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Do you have any other products on the works?
Cheers,
Paul
Do you have any other products on the works?
Cheers,
Paul
It's Finally here... The Precision Plate for Incra Positioners!!
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Thoughts on ideal length of positioned ...
To my way of thinking, the flexibility of moving this new plate towards and away from the tool using the MFT holes means you can use a modest length positioner and minimise any potential deflection. Does anyone have thoughts on this? I suppose there's a factor of "you can have it, but you don't have to use it" when it comes to the length of the positioners ...I suppose I'm torn between a 17 and a 25 [unsure]
Thoughts?
To my way of thinking, the flexibility of moving this new plate towards and away from the tool using the MFT holes means you can use a modest length positioner and minimise any potential deflection. Does anyone have thoughts on this? I suppose there's a factor of "you can have it, but you don't have to use it" when it comes to the length of the positioners ...I suppose I'm torn between a 17 and a 25 [unsure]
Thoughts?
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Kev said:
I'm not sure you would have much deflection difference between a 17 and a 25. I have the 25 and a 32 and there is no noticeable difference between them two.
The one thing that will catch people out with the longer 25 fence is the space it eats up when its extended out. I would have thought the 17 would be plenty for routing only functions, whereas the 25 would be necessary if you run multiple cutting options such as a router (inset into the the table) and a saw blade.
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Thinking about this and I'm going to kick myself for suggesting it (I'm open to royalties and first batch run [smile])
How about.......
a bolt on bracket that allows the above adaptor to sit off an MFT table, i.e. a 90 degree bracket that slides onto the outside of the MFT table profile and allows the positioner alloy housing to sit off the actual table.
You could then butt an LR32 rail to the Incra fence and drill your own MFT tables using the spacing of the rail and precision of the positioner. You would need stop for the rail or another adaptor - maybe a bracket that bypasses the fence and connects to the end of a bare positioner and clips over the rail raised edge.
With some thought behind the adaptor being able to connect to other surfaces such as a couple if bolt holes in addition to the profile slides you could drill any size of MFT table whenever you wanted.
[smile]
How about.......
a bolt on bracket that allows the above adaptor to sit off an MFT table, i.e. a 90 degree bracket that slides onto the outside of the MFT table profile and allows the positioner alloy housing to sit off the actual table.
You could then butt an LR32 rail to the Incra fence and drill your own MFT tables using the spacing of the rail and precision of the positioner. You would need stop for the rail or another adaptor - maybe a bracket that bypasses the fence and connects to the end of a bare positioner and clips over the rail raised edge.
With some thought behind the adaptor being able to connect to other surfaces such as a couple if bolt holes in addition to the profile slides you could drill any size of MFT table whenever you wanted.
[smile]
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Kev said:
Here are my thoughts after having one for a while now. When using with a MFT, I would go with the 17. I bought the 25 thinking it would be nice to have it when/if I get the CMS TS insert. I am not sure I will get it anything soon but to the question about deflection, I can have my 25 out all the way and it doesn't move. You have to really push on the sides by themselves to get it to budge. Everything is solid.
I would say if you are only routing, the 17 is more than fine. If you have a CMS TS (or can get one
) then the 25 is probably a bit better. Be warned, the 25 on the MFT all the way out, will take over the whole table!Cheers. Bryan.
Well, I ordered the 25" model last night specifically to be able to utilize the whole table width when using it with my CMS-TS55 insert as a table saw. We'll see how much full width cutting use it will get.
I'm not really expecting to be able to use the MFT as a table while using it as a saw/router table though.
I'm not really expecting to be able to use the MFT as a table while using it as a saw/router table though.
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Reiska said:
Awesome!
I generally don't need to use the table for other things also but now with the Precision Plate, I can remove it, do what I need to do and put it back down without worry of recalibrating it.
Workflow and unexpected events are now a lot less worrisome than it was in the past.
Did you order the plate as well Reiska?
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Reiska said:
Hmm, maybe I should have grabbed them too [sad]
Reiska, I'm probably going to hold off on the positioner till you get your 25, please let me know then whether you would have been happier with the 17.
... well, they're both in a shopping basket and I'm hovering over the checkout button [embarassed]
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Kev said:
Would you be using the CMS LS Kev? If you just have the router only, the 17 will be good unless you were going to run grooves and dadoes far out or do some box or dovetail joints where they would be 24" (610mm) tall.
If I were to do it again, with out the TS unit, I would go the 17 route. If you have the TS, get the 25 to get that larger rip width.
Hope this helps!
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Incremental tools is the official Incra web store , the MFGer outlet store
they have the lowest prices on everything Incra
they have fast shipping as well
the store also has daily & weekly specials the weeklies have 20% coupons so if you wait just about everything will shop up there @ 20% off
I've bought a load of parts this way & saved a lot
not a Incra employee ( I wish ) OR compensated in any way by them Just a FANBOI !
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suds said:
I still use it all the time! I tried that route first, I had a piece of ¾ MDF with some holes and still ended up using clamps to get it stable. In all honesty, I worked with Jerry at Precision to come up with a kick butt product so I am a little tied to this one. ;^)
I love the simplicity, how solid it is and that I can dial it in in under 2 minutes if I move it around or switch from routing to cutting to whatever.
If you make your own or purchase the Precision Plate, you can't go wrong with the combo + Incra fence.
Cheers. Bryan.
Happy camper with mine too.
I just don't feel like using my very precious time making something to fiddling with setup when I can just drop the Incra on the plate into the holes, screw one knob in and start cutting.
Its solid, its neat, hides under the Incra attachment plate, no need to have clamps around, etc. Just a big win.
I just don't feel like using my very precious time making something to fiddling with setup when I can just drop the Incra on the plate into the holes, screw one knob in and start cutting.
Its solid, its neat, hides under the Incra attachment plate, no need to have clamps around, etc. Just a big win.
I am a little slow right now I guess but I don't see the benefit of this setup for anything except a router table attachment to the work bench. I have an LS on my Incra router table. Can the positioner be used on the work table (MFT) for sawing setup etc?
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