Incra ULTRA16SYS 16-Inch Jig Ultra Woodworking System

by Incra

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Incra Jig Ultra Woodworking System is loaded with great new features: quick action cam clamp locks jig in place with a single motion, built in micro-adjustability moves the jig smoothly to any position between the jigs 1/32-inch settings in ultra-precise 1/1,000th-inch steps and five sliding scale/templet channels. Linear tracking system offers ultra low friction guidance for silky smooth carriage movement between settings. Fully assembled. The system includes: Incra Jig Ultra 16-inch; Incra Jig Pro 28-inch. Fence System includes: 28-inch Incra Fence, patented Incra stop extension bar, Incra Jig Pro right angle fixture, Incra master templet library.

Product Details

Product Manual [1.10mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 16.5 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000022437
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: ULTRA16SYS
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #208,454 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

71 of 78 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Astrounding accuracy., December 30, 1999

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"bajaphil" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Incra ULTRA16SYS 16-Inch Jig Ultra Woodworking System (Tools & Home Improvement)

This fence, along with the templates provided, at first seems to be aimed solely at delivering fancy dovetail operations. The tool provides the best accuracy I've seen for this task. If you know and understand dovetails, the specific methods of use for the fence and templates will be clear and you will appreciate its ability to repeat accurate dovetails as well as streamline your operation. On the other hand, if you have never cut a dovetail by hand - or do not understand the geometry needed to make good dovetails, this is not the way to learn. If you just have to have this tool "to grow into" be sure to work a few joints by hand or by router first until you understand the nature of the task before learning this system. Learning on this system could very well confuse or frustrate a dovetail novice. There are other excellent dovetail jigs and fixtures out there (and some really poor ones as well) but the set of templates provided in this system along with the extreme adjustment capabilities make this unit the most flexible by far. If you are into `trick' dovetails this is the tool.

To me the best thing about this fence is what it can do aside from dovetails. It can pop onto your table saw, drill press, shaper or sander and turn it into a machine-shop quality wood cutting machine (or metal I suppose, although I don't do metal so I can't truly say). Precise movements of the micrometer style adjustment of this fence can get you an accuracy that is not easy to get any other way. Precise ripping, drilling or sanding - in the order of about two thousandths of an inch are easily obtained (the tool adjust to 1 thousandth. But in my humble opinion the flexibility of wood and cutting heads make the practical everyday accuracy about 2 thousandths). In my endeavors I have used it to make a precise repair parts for an intricate inlaid floor repair, replacing a cooling tower watertight wooden connector and to make an airtight joint on a vacuum table without using sealers or glues. Just wood to glass - but very accurate wood.

It is not a tool I use everyday. Quite often however, there arises a task that only this tool can accomplish. For the serious woodworker this tool can expand your horizons by giving you an accuracy that is easy to obtain and highly repeatable. With the caveats mentioned above, this fence gets a five.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incra Ultra 16" Router kit, April 23, 2000

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Mark Bates (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Incra ULTRA16SYS 16-Inch Jig Ultra Woodworking System (Tools & Home Improvement)

This is an excellent fence system. Accuracy and repeatabilityare precise and easy. If you have need for a router table, this isthe fence that you should have on it. Having never cut dovetails in the past, I found it easy to cut box joints and double-dovetail joints.

However, the manual must be read thoroughly before you start. Trying to follow it step-by-step will cause you to find out that you will have to backtrack to a previous section.

Hint: Drop the extra coinage and get the Freud router bit set for the Incra system. Fortunately, I didn't have a lot of router bits yet so this was worthwhile to do.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent tool, December 2, 2002

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David Wismer (Stafford, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Incra ULTRA16SYS 16-Inch Jig Ultra Woodworking System (Tools & Home Improvement)

I purchased this fence/jig because I just had to figure out how those outstanding double dovetails and box joints were made. I rec'd the jig within a week of my order. I have used the jig extensively on one of my router tables and it excells at every task I have put it through.

Initially, I installed the jig onto a router table with a shop made table insert, but the insert flexed ever so slightly and caused a slight misalignment of the dovetails. I cured this by building a seperate router table with no insert and just mounted the PC 690 base to the underside if the table. Since then, I can easily produce tight fitting dovetails in a matter of minutes, and highly decorative joints for all manner of small boxes in about 15 minutes, minus glue and clamp/sanding time.

I am absolutely satisfied and have helped another fried to discover the uses for this tool, he bought the twin linear a week later.

I have also used this at my table saw for ripping extremely thin lamination strips, and it allows you to move the fence after each cut, allowing you to cut from the outside of the workpiece, and to do this with precision to .001 or .002. I have proved this out with dial calipers and a micrometer.

I have not even begun to unlock all the potential of this tool, but if you want accuracy, and +/- 1/32 is not going to cut it, get this jig and amaze yourself and your woodworking friends.

I highly recommend the Project Book as a supplement to the included manual Master Library.