Product Description

Most band saw blades don't run perfectly perpendicular to the front of your table. There's always just a little bit of drift that prevents you from getting precise cuts even with a fence. Until now. Our precision band saw fence easily adjusts to your blad

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4142 in Home Improvement
• Brand: Kreg
• Model: KMS7200
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x 32.25" w x 2.50" l, 8.60 pounds

Features

• Precision lens cursor for pinpoint accuracy
• Incredibly strong and rigid for optimal durability and tighter workpieces
• Easy to attach and remove for less downtime and more productivity
• Adjustable in two dimensions for setting parallel with the blade
• Fits most 14-inch band saws for versatility

From the Manufacturer
Bolster your band saw’s accuracy with a precision Band saw Fence from Kreg. This fence is adjustable in two dimensions, and sets parallel to the blade with ease. A precision lens cursor reads off the included scale and enhances cutting accuracy and repeatability for high production work. The fence mounts to most 14-inch band saws, including Jet, Delta, General, Grizzly and many others.

FEATURES

• Precision lens cursor for pinpoint accuracy
• Incredibly strong and rigid for optimal durability and tighter workpieces
• Easy to attach and remove for less downtime and more productivity
• Adjustable in two dimensions for setting parallel with the blade
• Fits most 14-inch band saws for versatility

SPECIFICATIONS

• Fits: 14-inch band saws

Customer Reviews

Perfect add-on to a 14" bandsaw
This is the perfect accessory for a 14" bandsaw. It's solid, well-designed, versatile, and comes in first-rate packaging with an excellent guide for installation and use. You easily can set it up to compensate for blade drift -- the normal tendency for the blade to cut at a slight angle to 90 degrees. Once you do, you can make perfectly straight parallel cuts, something that's difficult without a fence and very frustrating with a fence that's not easily adjustable. There's a steel stick-on ruler and a small plastic magnifying cursor to help set the width of a cut.

Kreg offers a "micro-adjuster" accessory to help zero in on the dimension, but the supplied cursor lets you be very precise, so I'd skip that particular accessory. There are also two add-ons to help resaw wide boards, but unless you've installed a riser to open up th esaw to resaw 12" boards, you probably don't need the larger one, and if you don't have a riser you probably don't need the smaller add-on for re-sawing.

The fence is very solid. Take your time installing and adjusting it so that the track is level and just a bit below the miter gauge groove in the bandsaw table -- that way the fence will ride flat along the table. The one complaint I can think of is that the fence is fairly short -- it reaches all the way across the 14" table of my Ridgid bandsaw, but it would be a couple of inches short on a higher-priced saw like a high-end 14" Delta. (Even so, it would be completely functional on a wider table.)

Kreg Bandsaw Fence
I bought the Kreg fence from a local store as an upgrade to my existing 14 inch bandsaw. It installed on my saw very easily using the ample hardware supplied by Kreg, and is a well made and accurate device. It's well worth the few extra dollars over the standard Taiwanese fences sold as accessories by the major manufacturers.
Among the many things to like about this fance is the ease with which it can be removed and replaced in case you need the extra depth on the table. By way of explanation; you loose about 2 inches (a 14 inch saw becomes a 12 inch saw) if you leave the fence in place and just push it back to the frame. If you need those few inches though, they are easy to recover because of Kreg's mounting system. Drift is easily accomodated for, but I (surprisingly) find that with my saw well adjusted and a good blade in place, I can cut remarkably straight using the fence alone. A pleasant surprise! Kreg also put thought into placing T slots that make adding sub fences and a resaw attachment very easy, and also allow the fence to be turned on it's side if you need to lower the upper guides for cutting thin stock. Even the rule, which adjusts for zero offset and is easy to read is well designed. Everything about this fence is well thought-out, and it does it's main job of providing a stable and solid cutting guide just about perfectly.
The only real criticism I have is of the micro adjuster, which I find cumbersome and redundant, as does one of the other reviewers here. Maybe I'd find it useful if I was resawing a lot of veneer, but my saw isn't set up for that. Instead, save your money, buy just the fence, and you can't go wrong. I give the fence five stars because I feel
it looks good, installs easily and does it's job without a hitch, but the micro adjuster almost caused me to downgrade it to four. Just skip that piece, and you have the perfect small band saw fence.

Now, I have a nice Bandsaw.
I recently purchased a no-name 14inch bandsaw that was about 10 years old. It ran good, but needed TLC. After a lot of cleaning and table polishing, blade replacing... I was wondering if I should have spent the money on a new saw. Well after adding the Kreg Bandsaw fence, no need. The bandsaw cuts straight and true. I find the accuracy to be surprising, and precision cuts are easily repeated. This product along with a nice couple of blades made my old bandsaw a delight to use.

Installation directions were excellent, but I had to use a file to modify the main mount. Aluminum is easily filed as opposed to steel. Keep in mind that my saw is made by someone I've never heard of, and would likely fit most 14inch saws.

The fence is rock solid, the rule and gauge easily read. I added the 4 1/2 resaw accessory, and it works well enough.

I liked the item so much that I purchased a Kreg mitre gauge for my Unisaw. It is also excellent. I plan to purchase more of the Kreg Blue railing (used for the bandsaw fence and mitre gauge) for some of the jigs that I want to build. It is good stuff and available up to 48inches.