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MAGSWITCH DRILL PRESS FENCE

Magswitch has produced a range of clever fences that lock down firmly onto iron surfaces with the flick of a switch. A visit to our workshop will see a whole family of Magswitches clipped to machines or being stored on the power tool cabinet doors. The magnets seem to last forever. The fences were purchased 15 years ago and are as strong as the first day we “switched” them on.

The two permanent magnets in the system either line up and oppose each other (annulling the magnetic field) or sit end to end and create a very strong magnetic field. The drill press fence uses two Magswitches that lock it down off the drill press table and a third Magswitch

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