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TIPS & TRICKS

GREAT TIP:

Setting Between the Lines

Use an angle divider to help set oddball miter angles that you can't measure with a set of drafting triangles or a square. This device, which is available from most woodworking suppliers, looks like an adjustable metal parallelogram.

PRO TIP:

Right Height, Every Time

When using a dado set and sacrificial rip fence to make rabbets, setting the height of the dado set in the fence is tricky. Make it simple by attaching a new sacrificial fence, then measure and mark the height of the blade (for the perfect rabbet depth) right on the fence face, measuring from the table saw's top. Lower the dado set, move the fence into place, then bring the running blade up into the fence, stopping when you reach your line.

Work creeps downhill as it's cut

A simple stop clamped to your miter fence will keep your piece from slipping during the cut.

Clamp stop here to prevent creep

fit the gauge with an extension fence or replace it with a sliding table.

Even when using an adequately sized miter gauge, boards are inclined to creep during a miter cut because of the rotation of the blade into the cut. One way to compensate for this is to add a stopto your miter gauge fence as shown above. Your stop will also help you make repeat-able, accurate miter cuts every time.

Accurate angles are another problem on table saws. The stock miter gauge and

To create accurate, matching miters (or butt joints) for frame work, flip the work piece end-for-end keeping the same long edge against your miter gauge, as shown here

blade-tilt scale on most table saws - even the best ones - are notoriously imprecise. And you can't use a drafting triangle to set every possible angle you might want to cut. You must use the scales to estimate the degree setting, then thoroughly test the setup until you have it right. _ent Once the miter gauge angle is properly set, make the miter cuts. If the boards are to be joined by miter joints (such as the members of a frame), you must make mirror-image miters. Note:

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