SS or table saw

steve4447 · Post by **steve4447** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:10 pm

In my limited experience....

It's not the arrow...it's the Indian...

Mike907 · Post by **Mike907** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:20 pm

On my Shopsmith table, the average miter slot width was 0.732", SS miter bar 0.725" wide and 16" long. This gives a possible angle variation of 0.025 degrees as long as both ends of the miter bar are in the slot.

The Incra miter gauge is narrower, but the slop can be removed, so I didn't measure it.

Mike

rcplaneguy · Post by **rcplaneguy** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:23 pm

dusty wrote:The only tool that I now have to do that measurement would be my Wixey. It might work for .1 degrees but isn't sophisticated enough to make that measurement. Someone with an iGage might be able to do it.

My problems are more when the SS miter gauge body shifts on the miter bar cause I did not tighten it enough. Or when I lose control of the wood due to weight and drag. That is one reason I prefer the sliding miter table on my Ryobi BT3001 table saw.

rcplaneguy · Post by **rcplaneguy** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:28 pm

Mike907 wrote:On my Shopsmith table, the average miter slot width was 0.732", SS miter bar 0.725" wide and 16" long. This gives a possible angle variation of 0.025 degrees as long as both ends of the miter bar are in the slot.

The Incra miter gauge is narrower, but the slop can be removed, so I didn't measure it.

Mike

Cool Mike, thanks. 1/40 of one degree. I tighten the miter bar tapered screw so there is virtually no slop in the middle. Not a pinch point, but close. To my eye it reduces angular play even further.

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 10:41 pm

rcplaneguy wrote: I tighten the miter bar tapered screw so there is virtually no slop in the middle. Not a pinch point, but close. To my eye it reduces angular play even further.

So now the middle is bulged out, so the ends wood still have "slop".

rcplaneguy · Post by **rcplaneguy** » Sat Apr 26, 2014 11:22 pm

beeg wrote:So now the middle is bulged out, so the ends wood still have "slop".

Slight is the key term. We are talking about 1/40 of a degree or less, picking particularly small nits IMO.

rlkeeney · Post by **rlkeeney** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:21 am

Could the Micro-Jig Zero Play Guide Bar be used on a Shopsmith miter gauge.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:13 am

rlkeeney wrote:Could the Micro-Jig Zero Play Guide Bar be used on a Shopsmith miter gauge.

I don't see why not. As long as the Micro-Jig is narrow enough to fit in the miter track, it should work. On the web site, it appears to be a really neat solution.

PS: The original link did not work for me so I imbedded one that did.

Mike907 · Post by **Mike907** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 12:44 pm

From the website -

even fits tricky Shopsmith™ or General’s miter slots.

Mike