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Very useful info. Thanks for taking time to help me.

Checked squareness with my drafting triangles.

Made some adjustments to my saw. My table is now set-up correctly. Had trouble when verifying setup with a test cut - discovered that my Crown try square is not square! Really disappointed! It is not adjustable; just not square. I am now considering spending some money to buy quality - looks like ...

I use a Crown tool try square from Sheffield, England. Don't have a tool as accurate as your square. Upon re-inspecting my miter bar position, I found it to be off about the amount that I was attempting to correct with the fence. Looks like poor lighting contributed to my error. I now have to adjust ...

Thanks for the reminder. I'll re-examine the bar.

More info to clarify the situation: the oblong holes are on the fence, running parallel to the length of the fence. This arrangement limits the amount of movement to achieve a fence square to the saw blade.

I recently purchased the cross cut sliding table. I am having difficulties installing the fence. It appears that the 2 oblong screw holes which are parallel with the length of the fence should instead be perpendicular . This arrangement of holes limits the fence movement to allow a square cut.

Did ...

Good practice! Thank you.

Appreciate you folks taking a shot.
Because it is probably not be clear from the photos, the large piece is tapered downward from right to left. Angle appears to be between 3 and 5 degrees.

I made these pieces many years ago and then got distracted with many non-woodworking activities. Hence, I am at a loss as to their use. Looks like one of the pieces could be used to sharpen jointer blades. I was thinking that I may have gotten the plans from an old issue of Hands On.
Does anyone ...