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Is It A Fence Or A Table Extension?

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

When you buy Carter’s MAGFENCE, you can just use it:  there are no extra parts to buy, no assembly required — just stick the magnetic fence onto your steel or cast iron table without special mounting hardware.  What makes it really unique is you can also attach it to the side of the table for an instant aluminum extension.

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Laser Retrofitting

Friday, August 1st, 2008
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Here’s a laser product I can really get behind — with this Carter laser you can retrofit your favorite tool! You control the precision, direction, position, mount style, and everything else, even the color. This sure beats buying a tool with a laser and finding out that the laser is crooked or off by 1/8″ — or that the stock laser line would be a lot more helpful if it extended just two more inches.

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Hot or Not? A Bandsaw Quick Release

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

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Patrick sent in a link to this bandsaw blade quick release from Carter Products.  He writes: “$150 seems a bit steep for one of these, and I can’t help but wonder if it’s really necessary to detension the blade between uses.”

I certainly haven’t heard of detensioning to extend life, but what about you Toolmongers?  Is this something you’ve seen or heard of doing?

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