Harvey Highlight - BIG EYE Rip Fence System
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- Опубліковано 30 сер 2023
- Follow along as our Technical Director and Product Specialist, Hung Nguyen as he discusses the all NEW Big Eye Rip Fence System! This fence system will revolutionize your table saw and take your woodworking to the next level!
🔍 Dive Deep into Precision: BIG EYE Rip Fence System Technical Review 🔍
Welcome back to our channel, dedicated to unraveling the world of woodworking innovation! In this highly anticipated video, we're delving into the heart of accuracy and efficiency with the BIG EYE Rip Fence System's comprehensive technical review.
🛠️ Elevate Your Craftsmanship: Witness the Power of the BIG EYE Rip Fence System as we dissect its engineering brilliance in this in-depth technical review. This isn't just any rip fence - it's a game-changer designed to revolutionize your woodworking projects.
📏 Unparalleled Design: Join us as we dissect the meticulous design details of the BIG EYE Rip Fence System, showcasing its robust build, advanced materials, and enhancements that make it a true standout in the world of table saw accessories.
🔧 Precision in Action: We'll demonstrate how the BIG EYE Rip Fence System transforms your table saw into a precision powerhouse. Discover its innovative micro-adjustment mechanisms, ensuring hairline accuracy in every rip. From wide panels to intricate pieces, this system guarantees flawless results.
🌐 Versatility Explored: Explore the versatility that the BIG EYE Rip Fence System brings to your workshop. Whether you're tackling rip cuts, crosscuts, or angles, we'll showcase how this system adapts seamlessly, reducing setup time and boosting your overall efficiency.
⏱️ Time-Saving Mastery: Experience the efficiency of the BIG EYE Rip Fence System as we reveal its quick setup features and rapid adjustment capabilities. Say farewell to time-consuming adjustments and hello to uninterrupted workflow.
📐 Expert Tips and Insights: Our review wouldn't be complete without sharing some expert tips and insights on extracting the maximum potential from the BIG EYE Rip Fence System. Learn how to fine-tune, maintain, and harness the full power of this remarkable tool.
Whether you're a woodworking enthusiast, a DIYer, or a seasoned craftsman, the BIG EYE Rip Fence System is your gateway to precision like never before. Join us for this technical review that unveils the mechanics behind the magic.
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Unreal! 6months ago I was just about to pull the trigger on the bandsaw and the 3hp, sliding table and some BCT products, then my world turned upside down. Getting back up again and getting my first client as a wood worker, so many things are coming together and I dream about Harvey and BCT being the heart of my shop. Nothing else out there like it. My BCT I keep in their box and inside my workbench cabinet, not easily available to grab and if they were any other tool, not so readily available and a pain at times to grab, I forget about them. I absolutely love pulling them out and using them, they are the only thing in my shop that non woodworkers comment on
So well thought out and the stops along the rail are such a great idea. Well done guys it’s definitely a game changer I’ll be adding one to my saw for sure
Thanks so much Bradley! You’re gonna love it!
Really i just was educated on Apex and k-factor compression on the Advertisement. - that was cool. (the Ad shown)
Great presentation.
As to the old style fence moving when locked down, if the user simply pulls the handle to the rear while traversing and setting the fence, it does not deflect when locked down. This is because the two pads at the front of the rail remain engaged. This is an old trick introduced by Norm Abram on the New Yankee Workshop decades ago. The Biesemeyer T-square design is not a defect. Simple geometry shows us that simultaneously engaging two of three of the points of contact on the rail will not allow the rail to move when the third point is engaged.
Could you please explain this a bit more?
@@Follows-ed7mw the Biesemeyer style fence is locked to the rail by three contact points. Two on the side of the rail away from you and one on the handle side. This forms an equilateral triangle for secure lockdown. If you’re not pulling the handle back toward you when traversing the fence, none of these three points may be touching the rail, and the small amount of built-in slop that allows the fence to move right and left lets the fence get out of square very easily. It comes into square when you lock down the handle because all three points are engaged. Now if you pull the handle back toward you when traversing the fence, the far two points are held tight to the rail and the fence maintains square at all times, and it will not deviate when you lock it down bringing the rear point of the triangle into the rail by clamping down the lever. It’s basic geometry, really.
