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Review on ๐Ÿ”ง Enhance Precision and Efficiency with JessEm 07150 Mite-R-Excel II Miter Gauge by Pop Henneghan

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But got it right.

The JessEm Angle Stop is generally well designed. It's a heavier (if not more precise) design than the Incra in many ways, down to key details like using roller bearings to hold the guide rail against the Incra's composite washer, which you screw in to hold the rail in the slot under the guide rail to screw angle. But! Incra has one of the best support systems out of the many good ones I've used, JessEm doesn't seem to have any. No one answered the phone or email for several days. As a result, I don't get answers to my questions about squareness issues (managed it, but only by extreme adjustment of the stop bracket) or why the corner bead wobbles back and forth in the slot. With Incra fences or other products, you can get the right answers in minutes. Plus, you can access a simple, efficient system to get all Incra parts (for example, if your guide bar wears out over time, you can easily replace it). that's in a few days), while JessEm just exposes a few random parts of the router table on a single page of a website. I broke the clamp handle and couldn't find the source of the JessEm miter gauge parts. So be aware that you are sacrificing the versatility and support of the Incra miter gauge (use it on the right or left side of the saw, with or without the cross slide, etc.) due to the heavier build and more limited functionality of the JessEm product. I will leave the JessEm fence and continue to use both Incra and JessEm, but will look to other providers in the future. buy tools. UPDATE 11/15/21: I returned the fence to JessEm. Customer service is almost nonexistent, but more importantly, the guard is too inflexible (right/left of blade, doesn't fit exactly right, etc.). I replaced it with a Woodhaven fence, which turned out to be everything a precision, heavy-duty fence should be. Accurate out of the box, easy to set up, easy to use for work pieces large and small, and right or left of the saw blade. And their customer service is so excellent that they contact me when I order attachments that don't work together.

Pros
  • Very Good Value
Cons
  • Unbelievable Price