All,
I’m in the process of making a 30x24x3″ box with box joints. I’ve made a jig and with scraps from the same wood, same size, etc. ran some test joints. They are okay…but just okay. It seems the Systi Matic or maybe its my TS is cutting at slightly different depths. There are about 5-6 fingers with the first and last being maybe 1/32″ greater depth than the others. Is this as good as it gets? I do not have the top of the line Systi..on sale about $150. I’m clamping the stock so it hard ot imagine it me. Any ideas, thanks
Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you see recognize a mistake when you make it again…
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Check your insert plate and makes sure it's dead flat with the table. It's sorta like tenons and rabbets -- if the insert isn't flat with the table, or it moves (Yikes!) it'll throw things off. Also, could your miter gauge and fence be rocking at all?
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
FG,
Bingo !!...I just got back from Woodcraft and brought the sample cut with me. After careful inspection John felt it might be the table insert. I came home and threw a starretts on it...wow...like the Grand Canyon...well, kinda anyway.
You guessed it without ever even seeing it... By the way, the Incra was real handy seting up my jig. ThanksExperience is a wonderful thing. It enables you see recognize a mistake when you make it again...
"Bingo !!..." Now, that's gratification -- I love being right! (Dial 1-900-.... for your crystal ball reading now!)
Aren't you glad it wasn't the $150 saw blade?! Have fun.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
FG,
"Bingo !!..." Now, that's gratification -- I love being right!
Your going to love being married...woman are right all the time....lol.
To tell the truth, I was concerned it was my TS that was causing the uneven depth of cut..whew! thanksExperience is a wonderful thing. It enables you see recognize a mistake when you make it again...
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