How to make a miter cut w/ gauge?
I must ask what may seem a very basic question to some….
I bought an Incra Miter gauge (1000 model) and it comes with a nice fence. I am reading through the set up instructions but one thing I don’t understand:
I know the fence should not touch the blade (duh!!) but how do you know where the cut will land on your board unless you guess?
One way I thought of it was to add a wood scrifical fence on top of the aluminum fence and then run it over the blade and line up my marks on the board with the cut on the wood fence? Is this the standard way or am I missing a more easy/basic/standard way to make sure the cuts are accurate.
I am trying to make 45 degree cuts for a picture frame. I want to make sure that not only the angle is right but I cut the right lenth and the included instructions assume you know how to do this. Thanks – Tom
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Tom -
I do this on my Incra 3000 as follows:
This is how I do it:
Set the blade height for making the cut. Mark the front edge of the board where you want the cut. Place the stock against the fence and, with the power off, move the gauge forward until the marked edge just touches the blade.
You should rotate the blade so that a cutting tooth for the left side is used to match against a left hand mark or a right hand tooth for a mark on the right. Now just slide the stock left or right until the side of the tooth just touches the cut mark. Once you are aligned, pull the fence and stock back a few inches, start the saw and make the cut. The whole process just takes a few seconds.
John White, Shop Manager, Fine Woodworking Magazine
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