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Working on my coffee table project I started cutting the legs to size on the top and bottom. I have discovered that they are slightly out of square. I have been trying to track down why. It could be many things, I know. Like blade not 90 degrees up and down, my miter gauge could be off or the miter slot could be out of square to the blade. It could be a combo of all these things adding up.
I got a couple of devices to make my measurements easier. Yes I know, you don't always need some kind of gadget, but trying to figure these things out with my combo square was not cutting it for me.
I bought the Wixey Digital Angle Gauge to check blade tilt and it was off by a little, about a degree +/-. I will need to adjust my stop, but I like this gauge so far. It is something I have wanted for awhile and finally pulled the trigger on.
I also bought a thing called the Mag-Dro that lets me take my digital caliper and clamp it into the miter slot to take a reading of the blade to miter slot distance. I picked it up for about $9, so I figured what the heck, if it helps me.
My question is what is acceptable for miter slot to blade distance? I am getting a reading of around .005 average from front to back. Meaning it is about .005 farther at the farther side of the blade away from me. This is an average because I have to use a spacer block between the blade and the caliper and the reading is changing slightly each time. Sometimes .004, sometimes .007. Probably because of user error.
Before I go loosening bolts and trying to fix it, I want to see if it bad enough to worry about.
My problem could also be my miter gauge, which I will also be checking.
OT, I am thinking about doing a video review of the new gauges once I learn to use them better.
Thanks
I got a couple of devices to make my measurements easier. Yes I know, you don't always need some kind of gadget, but trying to figure these things out with my combo square was not cutting it for me.
I bought the Wixey Digital Angle Gauge to check blade tilt and it was off by a little, about a degree +/-. I will need to adjust my stop, but I like this gauge so far. It is something I have wanted for awhile and finally pulled the trigger on.
I also bought a thing called the Mag-Dro that lets me take my digital caliper and clamp it into the miter slot to take a reading of the blade to miter slot distance. I picked it up for about $9, so I figured what the heck, if it helps me.
My question is what is acceptable for miter slot to blade distance? I am getting a reading of around .005 average from front to back. Meaning it is about .005 farther at the farther side of the blade away from me. This is an average because I have to use a spacer block between the blade and the caliper and the reading is changing slightly each time. Sometimes .004, sometimes .007. Probably because of user error.
Before I go loosening bolts and trying to fix it, I want to see if it bad enough to worry about.
My problem could also be my miter gauge, which I will also be checking.
OT, I am thinking about doing a video review of the new gauges once I learn to use them better.
Thanks