Neomorph
Established Member
OK... Incra T-Track is a bit of a pain when it comes to using Metric bolts... Why? because 8mm bolts which fit through the track slot will not work with the nuts that fit them. In the end I've figured out that using 8mm coach bolt with two edges ground down will work nicely as cheap T-Bolts which I've had difficulty sourcing in the UK.
It's the same with all Incra stuff it seems. Damn fine equipment but it's all in Imperial. Roger from Woodworkers Workshop sent me info on the fantastic Incra LS Supersystem Fence that looks the bees knees until you realise that it's all marked out in Imperial. Others have mentioned you can partly change it to metric but not completely it seems.
Why, oh Why, can't companies like Incra offer dual Imperial/Metric versions as standard. In the UK most measuring equipment has been marked for both for as long as I can remember (last Tuesday that is but I can't be certain
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Actually come to think of it a lot of Jig making kit in this country is hard to come by or loads more expensive than the US. People like Axminster sell the stuff but it comes out to almost twice the price. I paid £10.95 for 48" (1219.2mm) of Incra T-Track from Wood Workers Workshop while Axminster sell their T-Track for £17.46 for 800mm. In relative cost per mm the Axminster track comes to 2.43 times the cost of the Incra and as Incra stuff is supposedly better stuff it's mental in my book.
Sometimes it makes me wonder why we accept the silly prices we have in the UK!
It's the same with all Incra stuff it seems. Damn fine equipment but it's all in Imperial. Roger from Woodworkers Workshop sent me info on the fantastic Incra LS Supersystem Fence that looks the bees knees until you realise that it's all marked out in Imperial. Others have mentioned you can partly change it to metric but not completely it seems.
Why, oh Why, can't companies like Incra offer dual Imperial/Metric versions as standard. In the UK most measuring equipment has been marked for both for as long as I can remember (last Tuesday that is but I can't be certain
). Actually come to think of it a lot of Jig making kit in this country is hard to come by or loads more expensive than the US. People like Axminster sell the stuff but it comes out to almost twice the price. I paid £10.95 for 48" (1219.2mm) of Incra T-Track from Wood Workers Workshop while Axminster sell their T-Track for £17.46 for 800mm. In relative cost per mm the Axminster track comes to 2.43 times the cost of the Incra and as Incra stuff is supposedly better stuff it's mental in my book.
Sometimes it makes me wonder why we accept the silly prices we have in the UK!
