Incra TS-LS Positioner - Rip it off, clean it up and setup from scratch again.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Join me as I completely remove the Incra TS-LS Positioner system from my tablesaw, give a quick clean and setup it up from the ground up, including final calibration.
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Mate, you have helped me fix an issue with my TS-LS Positioner since I bought the darn thing 4+ years ago. It kept binding towards the front. No matter what I did and who I spoke to (including Incra Support), I could not get it to stop binding. I was tightening the middle arm when it was fully extended. I had to rely on the tighening clamp to square up my fence, which was not always 100% great. Thanks so much and I have no idea why it took TH-cam so long to suggest this video when I searched for this type of videos every 6-9 months looking for suggestions. Thanks a million!
Glad its fixed. 😁👍
Love your video. Funny thing, I’ve done the same thing probably 6 times since owning mine. After seeing your video, it reminded me to reset mine.
Hi John, thank you. 😁
Actually. You're supposed to bring the fence up close to the blade and use the micro adjust to move the fence into the blade until it just is touching it. Then lock it down. And then reset your scale to zero. Also then rest your micro wheel back to zero. There are many videos showing this. Using a rule to measure it like did I'd truly not accurate. Or not precise
Good videos
GT Woodshop. - Can not thank you enough for this video, my Incra TS LS Positioner came with a second hand cabinet saw that after watching your video and re setting up and having it finally glide like angel i am just so grateful that you made this video, brilliant many thanks Brenton
Hi Brenton, thank you so much for the wonderful feedback, Its so wonderful when you get it running smooth again, I bet you were smiling ear to ear. 😁👍
Thanks for the tip on setting the height of the rail to the table, with the glide plates already on the bracket.
Hi Sandra, you're welcome. 👍
It's a shame I've looked at so many videos on the INCRA TS-LS systems i probably could assemble one without reading the instructions. Well, i won't do that but, mine is on the way, I've joined the club. Thank you GT.
Hiya Boss, welcome to the club! 😁
Yes Graham, I have enjoyed this video and it sure helps me a lot. Today I received the TS-LS system and with your help, I'm convinced I will have this up and running by tomorrow afternoon. I won't be able to sleep tonight. Thank you kindly. Check out Graham's other videos.
Hi No GM, How exciting, I wouldn't even try to sleep. Remember good prep is the key. Cup of Tea, unpack and lay out all parts, cup of tea, slowly begin assembly making time for tea at appropriate places. 😁😁
A thorough and enlightening tutorial Graham - thank you very much indeed! I followed your process and set up my TS-LS Positioner and one aspect escapes me - and that is the methodology (using a piece of paper) to tilt the fence towards or away from the blade and where that shim is best placed. Again, thank you from a newly-subscribed viewer in Texas -
Hi Dingo, thank you and glad the vid was some help. Regards the Shim,I always place it / them right above / below the bracket on the Sliding Rail to start, one on each side. I can then move them up or down to increase / decrease the amount of movement required. 👍
@@GTWoodshop Thank you!
Considering the Incra myself and this video was very helpful. Thank you very much.
Hi wkmac2, you're most welcome, thank you. 👍
6 years with this system, on a 12 year old rigid portable saw, and it cuts plywood to the accuracy of a cabinet saw. I would never go back to my original cheap fence.
Hello. Thanks for taking your time to make this video. I feel much more educated on this topic and wanted to share my appreciation for your efforts.
Hi Dobrovik, thank you and you're most welcome. 😎👍
Good practical advice. Thanks.
Thank you Charles. 👍
Graham, I would suggest putting some paste wax or silicone spray on your rails where the fence supports slide, it really helps to slide easier.
Hi Barry, good point, I prefer dry silicone spray but both work and like you say make a huge difference. 👍
Great video mate, I have the same system and am just getting around to resetting it after 9 years of use. I love mine and can really trust it to get accurate repeatable results.
Hi Eric, thank you, yea, worth the money without doubt. 👍
Just received my TS LS super combo, thanks for the educative video, really enjoyed it !
Hi xZyRoH, thank you and congratulations. 👌👍
Thanks for that Graham. I'll be moving house in the not too distant future and will be dismantling my TS-LS as a result. This is a keeper in my "watch later" (in conjunction with the manual natch)
Hi Craig, hope the move goes well. Thanks for watching. 👍
Great video! I see the mistakes I am making. I recently received mine, after a 9 mo wait. Trying to set it up. I can see how I am getting some binding when I pull the fence back toward the bridge. Thanks!!
Hi Gary, you're welcome. Hope yoiu get it sorted. 👍
You've probably forgotten more than I'll ever know about working with a table saw, but I have a couple of questions please. First, why didn't you use the micro adjustment knob when setting the final fence distance to the blade? Second, why do you use a tape measure to check for correct measurements of a cut instead of a steel rule, a 90° square, or calibers?
