bkharman
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It is with great joy that I give my review of the Precision Plate from Precision Dogs. This is something that I worked on with Jerry for a few months now and it is AWESOME! If you have an Incra LS Positioner (I have a 25) and an MFT and probably a CMS, this thing is worth every penny. A little background here... I have had my MFT + Incra LS + CMS-VL for a while and had always "made due" with my MDF plate or clamps and rail dogs. It worked well, but wasn't exactly a quick breakdown and setup and often I had to fidget with some things to get it just right. And after all of that work to get it set right, I didnt want to mess with it until all of my routing was done in fear that I would mess something up or tinker again to get it right. This is where the plate will get rid of that fear...
A basic pic of the plate (hard to see under the Incra LS base)
It is very, VERY solid. It uses a plate that is 15mm high and as you can see, is just a tad wider than the base itself. It uses 6 bolts to attach the base to the plate and then uses M8 threaded dogs underneath to attach inline to the MFT.
To keep the weight down, he milled out various areas as well as put a recess on each side to pull it up when disconnecting from the table.
Setup is very simple. You have three spots to fit the 2 dogs so you can go to the outside areas, or if you are limited for space and need to hang off the edge of the MFT (or any other bench) you can go on the back two dog holes.
After it is setup, locked down and the knobs are attached to the bottom, I checked square at the plate as well as the fence and all looked perfect! (I used dogs in holes at the other end of the MFT to make sure fence was square when setting it up)
Fully extended, the thing is rock solid! I can barely make the fence move... The inline placement of the dogs and the material make this thing a beast. With my prior setups, I was at the mercy of other elements and clamps and such. Even with my LS out at 25", it has little to no movement.
So short story is, the plate is light yet very strong. The inline layout of the dogs (and they are very snug in the holes) and using the knobs make it very strong forward to aft, but also because of the design of the LS itself, it has almost no play in the fence when fully extended. I am very pleased with this offering and would highly recommend it to anyone with an MFT using an Incra LS. I have done some routing with it and it works like a charm. I plan on making some further mods to join my CMS slider to the Incra Right Angle Fixture so it is "one unit".
Feel free to email me any questions or if you want some additional pics.
Cheers. Bryan.
A basic pic of the plate (hard to see under the Incra LS base)
It is very, VERY solid. It uses a plate that is 15mm high and as you can see, is just a tad wider than the base itself. It uses 6 bolts to attach the base to the plate and then uses M8 threaded dogs underneath to attach inline to the MFT.
To keep the weight down, he milled out various areas as well as put a recess on each side to pull it up when disconnecting from the table.
Setup is very simple. You have three spots to fit the 2 dogs so you can go to the outside areas, or if you are limited for space and need to hang off the edge of the MFT (or any other bench) you can go on the back two dog holes.
After it is setup, locked down and the knobs are attached to the bottom, I checked square at the plate as well as the fence and all looked perfect! (I used dogs in holes at the other end of the MFT to make sure fence was square when setting it up)
Fully extended, the thing is rock solid! I can barely make the fence move... The inline placement of the dogs and the material make this thing a beast. With my prior setups, I was at the mercy of other elements and clamps and such. Even with my LS out at 25", it has little to no movement.
So short story is, the plate is light yet very strong. The inline layout of the dogs (and they are very snug in the holes) and using the knobs make it very strong forward to aft, but also because of the design of the LS itself, it has almost no play in the fence when fully extended. I am very pleased with this offering and would highly recommend it to anyone with an MFT using an Incra LS. I have done some routing with it and it works like a charm. I plan on making some further mods to join my CMS slider to the Incra Right Angle Fixture so it is "one unit".
Feel free to email me any questions or if you want some additional pics.
Cheers. Bryan.
