[J.C.]

The laminate face was pretty poor on my fence as well. I had no problem getting a replacement face from my tool supplier but decided to go with a UHMW plastic face instead. That's interesting to hear that they switched back to the steel guide tube.

 

[J.C.]

How did you get the UHMW attached to the fence?

Al

Nails only hold themselves.

Sorry, I missed your post. Just used 10-32x1" flat head machine screws. IIRC, I used the old fence as a template and used the original holes. Just had to run a tap threw them.

 

[J.C.]

Also, I had initially planned to use UHMW however a lot of the threads I read stated it was not consistent in thickness causing the need for shims etc.

The UHMW I used only varied by a couple thousands at most. I'm not sure how if that varies depending on the manufacturer or all brands are the same.