I like your dust collection for the saw. Can you do a video on making one of those baby’s
Hi Ron, thanks. Would this suffice? th-cam.com/video/Xn7kdvVN8cg/w-d-xo.html 👍
Great vid!
Bought the LS positioner only metric version, (still waiting on it however) to use with a custom fence that will ride along on 16mm ball bearing linear rails. The self supporting kind, typically used for CNC machines.
Thank you for the step by step, it’s going to help me quite a bit with the custom set up, I think! ✌🏻
Hi Lowbrow, that ball bearing guided fence sound V interesting. 👍
Great video..!!! Thank you. Hey, do you have some info (pecs) on the boom arm for extraction? It loks great and sturdy.
Thank you, yes I made a review video on it.
th-cam.com/video/L6Dk7xpBUxY/w-d-xo.html
@@GTWoodshop Thank you..!!
Thanks Graham, that was really helpful. I followed you all the way up to the step where you square the fence to the table top. I got really confused about how you were using the piece of paper as a shim. I ended up loosening the wrong screws and had to start all over again :( Still not quite sure how to perform this last step...
Hi Max, thank you. I used the paper to tilt the fence forward by slipping it in at the top of the fence bracket, and the reverse by slipping it in at the bottom. Works a treat. 👍
Hi, incra has an instructional DVD which shows squaring the fence to your table. They're not showing it on the TS LS specifically but that doesn't really matter, you still get an idea of how it works. It's uploaded to YT, and you can find that particular part of the video here: th-cam.com/video/rHFkQHYkZO4/w-d-xo.html. Hope it helps!
Hi! Thanks for sharing this, really helpful! 👍 Glad to hear I'm not the only one a little daunted by this. I'm almost through setting up mine and I've chosen to mount everything on the left of my saw blade, to have my blade tilt (which is to the right) away from the fence. The thing that really confuses me is that by doing so there seems to be no other way than having the micro adjust upside down. Maybe I'm still missing something.. WDYT?
Hi Bart, I'm not sure how you would be able to use it upside down, the lock lever would also be upside down. Are you not rotating it 180 degrees horizontally?. I think I would be inclined to use Jessem hold downs as opposed to working with the fance assembly on the left, doesn't feel natural.
Thank you for this - very helpful video.
Can you tell me where I can get those little squares that fit in the miter slot?
Hi Fred thank you. I bought those from Axminster I believe. 👍
Good video! Very helpful information. Just found your channel yesterday and subbed.
What tablesaw are you using?
Hi Ron, thank you. At the time of recording this video I had a rather long in the tooth cabinet saqw (the make eludes me but I do remember that they stopped trading shortly after I got mine) I've subsequently change to a sliding table saw. 👍
Loved the video Graham but I'm confused on one issue. You used spacers when installing the anti lift glides but when you moved the fence closer to the positioner (says 4" in the manual ) to tighten the fence down you didn't use spacers. Won't that make the height of the fence above the table uneven?
Hi John, no because by that time the fence is supported by the glide brackets at the height. 👍
Why not use the other side of the brackets to set the rail height? I haven’t measured mine yet to see if the thickness is uniform.
Hi Mike, embarrassingly that hadn't occurred to me. 😁👍
Fantastic review, and now I'm going to buy one for my Makita 2704. How does the board mount in? I will probably centralise mine a bit more for stability, so will need some board either side of the saw bed as it's not that big. Just brackets I presume? Thank you
Hi Russ, thank you. Incra sell brackets for mounting a router table to the rails, I used those, really strong and I think resonably priced? 👍
@@GTWoodshop good thinking, cheers.
Great video!
Does this fence have the option of changing from metric to imperial or vise versa?
Hi Fred, yes it does, I believe Wood Workers Work Shop here in the UK sell the conversion kit. 👍
my fence is top foward also. was that jus any old piece of paper to shim on the bottom of the bracket or was it supplied by incra for that purpose?
Hi Pine Apple, Incra did supply paper in a shims pack, but I lost them yrs agao so I'll use anything that's laying around and works. 👍
I liked this video, but at multiple times I was thinking 'hey, why did you cut the video there' :-)
Hi Sid, unfortunately I thik for no other reason than poor editing skills. 😥😥
@@GTWoodshop i got a second hand saw with one of these, so this video was still helpful, as we had take the saw apart for transport.
I installed the rails with the base clamps as a guide, but only afterwards did I realise the glide plates added some height.
Not finished installing it yet - got the final calibration left, so far, I can’t see why this small 2mm height might make a difference. Any ideas?
@@virtualsid Hi Sid, It will raise the brackets which in turn raises the bridge (sliding rail support piece), the higher the bridge the greater the gap under the fence. In a nutshell. 👍
@@GTWoodshop ah. But can’t we adjust that by the cardboard under the fence when aligning it all up? Maybe I’m totally misunderstanding this whole thing :) I’m on the final calibration step now :)
@@virtualsid There is a lot of adjustment available on the fence bracket so its not a huge concern, more point of note. 👍