This fence is tall, slick sided and basically black. It is solidly built of steel and aluminum. Nothing fancy about that but it's plenty sturdy! Other than the sight window for the scale, there is no plastic in this thing. From what I have seen, the quality of this is second to none.
It just depends on what level of quality the item customer is willing to pay for. It's 'made in Taiwan' but the quality from there is not necessarily bad these days. What I finally settled upon was the 'Shop Fox' W1410 'manufactured for Woodstock.' This is not the same shop fox 'Classic' fence from Grizzly I have seen reviewed here by others but a different one I got off Amazon. My choice was not the cheapest but, was in the lower quadrant. (Not much of a recommendation I know but, hey, Looks has to count for something Then I started juggling $$$ signs. I narrowed my choices down based upon reviews, merits and whether or not I liked it's looks. There are a lot of choices and a fairly wide spread of prices. One of the new additions for my new shop project was a new fence! It took a lot of study. It slewed terribly between front and back I always, always had to measure front and back to guarantee squareness. I could never adjust it to anything remotely resembling consistency or holding square.
The Hitachi fence has been described in some reviews as 'decent.' Not mine. Shop Fox - Table saw Fence W1410 with standard rails (Rating: 5)
