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Two tools in one box: a straight edge and a clamping bandsaw fence

Bought as a fence, kept because it also works as a clamping straight edge on sheet goods and a guide on a table saw, this is the entry point for anyone with a small saw and a small budget. The clamp body is aluminum alloy and nylon, it weighs 4.95 pounds, and it locks down firmly enough that buyers describe it as eliminating the play in a stock fence and letting them set a drift angle. One reviewer’s verdict on their WEN 10-inch saw says it as well as I can: “It Is Working Great In My Shop Placed On My WEN 10″ Band Saw.” One clamp covers bandsaw, table saw, and straight-edge cutting.

A quick-release mechanism handles attachment and removal, and the guide is marked so you can position it against a measurement instead of eyeballing it. It adjusts to fit tables up to 24 inches, which covers most benchtop and small 14-inch saws, and the clamp is designed to allow slight angle tweaks while locked — useful when your blade has a touch of drift and you want the fence parallel to the cut path rather than to the table edge. Functionality is the attribute buyers praise most about this one, which tracks with how many jobs the same bar handles.

Where it runs into limits is resaw height and table size. The tall resaw fence on this unit measures 3.5 inches, and owners who want to resaw stock that would use a 12-inch or greater capacity cut find that short. If you mostly saw 6-inch and under, that is a non-issue; if you bought your saw for its full resaw capacity, this fence will cap it. A few buyers also note it looks bigger than a small older Delta table, and one points out the T-track on the fence face does not fit standard T-track bolts, so you will need hex head bolts instead. Both are fit notes to check against your own saw.

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One aluminum bar that fences a bandsaw today and a drill press tomorrow

If your shop has one small bandsaw and no dedicated drill press fence, this is the piece that covers both. Its built-in straight edge clamp mounts to any bandsaw table up to 18 inches front to back, and the included stop block turns it into a drill press fence for repeat hole spacing. Buyers running a 12-inch Craftsman put it to both jobs — three cams lock it down tight, and the aluminum body stays light enough to move between machines without a second set of hands.

Locking force comes from a triple cam system, which means three separate clamping points you tighten in sequence rather than one lever. The point of three is grip: a single lock can let a fence creep under a heavy push, while three cams spread that force along the bar. Owners confirm it holds — “Works and clamps down tight. Its tight but it does fit on my skil 9″ bandsaw” — and the same buyer describes a 9-inch saw as a snug fit rather than a drop-in. That snugness is worth knowing: a 9-inch table is at the small end of what this fence will clamp cleanly.

It weighs 4.39 pounds, which is the same aluminum-versus-rival story as the O’SKOOL above — and it is where these two close cousins part ways. This fence’s package measures 27.24 x 4.65 x 2.99 inches against the O’SKOOL’s 34.06 x 4.53 x 2.95 inches, so it travels in a smaller box. The recurring gripe in its feedback is squaring: a cam lock holds hard, but it does not self-align, so you still check the bar against the blade with a square after every lock. Owners describe doing exactly that — “I still have to check with a square that it’s straight after locking it down” — which is normal for clamp-style fences but worth knowing before you expect set-and-go.

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Ten inches shorter than the 46-inch version, and that can be the whole point

A small shop with a benchtop saw often cannot use a 46-inch bar without it hanging into the walkway. This is the same BOW extension concept cut down to 36 inches, which owners who work in tight spaces specifically pick for — one describes the 36-inch length as the right call for a limited-space shop that still wants to rip boards up to 6 feet. It adds the taller and longer working surface to portable, benchtop, cabinet, and band saw fences, and it carries the same 5-inch height and 1-inch width with a 4-inch flat face.

Construction is the story owners keep repeating. The extrusion is heavy, solid aluminum, well packaged, and it fits a spread of saws: a Ridgid TS3650 fence, a Skil jobsite saw, and a DeWalt 745 portable all come up, and the milled rear slots let it mount forward, centered, or back for infeed or outfeed reach. Three T-slots on the face, top, and back take 1/4-inch and 5/16-inch T-bolts for featherboards, stops, and feed control, and the bottom slot accepts BOW XT1 feed supports sold separately. The whole point of the add-on is that it upgrades the fence you already own instead of replacing it — one owner reports it easing rip-cut accuracy and giving a small saw the feel of a bigger machine, and another credits it with enabling safer resawing of long stock once featherboards were mounted.

