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ALUMA-CLASSIC™ FENCE
W1716 & W1720
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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INTRODUCTION SAFETY ASSEMBLY ADJUSTMENTS OPERATIONS MAINTENANCE PARTS Contents INTRODUCTION 2 About-Your-New-Aluma-Classic™-Fence 2 Woodstock-Service-and-Support 2 Unpacking 3 Get-To-Know-Your-Fence 3 Location-of-Controls 3 ASSEMBLY 4 Inventory 4 W1716-Installation 5 W1720-Installation 6 Installing-Metal-Extension-Wings 8 ADJUSTMENTS 9 Fence-to-Blade 9 Scale-Installation-And-Adjustment 10 PARTS 11 USE THE QUICK GUIDE PAGE LABELS TO SEARCH OUT INFORMATION FAST!
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INTRODUCTION About Your New Aluma-Classic™ Fence ® Your new SHOP FOX Model W1716/W1720 Aluma-Classic™ Fence is specially designed to provide many years of trouble-free service. Close attention to engineering detail, ruggedly built parts, and a rigid quality control program assure safe and reliable operation. The Aluma-Classic™ Fence features an extruded aluminum and steel construction, utilizing a sturdy T- shape design that fits most table saws easily. The Model W1716/W1720 also features a si
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INTRODUCTION Get To Know Your Fence For proper operation it is important to know your machine and its components. Please take the time to learn the features shown in Figure 1 & 1a below. Fence Body Scale Indicator Height Adjustment Bolt Parallel Setscrews Locking Lever Leveling Setscrews Figure 1a. Figure 1. Fence features. Unpacking Fence Controls ® The SHOP FOX W1716/W1720 has been care- Take the time to familiarize yourself with ® fully packaged for safe transporting. If you the feature
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ASSEMBLY Inventory The following is a description of the main com- READ and understand this ® ponents shipped with the SHOP FOX Model entire instruction man- W1716/W1720 Aluma-Classic™ Fence. You ual before performing should lay the components out to easily iden- any operations with your tify them. The inventory for the Models W1721 machine. Serious per- and W1722 are also listed below. sonal injury may occur if safety and operational If any parts are missing, find the part num- informat
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ASSEMBLY 5 /16"-18 x 1" Cap Screws W1716 Installation ® The SHOP FOX W1716 Aluma-Classic™ Fence comes in a box with its own hardware bag. W1716 Hardware Bag Contents: Qty 5 • Cap Screws ⁄16"-18 x 1" 4 5 • Flat Washers ⁄16" 8 1 • Flat Washers ⁄4" 6 5 • Hex Nuts ⁄16"-18 8 1 3 • Hex Bolts ⁄4"-20 x ⁄4" 6 5 • Flat Head Screws ⁄16"-18 x 1" 4 • Hex Key 6mm 1 Figure 2. Rear fence rail bracket. • Hex Key 4mm 1 To install the fence rail to the table saw, do these steps: Main Table Mounti
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To install the rip fence to the table saw, do these steps: 1. Thread the handle knob onto the fence locking handle. 2. Make sure the handle is in the unlocked “UP” position before placing the fence on the rails. Adjustment Bolt 3. Check to see that the fence clears the table surface throughout its range of travel, and increase or decrease the height between the fence and table by adjusting the bolt shown in Figure 5. Adjustment bolt. Figure 5. 4. Install the clear scale indicator to the
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5 3 3. Insert two ⁄16"-18 x ⁄4" T-bolts in the right table wing, and two into the edge of the left T-Bolt Gap Accepts table wing, and install the flat washers and nuts Fence M6-1.0 x 30 on each bolt. See Figure 8. Flange T-Bolt 4. Tighten all nuts until there is a gap of approxi- Start 3 1 mately ⁄16" to ⁄4" between the T-bolt and the Switch Mounting table and wing edges. Bolt Slot 5. Slide the extension rail over the T-bolts as shown in Figure 1 until the rail is flush with the end