Still doesn’t solve the problem of deflection at the far end of the fence away from the locking mechanism. Though minimal it does move.
Nice..you guys did listen, every review I watched the issues they had you addressed..I see this in the near future in my shop lol..
I have the Harvey Alpha 36 with the Master Rip fence. I don't really have a problem with deflection when locking, I learned how to set my fence with years of using a Biesemeyer on my Delta Contractor table saw. I like many of the improvements on this fence. Having those settable stops would be a real help when you are repeatable rip cuts that you can't make all at the same time.
Sadly, one thing missing from this video is a new feature your website mentions that the old fence cannot do - that is work on either side of the blade. With my old saw and the Biesemeyer fence I could easily move it to the left of the blade ... something I miss on my Harvey. It would have been nice to see how it works and how easy/hard it is to set it to work on the left side of the blade.
I really like my Harvey and it has been serving me well - but, with the cost of the saw and the price of this fence system, I will have to stay with my Master Rip unless you want to send me a Big Eye to test out.
I would love to own your saw with the BIG EYE. That is just so cool. Good Job!
Thanks Tom! It's a game changer!
I now have the Big Eye on my Alpha HW 110S table saw. It does not roll smoothly across the table. There is no drag from the fence because no part of the fence itself is touching the table. It is so stiff the micro adjust wheel does not work. It just turns in place. I'm reasonably sure the rollers need to be adjusted on the guides but I don't want to adjust it without some type of video or instruction to show me how for fear of making it worse and not being able to fix it. I have not been able to find anything on the net to show how to do this. Please help.
Hey DJ! Check out our main page for a full install and adjustment video on the Big Eye. If this isn’t helpful please call our Customer Service team on Monday!
Wish I had purchased my table saw AFTER you released this new fence.....
Add it on! You'll love it!
Would have been perfect if this could have had the 1/32” repeatability locking system thats used on the Incra systems. I imagine that is patented though. Having said that, at this price point it should have a similar system.
Hi. Amazing and beatifull design products. Dream tools.
Questions:
1. How do you prevent the scale don't wear and move in time accidentaly, and the dust don't go between the low or high stop of the scale?
2. Have you try a little desmultiplication for the fine adjusting wheel? (maybe it's gona give you more precision and required less effort to ajust. 😉)
3. Have you consider to offering your products in South America? (Argentina or Chile for example)
Thanks you for your time and amazing and inspiring tools. 🙂
Can’t wait to receive mine to replace my new Harvey Alpha.
How do you mount a sacrificial face to your fence system? I use them often for making rabits, etc
Does Harvey make nail clippers?
Is there a way to purchase the Harvey Big Eye fence system in Australia?
Glad to at least be aware now of the defects of my new "old" style Harvey fence.
Not defects, just continuous improvement and innovation!
This is a beautiful fence with many nice improvements, but as far as I can tell the T-Square/Biesemeyer style fence has one advantage: we build custom outfeed tables to be completely flush to back edge of our saws with HP laminate to make a perfectly smooth co-planer transition that no material can ever snag on. It looks like Redeye requires a small space between outfeed table and back of saw so back of fence can clamp.
Hi!
I’ve got an old harvey HW110L
SN: 100xxx-70, is this Big eye fits on my table saw?
Can i buy it from Brazil?
Great video and great fence! Does this fence work with an outfeed table? my current fence has the outfeed table which sits on top the front rail, but since it my fence does not lock to the front rail and sits on top of it, the outfeed table is flush to the saw table top with no gap. Im assuming because this fence locks on the front rail there has to be a gap at least the thickness of the front locking mechanism?