Two honest notes before you commit. First, this listing is the fence only — the XT2 clamps that mount it are sold separately, so the fence reaches its potential only once you have the mounting hardware in hand. Second, one buyer measured the extrusion and found it not flat within moderate tolerance, with the bottom few inches the square part, and reported the T-track slot running small for a standard T-bolt, needing a 1/4-inch bolt machined to fit their guide. Check that slot against your T-bolts, but most buyers report accurate cuts and a good fit.

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A tall removable fence you drop on for resawing, then set aside for daily work

This attachment exists for one reason: a taller fence face for resawing, removable when you want to get back to normal cuts. It is sold as a retrofit kit for existing Grizzly bandsaws and as a complete fence system for just about any brand of saw, and the extruded aluminum resaw fence comes off the base so you can lower the blade guides closer to the shorter fence for everyday work. Owners who resaw on a Grizzly call it a necessary addition, and they are not wrong about the logic — the taller face is what keeps a stood-up board from tipping as it feeds.

Construction is solid. Buyers describe it as well made and solid, and the handle materials listed are aluminum and cast iron, so the support pieces are not stamped sheet metal. Fit is the part to verify before ordering, because it is where this kit divides its audience. The listing describes it as fitting just about any brand of saw, but customers note that it does not fit every 14-inch Grizzly — one points out that it fits the G55-series 14-inch saws except the G555XL, and that the description could say so more clearly. Older Grizzly models that need full assembly come up too. Check your model number against the fit notes before you buy, not after.

There is a second issue worth sizing honestly: parts and returns. More than one owner reports the unit arriving with a part missing, and Grizzly’s return process on a missing-part unit involved a restocking fee plus return shipping that a buyer described as costing half the fence price. Owners who received a complete kit for the right model report it resaws very well. If you order, open the box and inventory the parts the day it lands so any missing piece is a support call, not a return.

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Slap it on a cast-iron table and it holds square in about half a minute

No clamps, no bolts, no drilling — this fence sticks to any ferrous metal table using two switchable magnets, and it comes off just as fast to move to another machine. Owners on cast-iron tables describe setup taking around 30 seconds once the magnets are on, and one long-term user reports that resaw setup still takes that long months later. Switchable magnets are the key feature here: they hold around 90 pounds according to a buyer’s own testing, and you turn them off to release the fence instead of prying it. If you swap this fence between three machines in an afternoon, nothing else on this list matches the speed.

The body is a 16-inch long, 3-1/2-inch tall L-shaped aluminum extrusion with multiple T-slots, so accessories bolt on the same way they do on rail-mounted fences. Owners run it on a Shopsmith Mark V 500 cast-iron table, a restored 1980s Craftsman 12-inch saw, and a Central Machinery 14-inch saw, and the recurring experience is a couple of minutes of squaring the first time, then nothing after. It weighed 3.27 pounds and comes with Carter’s F.A.S.T. setup bars for squaring, which shortens that first-time adjustment. The hang-tag on this fence is straightforward: universal fit on most ferrous metal tables and compatibility with all MAGFENCE II accessories.

Two honest limits. First, ferrous metal only — a cast-iron or steel table takes it, but an aluminum table will not hold a magnet, so check your table material before you buy. Second, the fence can slide under enough side pressure, and owners who resaw thick lumber sometimes add a backup clamp behind the fence for that reason; thin and mid-thickness rip cuts are where it shines. An owner summing it up honestly put it this way: the fence is dead flat and the clamps work smoothly, but a heavy resaw push is the one place to reinforce it.

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The whole fence system with a cast-iron bar behind it, not just a retrofit bar

Where the H7584 above is an attachment, this is the complete resaw fence system, and the weight tells you the difference. It ships at 16.1 pounds, which is the cast-iron support bar and the heavy body doing the work instead of a thin rail. Owners describe a thick cast-iron support bar with a decent aluminum body that fits an 80s Delta 14-inch saw with only longer front bolts needed, and one heavy-duty handle with a trustworthy stop and a rear support bar. If you have been running a stock fence that flexes under a push, the mass here is the upgrade — the aluminum rails and cast-iron body keep the fence square when the cut loads up. Owners also rate it above the Kreg and Laguna options they cross-shopped.

