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Re: Miter gauge slots - NOT standard size
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 1:58 pm
by kkoyle
Thanks! This looks like a great product. Of course, SS also sells their own miter bars, and I'm familiar with the Incra ones as well. I just wasn't aware about the custom SS slot width until I tried the others.
Ken
Re: Miter gauge slots - NOT standard size
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:20 pm
by cham-ed
And even more interesting the 10E & 10ER had a 3/4 miter bar. But it is 1/4 tall and so the standard bars won't fit either (too tall). And to never be known why they shifted to a narrower bar
Re: Miter gauge slots - NOT standard size
Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:55 pm
by reible
Just to make it more interesting..... When measured some saws use a miter slot of .755 ie the powermatic PM66, delta unisaw, some jet saws and then there are saws that use .750 like craftsman and ridgid. Then comes the bar size, from .753 to .751 for the larger ones and down to .742 for the narrower versions. So the thing we call standard, well it isn't really. However shopsmith is more unique then most.
Which is why incra can sell adjustable bars and have people buy them. The key is adjustable.
And now some newer saws and router tables have gone to 5/8". You just go to love it. At least when shopsmith decided on a size they stuck with it mark 5 to mark 7. Well they did add the t-slot and associated bar but we all know how to make them work together now don't we.
Ed
Re: Miter gauge slots - NOT standard size
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:10 am
by dusty
Where is this "standard" that is being referred to? I would like to read it.
Re: Miter gauge slots - NOT standard size
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 2:23 pm
by BuckeyeDennis
dusty wrote:Where is this "standard" that is being referred to? I would like to read it.
The nice thing about "standards" is ... there are so many to choose from!
Re: Miter gauge slots - NOT standard size
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 3:32 pm
by Hobbyman2
Miter bars are sort of like nuts and bolts on a car , ya have to buy the right one .
Re: Miter gauge slots - NOT standard size
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 4:21 pm
by robinson46176
As Ed said, my 2 Craftsman tablesaws are the same as my Ridgid TS (except for the "T" shaped slots. I was curious about an old Delta saw that says "Manufactured by Rockwell Manufacturing for Delta" It is a Delta "Homecraft". Nice little 8" saw with a 3/4 HP Delta double shaft motor on it. Those miter gauges will not work on my 10-ER, the width is right but the bar is too tall.
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Re: Miter gauge slots - NOT standard size
Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:48 pm
by JPG
I think 'standard' is the wrong word.
Typical, common, often . . .
Re: Miter gauge slots - NOT standard size
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 12:00 pm
by devyn59
I am new to this, but recently bought a Zero Play Guide Bar set:
https://www.amazon.com/ZEROPLAY-Miter-B ... B008O2KVR8
I used them to build a couple of jigs including a crosscut sled that seems to work well with my new Mark 7. There are some you tube vids that explain how to use them as the instructions are a bit confusing.