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One should not assume his miter gauge is square - goaliedad - 10-25-2015
Just because it was the last time he used it.
I am making a batch of flag cases- cut one end of each piece, started to cut them to length and I noticed my gauge was off. Luckily I caught it before I ruined any pieces.
Re: One should not assume his miter gauge is square - Herb G - 10-25-2015
A lot of squares are not square either.
Re: One should not assume his miter gauge is square - Richard D. - 10-25-2015
Are you going to recut the not quite 90 ends?
Re: One should not assume his miter gauge is square - goaliedad - 10-25-2015
Richard D. said:
Are you going to recut the not quite 90 ends?
Already done
Re: One should not assume his miter gauge is square - Yetloh - 10-25-2015
Herb G said:
A lot of squares are not square either.
Particularly traditional woodworking squares - the reason I use only good quality all steel engineering squares.
Re: One should not assume his miter gauge is square - Steve N - 10-25-2015
A 90 is really easy to check, and I do that right before using it. As they say "stuff happens"
Re: One should not assume his miter gauge is square - Doug_H - 10-25-2015
Goaliedad
This happened to me from time to time. Sometimes I would not notice as quickly as you did and spoil some good lumber. My solution was to get my miter gauge as exactly square as possible (five-cut procedure) and then lock it in place. After that I used a "pattern making jig" (Ian Kirby) or a spare miter gauge to cut angles. Usually the former.
Doug
Re: One should not assume his miter gauge is square - John Mihich - 10-25-2015
I have a habit of checking my miter gauge and blades to be square each time I start a project. If I change a setting I make sure it's square again. It only takes a few seconds and really saves a lot of fixing things. I use plastic drafting triangles. Thy stay pretty much perfect.
Re: One should not assume his miter gauge is square - Bill Lyman - 10-25-2015
John Mihich said:
I have a habit of checking my miter gauge and blades to be square each time I start a project. If I change a setting I make sure it's square again. It only takes a few seconds and really saves a lot of fixing things. I use plastic drafting triangles. Thy stay pretty much perfect.
+1, only I use a machinist square by Starrett.
Re: One should not assume his miter gauge is square - goaliedad - 10-26-2015
Doug_H said:
Goaliedad
This happened to me from time to time. Sometimes I would not notice as quickly as you did and spoil some good lumber. My solution was to get my miter gauge as exactly square as possible (five-cut procedure) and then lock it in place. After that I used a "pattern making jig" (Ian Kirby) or a spare miter gauge to cut angles. Usually the former.
Doug
I have a Dubby sled- I love it- and easy to reset to 90. I looked down and saw a slight gap between the fence and the stop.