Subject: ALIGN-IT or TS-ALIGNER? >Objective< opinions sought.

From: [email-masked] (JaneAustin)
Date: 30 Mar 1997 01:52:54 GMT

ALIGN-IT (I think that might be the wrong spelling, I don't have the ad in
front of me) is $139 and can check your table saw, jointer and other tools
within a .001". Has anyone compared TS-ALIGNER to ALIGN-IT?  Also, it's
curious that either one could be patented; I have the SPI catalog and it's
filled with dial guages and hold-downs etc. It seems that all one has to
do is just put the parts together and you have your own "TS-ALIGNER" or
"ALIGN-IT" to the precision and accuracy that you're willing to pay for
(some of the SPI dial guages are frightfully expensive, but they're not
made in China and meet Federal specs; perhaps not necessary for
woodworking).

Am I missing something obvious here? 

Jane

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From: "R. Bates Allen" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 01:06:55 -0600

I bought the TS-ALIGNER JR. about a month ago through the Hartville Tool
Catalog.  I think it was $99.  I was very pleased with the product
design found it easy to use, with good documentation.  I did a thorough
setup on my Jet table saw.  It has never been better.  Cannot comment on
the ALIGN-IT, which I read about in Wood Magazine a few months ago.

I felt that for a price of around $100, any device that makes it easy to
get VERY accurate machine setup is a worthwhile investment. There is a
TS-ALIGNER HOMEPAGE at
	
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Bates Allen
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 30 Mar 1997 17:28:01 -0700

>get VERY accurate machine setup is a worthwhile investment. There is a

I have the same comments about the TS-Aligner jr.  I also bought the machinists
square and 45 deg angle block from Mr. Bennett.

This is a very well made tool and is easy to use.  It makes saw setup a breeze.
The only warning is to read the manual FIRST.  I didn't and spent some time read-
justing the aligner.  This was not a big problem but was unneccesary if I had only
read the manual all the way through.

ernie fisch