I upgraded from a ubiquitous Delta 14” with a riser block to this Laguna 18” 15yrs ago. I’ve hated the ceramic guides since getting it and had a terribly difficult time fitting my fat fingers through the table to tighten the lower guides every time I changed a blade. Love the capacity and table size but lousy guides.
15yrs ago I looked at the Carter guides but was too cheap to pull the trigger. Finally last weekend ruining another board I was resawing and saying bad words about the guides broke the camels back.
Carter guides arrived today. Unfortunately the lower guide block did not align with the Laguna mounts, but drilling and tapping a couple of holes in soft cast iron solved that issue. Would have preferred not to spend $350, but the Carter guides appear to work well so far, hope I continue to be that happy going forward and can stop the muttering I been doing for 15yrs.
15yrs ago I looked at the Carter guides but was too cheap to pull the trigger. Finally last weekend ruining another board I was resawing and saying bad words about the guides broke the camels back.
Carter guides arrived today. Unfortunately the lower guide block did not align with the Laguna mounts, but drilling and tapping a couple of holes in soft cast iron solved that issue. Would have preferred not to spend $350, but the Carter guides appear to work well so far, hope I continue to be that happy going forward and can stop the muttering I been doing for 15yrs.
