Bought a $150 'laser-guided' miter saw fence attachment that was pure garbage.

It was off by an 1/8th inch right out of the box and the plastic adjuster snapped after two uses. Anyone found a decent aftermarket fence that actually holds true?

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oliviagrant22d ago

Sounds like you paid $150 for a lesson in disappointment... I've been there with those "precision" tools that can't even hit the broad side of a barn. The plastic adjuster snapping is the perfect, cheap cherry on top of a useless cake.

joseph_torres22d ago

My old shop teacher always said the best fence is the one you build yourself. I used some scrap plywood and a couple of toggle clamps for about fifteen bucks in hardware. That plastic junk is never going to hold up to real shop use. It's a total waste of money for something that can't handle vibration. I've had my homemade one for years and it's still dead on.

irismartinez15d ago

Yeah, I got burned by one of those fancy laser fences too. Total junk. I ended up just using a long piece of aluminum angle from the store and bolting it down solid. It doesn't have any fancy dials, but it's straight and it doesn't move. Sometimes the simplest fix is the one that actually works.

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