Comments on: Preview: Magswitch MagFence

By: Benjamen Johnson

Benjamen Johnson — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:40:13 +0000

I found pricing over at Eagle America:
The base alone is $25
The resaw fence with no base is $35
The dual roller fence with no base is $40
The Full Kit is $140

The full kit includes a couple MagJigs that’s why it’s more expensive.

Looks like Eagle won’t have any in stock until 11/5/2008

By: fred

fred — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:59:18 +0000

I like the magswitch magnets for holding small parts – but not sure about their new jigs. I’m a big proponent of using anything that makes working safer for my workers. We are fans of using shop-made featherboards that help prevent saw kickback. We clamp these in place on our jobsite saws and on our cabinet saws in the shop. (I think that I prefer clamps here to magnets. ) We also try to avoid removing any of the manufacturer’s safety features (some cuts are problematical). We have our Unisaws fitted with Delta splitters and their overhead guard system which we have learned to live with. We also use a Shop Fox sliding table saw and a 3hp (Safety Speed Cut) panel saw when they are more suited to the joband make work safer. We’ve just started using the new Bosch jobsite saws – with its riving knife and other safety features. They look like an improvement – but time will tell.

For our Laguna bandsaws we are thinking about trying out their drift-compensating fence. Have any of you toolmongers tried one out – and what do you think?

By: Shopmonger

Shopmonger — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:06:29 +0000

Looks great but what if you have a aluminum table?

I have alway been a proponent of the aluminum table for rust reasons.

These look great and magswitch ahs made great products for years. I love the idea and have used simliar items for machine work.