The cap screws fit into holes in the aluminum fence that are just slight smaller than the cap of the screw. The fence is a hollow aluminum tube and bolts to the fence clamping mechanism via four cap screws. Getting the fence parallel to the miter slot was a heinous bitch! The fence is only bolted to the front rail and glides over the rear rail (no physical attachment to the rear rail). Not a terrible drawback but a little surprising that the new fence only attaches to the table only. I was able to fix that with a stick of 3/4" EMT and some time spent with the hammer and anvil. I have the crappy stamped steel wings unfortunately and without any support from the fence, they droop and sag. The new fence does not attach to the table saw wings like my old fence did. I called Vega about it and they promised to send me a new front rail free of charge. The rust doesn't seem to affect the operation of the fence but definitely annoying to pay more than $300 for a new rusty tool.
The chrome was broken in numerous places and rust had settled in. The main bar for the new fence on the infeed side of the table is a large diameter chromed steel tube. There are not a lot of pieces and it is conceptually simple but I spent about 3 hours doing it. Installation of the new fence was not so great. The Vega U26 appeared to have the highest reviews so I went with that. At this point, I was ready to buy a new quality fence. In the process of fiddling with the old fence, I broke part of the clamping mechanism. Lately the stock fence developed a bow in the center of it that prevented any possibility of cutting an actual straight line. I've been using the stock fence that came with it and seemed adequate. My old Delta 34-444 tablesaw has been with me for almost 20 years.
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