When I purchased my Delta 14-in. bandsaw, I decided not to buy the factory rip fence, because it clamps to the saw table only at one end. I do lots of hardwood resawing and believe that an accurate resaw requires a rigid fence clamped to the saw table at both the front and back.

Using standard hardware-store items, pieces from a tempered steel bed frame and lengths of 1-1/2-in. cold-rolled square-steel tubing, I assembled an extremely sturdy, quickly adjustable fence for under $15. The fence’s construction doesn’t require any welding, so it can be built and installed in an evening or two. The design allows the fence to be used on either side of the blade and to be angled slightly, as needed, to match the blade’s natural line of cut. I screw a taller wooden fence to the angle iron for resawing wide boards. Construction dimensions may be readily altered to suit the maker’s saw.

Donald G. Sterchi, Bowling Green, Ky.

Fine Woodworking Magazine, June 1989 No. 76

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