Ftwildstrike
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Just fitted the Axi fence to my recently acquired Axi TS 250, and would like to share my findings on its merits.
Its sturdily built, and in my opinion, a little too robust, in comparison to the size of the table...even the larger TS250. The original fence as fitted to the TS200 and now the TS250 wasn`t in any way a masterpiece of engineering, but size wise was in proportion to the table.
That said, after a fair amount of tweaking, it does sit and ride well on the cast iron bed, and whilst it adds length and width to the overall footprint of the table saw, its my whinge of the day because I struggle for room in my compact shed.
Because the underside of the ally fence is "hollow", it has a tendency to catch the mitre slots as it passes over.....a couple of thin pieces of nylon strip glued in position sorted that!
I have only seen one method of fine adjustment...one of the roller bearing is on a cam, and after releasing a grub screw at its base, allows for the rip fence to be adjusted to 90 degrees in relation to the bed.
I have yet to find a method of adjusting the fence parallel to the blade( maybe I`ve missed something) let me know.
After all said and done, the set up really looks the biz, and give a sort of.... professional look about it.
If you want any info on the TS250, pm me, and I could open a thread on my impressions of the machine.
There are 2 m6 hex bolts on the pic, any ideas as to their use?
Wilf
Its sturdily built, and in my opinion, a little too robust, in comparison to the size of the table...even the larger TS250. The original fence as fitted to the TS200 and now the TS250 wasn`t in any way a masterpiece of engineering, but size wise was in proportion to the table.
That said, after a fair amount of tweaking, it does sit and ride well on the cast iron bed, and whilst it adds length and width to the overall footprint of the table saw, its my whinge of the day because I struggle for room in my compact shed.
Because the underside of the ally fence is "hollow", it has a tendency to catch the mitre slots as it passes over.....a couple of thin pieces of nylon strip glued in position sorted that!
I have only seen one method of fine adjustment...one of the roller bearing is on a cam, and after releasing a grub screw at its base, allows for the rip fence to be adjusted to 90 degrees in relation to the bed.
I have yet to find a method of adjusting the fence parallel to the blade( maybe I`ve missed something) let me know.
After all said and done, the set up really looks the biz, and give a sort of.... professional look about it.
If you want any info on the TS250, pm me, and I could open a thread on my impressions of the machine.
There are 2 m6 hex bolts on the pic, any ideas as to their use?
Wilf
