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Thread: Alternative to dial gauge
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2nd October 2013, 05:25 PM #1
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Alternative to dial gauge
As I don't have a dial gauge I put together this jig which uses a digital caliper. This has probably been covered somewhere on the forum but I found it an easy way to set up the blade and the fence relative to the mitre slot.
Saw jig 2.jpgSaw jig 1.jpg
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2nd October 2013, 05:46 PM #2
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Indeed. Simple ingenuity rules.
Before I had my razzmatazz dial guage, I used a friction fit bit of timber in the mitre, an almost arbitrary length of timber pined and glued at 90 degrees and put a flat headed plaster board screw in the end.
I would mark the blade tooth with a red texta, rotate the screw out until it absolutely touched kissed the front edge with a "ting", do the rotate 180 thing and slide it to the back tooth.....ting ting ting...
Pretty good I thought. Super fast.
Then I bought the deluxe super snazz dial guage with the little ball bearing mounts and its STILL only 1/1000th out....bugger me! Spend $90 and didn't gain a zac in accuracy and I swear it takes longer as I need to fiddle with the dial!
The old stick and screw is now in full reuse, and sits under the saw in a basket even for checking the Incra fences.
Simple is good