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Installing Metal Extension Wings ® The SHOP FOX Heavy-Duty Metal Extension Wings (Figure 10) can be installed on the Model W1720 79" rails. Hardware Bag Contents: Qty 5 • Flat Washer ⁄16" 12 5 • T-Bolt ⁄16" -18 x 1" 12 5 • Hex Nut ⁄16"-18 12 Extension wing box inventory. Figure 10. To install the W1720 extension wings, do these steps: 1. Loosely install the T-bolts, washers and hex nuts into the short sides of the exten- sion wings. 2. Insert the T-bolt heads into the rail T-slo
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ADJUSTMENTS ADJUSTMENTS ® The SHOP FOX W1716/W1720 Aluma-Classic™ Fence requires little adjustment since most of the features are built in at the factory. The pri- DISCONNECT power to mary adjustment is to position the fence so it is the saw at this time! parallel to the saw blade. Otherwise, serious injury may occur. Fence Parallelism If your table saw has been properly adjusted, the saw blade should be parallel to the miter slot. Refer to your table saw manual for the proper procedu
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Scale Installation & Adjustment The self-adhesive scale provides fast and accu- rate fence positioning. It is best to install the scale after all other adjustments in this section have been made. Figure 15 shows the scale properly installed on the front rail. To install the scale indicator, do these steps: 1. UNPLUG THE TABLE SAW! Figure 15. Scale installed on front rail. 2. Raise the blade to its maximum height. 3. Position the fence against the right side of the blade. 4. Carefully place
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PARTS ® W1716 SHOP FOX Aluma-Classic™ Fence 5 4 1 22 3 24 17 5 5 12 37 19 16 23 18 7 39 6 25 3 8 15 37 21 20 9 26 5 14 32 36 38 29 30 29 23 34 33 35 -11-
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® W1716 SHOP FOX Aluma-Classic™ Fence REF PART # DESCRIPTION 1 X1716001 FENCE BODY ASSEMBLY 3 X1716003 FENCE SIDEBOARD 4 X1716004 FENCE PLUG 5 X1716005 FENCE SIDEBOARD CAP 5 6 X1716006 ADJUSTMENT BOLT ⁄16"-18 7 X1716007 CLAMP 8 X1716008 HANDLE 9 X1716009 FEMALE KNOB 12 X1716012 CLEAR INDICATOR 14 X1716014 SLIDER 19 X 50 X 2T 5 1 15 XPSS05 SETSCREW ⁄16"-18 X ⁄4" 16 XPW03 FLAT WASHER #10 3 17 XPS06 PHLP HD SCR 10-24 X ⁄8" 3 3 18 XPB25 HEX BOLT ⁄8"-16 X 1 ⁄4" 1 3 19 PB88 HEX BOLT ⁄4"-20 X 1 ⁄4"
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PARTS ® W1720 SHOP FOX Aluma-Classic™ Fence 5 4 1 22 3 24 17 5 5 12 37 19 16 23 18 7 39 6 25 3 8 15 37 21 20 9 26 5 14 131 201 202 134 131 103 203 204 134 103 123 131 113 141 121 113 114 141 123 141 131 114 111 123 121 140 113 111 134 102 141 131 140 102 113 134 131 127 127 124 115 115 131 141 131 141 113 124 113 124 126 126 122 122 118 118 -13-
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® W1720 SHOP FOX Aluma-Classic™ Fence REF PART # DESCRIPTION REF PART # DESCRIPTION 1 X1716001 FENCE BODY ASSEMBLY 39 X1716039 CLAMP PLUG 3 X1716003 FENCE SIDEBOARD 102 X1721002 ALUMINUM FRONT RAIL 4 X1716004 FENCE PLUG 103 X1721003 ALUMINUM REAR RAIL 5 X1716005 FENCE SIDEBOARD CAP 111 XPW03M FLAT WASHER 6MM 5 5 6 X1716006 ADJUSTMENT BOLT ⁄16"-18 113 XPW07 FLAT WASHER ⁄16" 7 X1716007 CLAMP 114 X1721014 FRONT RAIL CAP (L) 8 X1716008 HANDLE 115 X1721015 FRONT RAIL CAP (R) 9 X1716009 FEMALE KNOB
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WARRANTY CARD Name___________________________________________________________________________________________ Street___________________________________________________________________________________________ City _______________________________________________________________State________Zip______________ Phone Number_______________________E-Mail_______________________FAX_____________________________ MODEL #___________________________________ Serial # ____________________________________ The
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