Assembly is straightforward — shoppers say it slides well, cuts accurately, and arrives square from the start. The dividing point is table fit, and the feedback is split, so read it carefully. On a 14×14 table it fits well; on a Jet JWBS 14DX Pro with a slightly deeper table the fence is not flush and needs adjustment to sit right; on a Jet with a shorter Grizzly table the outfeed bumper missed the rail until an owner cut the miter slot gauge and moved the bumper inward. Fans of the fence report easy install and improved cuts over a stock Delta fence; the mixed reports are all about matching the system to a table it was not specifically built for.

The small annoyances round out the picture. Documentation is thin — buyers report no written directions, just a diagram — and the ruler sticker on the fence gets called out as poor, with an awkward magnifier. A couple of owners also note missing fasteners on arrival. None of these touch how the fence performs once it is on and squared, which is the part that got owners to switch. It is a lot of fence, and if you do not resaw, it is more than you need.

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A cast-iron bar milled flat on both sides, for people who measure their fence with a square

The headline here is the fence bar itself: cast iron, milled flat on both sides, paired with a tall and long extruded aluminum plate. Owners who have run cheaper fences on other saws describe it as sliding smoothly, locking square, and lifting off clean, with an adjustable position marker and a plate that lays down for thin stock. At 18.8 pounds it is the heaviest pick here, and that is the intent — mass resists the vibration and flex that lets a thin fence walk off square during a hard resaw. One owner went further and swapped the hollow thin-wall aluminum back rail for a 3/4-inch solid steel bar to support a table extension, treating this as the base of a bigger setup.

Its other strength is accuracy under real work. A buyer running a 14-inch Jet reports it resawing everything from pine to walnut dead center, and another credits it with precision for guitar blanks and enabling a dust extraction table that pulled about 98% of the dust. The identical fence shows up under Grizzly’s H7589 number, so if you cross-shop and find that model, you are looking at the same hardware. It comes with a 1-year warranty and lists metal materials with a white finish.

The biggest knock is documentation, and it is a real one: there are no manuals or installation instructions, so a buyer cannot confirm they have the right part or figure out install on their own. Two owners also report the kit needing work to fit a non-matching saw. One installed it on a Steel City 18-inch saw with a 20×20-inch table after two modifications and made a video explaining them; another had to redrill rail holes and add homemade spacers to fit a Jet 18-inch. The metal is excellent, but the kit assumes you can fit it yourself without instructions.

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Two locks at each end and a drift dial you can tune without a test cut

Blade drift — the tendency of a bandsaw blade to cut at a slight angle instead of straight — is the reason most factory fences frustrate people, and this fence is built around fixing it. Two separate position locks, one at each end, hold the bar against creep, and two independent blade lead locks let you angle the fence to match your blade’s natural path. Owners describe it as easy to adjust for blade drift, and the setup is simple enough that people fitting it to a 66-year-old Delta/Milwaukee saw got it running from straightforward instructions. Unlike front-only fences, this one supports the table at both the front and back, which is what keeps a heavy rip from tilting the bar.

Fit is its strong card for a 14-inch saw owner. It is compatible with Delta, Jet, Ridgid, Powermatic, and Porter Cable 14-inch saws and attaches to existing table holes with no drilling on most models — a buyer who replaced a frustrating Jet factory fence describes assembly as simple and the table fit as perfect, with excellent blade drift and vertical square adjustments. There is an adjustable stop block included for repetitive cuts and tenons, and the body is extruded aluminum. If you run a different 14-inch saw, the included instruction sheet covers drilling four 1/4-inch holes to mount it, and a lifetime guarantee backs the whole thing.

The honest catches are the hardware and the documentation. One owner found a plastic lockdown handle that broke off the threaded bolt during assembly and had to glue it back on, with plans to swap both hold-down clamps for all-metal handles. Another spent 7 hours and two pieces of bar steel getting it adapted to a non-listed saw because the adaptability claim turned out to need real fabrication. There is also a hardware mismatch on older Craftsman tables, which are tapped for 1/4-20 screws while the included hardware ran 1/4-28 along with metric sizes. On a standard 14-inch table it goes together in an afternoon; on an oddball, budget a weekend.