upgrading the fence on a kity 419 ?

[graycbr]

hi guys
Thinking of upgrading the standard fence on my kity 419 ?
which route would you guys do ?

 

[Eric The Viking]

Define "upgrading" - what do you want to improve, and is it a short or long fence?

The long fence on mine had a second clamp on the back rail and was pretty good (with an added facing piece for ripping that stopped after the front edge of the blade).

 

[graycbr]

improving mine is slightly out of square as the locking part is worn
long fence ive got but need a ripping fence as well

 

[Eric The Viking]

You probably have a little bit of squareness adjustment in the rail (where it clamps to the tabletop) - slacken off, move until fence is parallel to the blade, re-tighten. I don't remember that the rail clamp itself has anything to allow fine adjustment.

To make a rip fence from a long rail, as I said, just apply some flat, parallel stuff the the face of the fence as far as the front edge of the blade and not much further - voila! short fence (and one that doesn't move about, too). There are T-slots n the fence profile too, so you can attach the short fence add-on to the main one fairly easily too.

But do the whole thing in the right order:

1. align blade to mitre track by adjusting the trunnion clamps fore and aft of the blade. This is a right PITA to do on the early versions, but you only ever need to do it once (probably!);
2. align fence/rail to mitre track.

In both cases you want exactly parallel, and ideally you need a dial gauge or similar to measure it. At a pinch you might use steel bar and feeler gauges, but that's not easy.

E.