Yes you sound be able to have the same flush mount abilities with the Big Eye on the back rail.
How does this work with the SHARK S-12S Universal Overhead Guard? It appears from the video that there are no holes in the new rear guide rail of the Big Eye system to mount the support arm for the SHARK.
There will be Shark support mounts 👍🏼
G'day guys,
I can see multiple comments on that this fence will become a standard on new table saw purchases. A) are you able to give a rough time frame? and B) I am based in Australia, so will this become a stardard for us too? if so when do you hope to get them out to us by?
Been really keen on getting this table saw, but the fence has been a let down, but this should change now.
Thanks!
Will this be standard on all new saws from now on}
Not immediately but eventually yes 👍🏼
Very interested in what you have created. I have a few questions. Will the SawStop outfeed table still be attachable/usable? I read in another comment the Jessem feeders aren't usable with this fence. Is that accurate? In one of your videos Harvey states this needs to be mounted to a cast iron table. Is this from end to end, or may the table at the blade be cast iron and the table to the right of the fence be some other material?
The JessEm Guides will fit the Big Eye! We have another UA-cam Short posted on that feature
@@HarveyIndustriesIntlDo you have a link to this video? What about the cast iron table, the outfeed table?
I have been using a biesemeyer style fence for 30 years. It has been very durable and accurate. The high low fence would be nice but I don’t see any real advantage over a heavy duty biesemeyer fence. The biesemeyer locks extremely secure in the front and does not deflect on the far end. Installed the Jessem stock guides and they are a game changer cutting large panels. The new miter gauge does look good.
I wish Harvey sold their saws without the gadgety fence. I know from experience that the sliding tape measure is really cool until it isn't. I won't buy INCRA anything because of the sliding tapes they use. They creep gradually or get bumped when you aren't looking and will be off a smidge and you'll scratch your head wondering what you did wrong. I'd like to see how this new fence works after a couple buckets of sawdust have settled on it. It's like Harvey has some smart people, but they don't actually use the products they sell. I use jigs that ride/slide on my fence and that whole setup is worthless to me. I'm still using a 50 year old PM 66 and if it had a decent riving knife, I'd probably just get another similar one. I keep looking at the Harvey and it checks all the other boxes, but that fence keeps me from buying one.
Amazing. The sliding ruler is a no for me tho. I'd lock that down and just have to find another way to use a high/low measurement marker. The fact the ruler moves around that easily means I could rely on it when it's not set right, let alone dust getting in there that might keep it out of accuracy. Of all the problems you solved you've introduce a new one we've never had before. To be fair I'm not a finish carpenter, it just bugs me.
As a mechanical engineer I could never understand why fences are so flimsy, if not accurate throws saw accuracy off? It is such a simple solution make front and back slides (whatever they are actually called) wide and rigid (no flex) then it should clamp straight. I would have made your back slide larger/wider) piece that clamps down on saw rail) to ensure absolutely no flex. Also, no thought to make back part of saw where fence slides side have micro indents almost like teeth with clamping piece on fence having the same locking fence in place when snugged down? My rigid 4512 fence is no where the complexity of yours is but I added new plastic pieces (@ $30 on Etsy) that are wider that keeps fence from moving side to side when I move it and it snugs from the back…pretty dang accurate for my use.
I love Harvey and love the fence, but not the price. I plan on getting a Harvey table saw soon but I just think that it is a pretty expensive addition at $1249 (on sale for $1046 right now) especially if the electronic fence that just got funded on kickstarter comes out and operates how to should with planned MSRP of around $1550. Still an amazing innovation of a new fence system but I have to add it on and not sub in when buying a new table saw. The master-rip fence is a piece that you still get but would be useless and take up space instead of subbing it in at a lower cost. Keep up that great work though Harvey and keep innovations coming.
We have a current promotion that if you buy a table saw and the new Big Eye you get an additional $200 off the bundle!
Agreed. It's between Harvey and SS for me. Love this new fence idea but not the price.
