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I was told the rails were somewhere in the box. First time I have had a problem w/amazon, customer service is hard to deal with to be polite. Rails were in that box. Package came with fence but no rails.twice. Still waiting for the refund. Fence and rail system is great, but you need the rails, amazon needs to know what they are selling. Bought the whole system at Lowes for $20 cheaper.
Very nice fence system. Highly recommend. Brougth new life to my old contractors saw. Very well made and very easy to install.
This is a great bang for the buck. I wanted to upgrade to a more precise fence and rail system but did not want to spend $300-$400 for a Beisemeyer. I believe this is due to the "old" Unisaw table design where the holes in the front of the table are counterbored with a non-standard bolt hole and counter-bore size for use with the Jet-Lock 1-3/8" diameter rails. I actually had to machine two special stepped spacers in order to mount the front rail to the table. I own a 1950 Delta Unisaw which came with the Jet-Lock fence and rail system. It is extremely accurate and well manufactured. This may not be the case for the newer Unisaws. I would have given this product four stars if it weren't for this difficulty in mounting this to my Unisaw.
Having "rescued" a saw from being thrown away, this fixed the problem of no fence and gave a possible addition to the garbage dump a longer life. The fence is precise and well-made, and fit perfectly.
Some of this gap can be corrected by moving to facing on the fence up or down, but I would recommend measuring very carefully before you drill. I will do the final adjustments on the fence angles tonight. Like I said, this looks like it's going to be a real nice fence, I just wish Delta would include better instructions for Non Delta installations. None of the holes in my saw matched up with the holes in the fence rails. Plan on buying a 17/64" drill bit, a 5/16" drill bit, and a 8mm x 1.25 tap. I have about 3 hours in it so far. I bought this fence after reading the reviews here at Amazon.
If you are installing it on any other saw, your on your own. I had to drill and tap four of the holes because they lined up with cast bracing on the underside of the table, I only had 4 holes that did not have braces behind them. The Delta website says it can be installed on other saws, I have a 20 year old Craftman saw that needed a fence update and I liked the price of this fence. If you wind up needing to drill into the rails (I did) you will need a counter sink as well, you might also buy 2 of the 5/16" bits, the rails are really hand on the bits. The instructions for installation are very staight forward if your saw is the Delta saw that this fence is paired with. There is very little room for error when you drill your own holes because a 16th of an inch to high or to low and the fence will drag on the table or leave to big of a gap. Take your time to get it right the first time and you should do fine, Good Luck.
I wound up mocking up the whole system and clamping it to my saw to make sure I had the correct clearences before I did my final drilling and installation.
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