I spent quite a while custom-building my own pistol grip alright Sylvain, it’s a familiar bit of work; but the problem with this plane is that it was digging into my hand even after I had filed it, the casting is so bad. And I couldn’t do much at all with a file to the adjustment knob and hardware, and if I ever forgot and curled my fingers around the grip fully, I got reminded on the next stroke by that hardware removing all the skin off my knuckles.
It just really was a terrible, terrible cheap piece of dross; which in 1930 would have meant a plane Lie Nielsen would have been happy to sell but which in the last two decades means something whose most positive virtue is that it won’t immediately kill the user…

It’s not a bad idea, but you would have to drill the table which I didn’t want to do; also a 3″x2″ box section of extruded alu would let me move the clamps between the ribs easily and give the fence greater stability so it’s a win-win (3×2 instead of 3×3 because with 3×2 you get either a 3″ or a 2″ fence depending on your needs – if you need a 1″ fence, something’s very odd but the straight-edge section I have already could do that). Also, the front side of the table is relatively uncomplicated on the underside, but the back side has the pivoting gears and is a bit more finicky. If I just focussed on the last two inches or so before the edge it might work though…

It’s not a bad idea Ken but getting Grizzly hardware on this side of the pond is a bit difficult. I usually don’t use a fence for anything but resawing so it’s not a huge deal to just use the shedmade one.