My buddy gave me a Kobalt portable table saw. The last table saw I used was in a shop and required a fork lift to move. The rip fence on that thing was really solid. This portable saw has a rip fence that can best be described as “loosie goosie.” There’s so much slop in it, once I lock it down, in all likelihood, it won’t be parallel with the blade. Do they make a fence for these things with two attachment points on each slide to insure the fence is always parallel to the blade?
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Unfortunately you have to pay for quality. I had almost exactly the same scenario, when my dad gave me a saw, a few years back. I found that a quality fence with the rails, can cost more than a cheap saw is worth. When I looked, it was around three hundred, to get the type of quality rip fence like what I was used to. That's just the rip fence. For my cheap saw
. I don't use a table saw enough to pay that kind of money. But then, my saw locks down tight. It just needs lots of help getting it square.
A decent used commercial saw goes for a grand around here. That's asking price, and is probably somewhat negotiable. A much better option, if you plan on using it much. But if it's just the fence you want, they definitely sell upgrades. The ones I looked at were on a woodworking site. There's different levels of quality, but none were cheap. Sorry I can't provide a link, it's been many years since then.