@justins2025 I like the SS but again not the price. I understand the safety feature, but Harvey seems very comparable in quality and build minus the autostop for a lot less money. I don't think a safety feature should be that much of mark-up. I also agree with people online that having that safety feature could make you more lack subconsciously. Don't know though. And if I want to cut dados I have to change the brake and then back every time.
This fence is only $849 for the 36" rip capacity and $899 if bought a saw in the last 6 months or if buying together, def. worth it considering the flip stops, dual clamping, ease of tape scale setting etc. Time is money and if this saves someone a lot time and is convenient then the price pays for itself.
O1eggy 😂😂😂😂😂😂. Have you priced out the hospital bill you will get if you don't have SS safety....SS is very reasonable for the safety
Can you use the JessEm TS Stock Guides on this Fence ???
You can see the track slot on top of the fence to allow for jugs to accommodate things like the stock guides and whatever else you can dream up! 👍🏼
@@HarveyIndustriesIntl Just ordered one , the 36 if I decide to extend my table to 52 can I upgrade the rails at at later date ??? to 52
No it won't work. On high profile the fence will block the Jessem guides and on low profile the jessem guides will rest on the fence not touching your board.
@@HarveyIndustriesIntlPlease make a video with the unmodified jessem guides on that fence. Thank you!
Very impressive. Only other near comparable with rear clamping is the Incra. Which is too fussy and takes up way to much shop space. Would Harvey consider discounted pricing for recent Alpha Table saw purchases ? At $1200 or so, that is almost half the cost of a 2hp or 3hp Alpha series table saw and almost 2x the cost of 52” Incra setup.
Again, great design and feature implementation, but pricing is something that will need to be competitive with the market.
Tim you read our minds. Right now we take off $200 when you buy any table saw and the Big Eye!
@@HarveyIndustriesIntl What about recent Alpha purchases within the last year?
@@msix79 very quick to reply to your 2nd question,,,,,,,, IMO I think it may speak to the quality of their customer service,
I can’t believe this is coming out now. I just purchased my Harvey 36”, 3HP saw 4 months ago.😢😢😢😢 No upgrade path for this fence?????
Well is nice but why you can’t get this stuff in London means England because the price is to expensive back in my country either never see this Colombia you make you own one just it good any way thanks I say hello from London 🙈
So you have had feedback from customers and improved your fence design. Bravo.
Then just offer the new fence with the purchase of a new saw with a small amount of upgrade fee. Making people buy the saw with the old fence and then selling the new fence separately (which is over $1000) wont be appreciated by the potential customer.
That will eventually be the standard package. With any new product release there is a transition period and we are offering a package deal when you buy both currently, just as you mentioned.
I already posted elsewhere. I assume you're trying to close existing inventory of fences. But as a hobbyist, this just makes me want to hold off even when I have money burning a hole in my pocket, because I hate to waste it. Hope you quickly bring a substitution package about. During transition you can charge a slightly larger premium.
It's a very nice fence - but I'd like it better if it had a DRO built into it.
Thank you so much for taking the time to give us your feedback! We are always seeking to improve our products and cater them to our customers. Keep an eye out for future updates!
Did show how to adjust the bearings.
Sorry I meant didn’t.
I wish I had $1200 to put this fence on my delta36-725t2 contractor saw.
Keep an eye out for sales!
Hope you're reading Harvey!
1. As of now, you're giving a $200 discount for purchasing this with a new tablesaw. I think it needs to be more - unless
2. The fence also has repeatability of measurement like Incra does. Then I'm fully onboard. Until then...
Great innovative fence. But the price is astronomical. I would like one but not at that price, just cant justify it.
“Hello, I’m Hung” 😂
Still don’t get fancy cabinet saws. Tech hasn’t changed in over 100 years. If you want a cabinet saw, get an old Unisaw, or 66 for a grand. Euro sliders are substantially better and more versatile saws.