Minor boo for Rockler, huray for me

I have a Rockler Sure-Loc miter gauge that I bought several years ago. At that time they were sold with an oak fence. Over the years that hunk of oak has taken a beating, and it warped a little. I looked in the Rockler catalog and noticed that the new version is sold with an aluminum fence! Great - all I need to do is upgrade the fence!

Nope.

Rockler will not sell the fence separately. Bummer. I sent them an email stating that I thought that this was shortsighted of them, not offering an upgrade path. Especially since the Incra is available on Amazon for $5 less than the new Sure-Loc.

I was not quite ready to drop over $100 on a new fence just yet, so I grabed up a few things that I had around the shop and made a new fence. Cost - $0. What a way to go.

Here's a shot of the new fence followed by a shot of the retired oak fence.

I'll bet you will get a lot of service out of that very nice Phenolic fence Rennie. Nice job!

Now that is downright snazzy! I like it

Great idea. It's funny, I asked Rockler about a piece of that extrusion about a year ago, no dice. I contacted Incra direct and bought what I needed for about $40 IIRC. You cost is even better ;-)

Nice job Rennie. You didn't need Rockler after all, did you? And I bet your version is better anyway. Jim.

Wow Rennie, that's just ding-dangeddy peachy!

Nice job. Its a great reward when you can fix it yourself.

maybe rockler should hire you to cut some fences for them for the upgrade

Frank Townend said:

I'll bet you will get a lot of service out of that very nice Phenolic fence Rennie. Nice job!

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Thanks Frank!

Jason Beam said:

Now that is downright snazzy! I like it

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It is a pretty green.

glenn bradley said:

Great idea. It's funny, I asked Rockler about a piece of that extrusion about a year ago, no dice. I contacted Incra direct and bought what I needed for about $40 IIRC. You cost is even better ;-)

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I think they need to re-think their position.

Jim O'Dell said:

Nice job Rennie. You didn't need Rockler after all, did you? And I bet your version is better anyway. Jim.

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Could be, but theirs has more T-tracks.

Mark Rios said:

Wow Rennie, that's just ding-dangeddy peachy!

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Mark, your helping me develop my expanded vocabulary.

Rich Aldrich said:

Nice job. Its a great reward when you can fix it yourself.

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I think that's the best part!

allen levine said:

maybe rockler should hire you to cut some fences for them for the upgrade

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Could be I'll need a job in a few months!

The only problem so far is that the phenolic is quite slick. So, I think I'll be adding some PSA sandpaper to the face today.

My pleasure Rennie.
I bought four sheets of 2'x4' "G" or "N" grade (glass or linen) 3/4" thick Phenolic for a very good price on eBay some time ago. I really should put it to use.