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I'd never seen those before, but that is money well spent. For years I have been a big fan of Vega rip fences on a TS, one of the reasons is they offer/offered integral parts that attached directly to the fence doing much the same function. See pics
The wheels on the Vega work like the "board buddies" and have a slight cant so they always keep the stock tight to the fence. I imagine the Jessum's do too. The Vega also has a gizmo that rides on the top of the fence with a small thin finger that pushes really small stock through called a finger saver. I don't have a pic, but I have a couple of them. Money well spent, new fangers are expensive
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Boy they are proud of those aren't they! Look nice though. The board buddies have always seemed too obtrusive to me.
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No they look great to me. But I have been a little...overindulgent with my purchases lately ?
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09-10-2016, 11:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-10-2016, 11:11 AM by Ray Newman.)
I purchased a set for my Saw Stop ICS. They work very well and in my estimation are better than Board Buddies which I had on my Unisaw Uni-T-fence. Adjusting for stock thickness is very easy. Not exactly inexpensive, but the guides are well machined and very stout.
Instead of drilling holes in the OEM fence to mount the stock guides, I mounted the stock guides to a piece of 3/4" stock, then added two Mag Switch "MagKig 150" to hold the stock guides in place. Easy to remove and reinstall as needed