Axminster Tool Centre Ltd trading as Axminster Tools is a credit broker and is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The scale is difficult to read and i am considering putting something black in the markings but not sure what to use yet as i don't want to ruin the scale.

I can also assure you many of the engineers have only worked with their monstrosities on paper or a computer simulation. I tend to use imperial over metric, my brain works well with it, and as I think mostly in pictures I can envisage any distance up to many feet mentally more readily than I can metres.There’s always just a little bit of “drift” that prevents you from getting precise cuts even when you are using a fence. I actually drilled two holes in the mounting rail to align with existing holes in the table and two through the flange of the table using existing holes in the mounting rail. The adjustment bolts are indeed not conveniently located and the fence does need regular adjustments so I share the frustration… but it’s not as bad as adjusting the lower bearing guide assembly (I’m wondering what the engineers were thinking when they designed it as it’s not very rigid and has hard to access nuts and bolts which can move in too many directions). cut into a log support (that is the initialization every band sawyer has to do at some point, I’ve learned…) causing the blade to dull. The kit comes with large and small fences and both have adjustable resaw bars which is all very useful.

Much easier to extend the fence with a long straightedge in such a setup, in stead of looking like a dog’s tail wagging the thing through the cut. You want the hole for the bolt to be far enough away from the fence that you can get a hand drill in there.This fence mounts to most 14" (356mm) band saws right out of the box and can be modified to fit many others by drilling a single hole in the aluminum mounting rail. The adjustment mechanism has two handles, one to adjust the fence angle and another to lock the setting. There are different schools of thought regarding where the blade / teeth should sit on the wheel tyres. I unclamped the base from the table, then checked that the braces still fit and the fence was square to the base. Aside from the UK issue, anyone in the US who wants to upgrade their fence will be very happy with retrofitting one of these.

Straight off, I disliked the bandsaw fence that came standard and took a look at the Record Power version to retrofit with.

Metric is not popular in America for the reason a very unpopular president during the 1970s oil crisis was seen as forcing metric on the country. The tooth setting was affected as well, causing the blade to drift upwards since it stopped cutting below the center of the kerf.