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In my limited experience....

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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

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.

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.

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".

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.

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

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.

From the website -

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

Mike