp it the dial indicator moves not at all.
I put a slew of little 1/4-20 holes in the big steel box (painted black) against which the alum' extrusion bears on the thesis that I'd use 'em got jigging. Haven't used 'em yet, but they are there.
Re: New Rip fence for Hammer Slider - ruffcutt - 01-03-2016
Sometimes manufactures have to cut some corners when trying to build a machine to a price point people are willing to Pay. Hammer is Felder's cheaper line of tools.
Edit, good looking job on the new fence.
Re: New Rip fence for Hammer Slider - axlotal - 01-03-2016
ruffcutt said:
Hammer is Felder's cheaper line of tools.
Hobby class, yes. Dammed good hobby class though. Nothing I've seen elsewhere for the money comes close. Doesn't need concrete to run smoothly.
I got that saw in 2010 If I recall correctly. The slider is swiss watch precise. A bit of a gag to set correctly, but all sliders are.
Felder is Felder's cheaper saw too
Format is their industrial line
Re: New Rip fence for Hammer Slider - ruffcutt - 01-04-2016
"Felder is Felder's cheaper saw too Format is their industrial line".
Yep and I have a Felder but when I die and go to heaven I'll have a Martin.
Re: New Rip fence for Hammer Slider - axlotal - 01-04-2016
ruffcutt said:
Yep and I have a Felder but when I die and go to heaven I'll have a Martin.
Yup but that's if you go to heaven.
You know what you get if you got to the other place?
Hint: it's green and not Canadian