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beeg wrote:So now WHY wood I want to buy an Incra V120 Miter Gauge. If it's knot accurate out of the box?

Ah but it is accurate right out of the box. The shims that have been discussed here have nothing at all to do with miter accuracy. It is the vertical face of the fence that was adjusted.

For me the V120 excels because the angle can be changed almost instantly without losing accuracy.

The Shopsmith miter gauge can be made just as accurate but not near as easily. After futzing with the Shopsmith miter gauge, if one needs to change angles again the user must futz with the angle again.

If the decision is to use a Shopsmith miter gauge, I would very strongly recommend something like the Wixey.

Don't forget the "Miter Set" ( http://www.miterset.cm ). It works well also.

Although a very small error, realize the slot(and tapered screw) may not be parallel to the rest of the miter bar as it sits in the table slot. Any 'error' will change with the positioning of the screw into the tapered threads of the miter bar.


Yeah it be picking nits!;) But true nevertheless. Lay a straight edge against the side of the bar to 'see' the variation.

I trust the 'Miter set' more so than the wixey, and it is much quicker! It references a short run of the bar.