Well finally got around to cutting the 3/4 x 4 x 8 oakply for my bookcase
project.
The good:-thanks all for the suggestions
1- straight edge and circular works great for cutting to size.
The bad:
2- miter on my TS doesn't work well for cutting length down to size.
What I did:
I'm in the process making a cross-cut sled with the dimensions of about
18" x 30" using both miter slots in TS table. So the question is, is there a
way to check the calibration of the sled I made. If I cut a straight piece
of scrap and then flip it over and cut again, and then measure the width. If
they are the same over the full length... does that mean I'm square?
regards
Woodchuck wrote:
So the question is, is there a
> way to check the calibration of the sled I made. If I cut a straight piece
> of scrap and then flip it over and cut again, and then measure the width. If
> they are the same over the full length... does that mean I'm square?
Make a cut in a test piece. Flip one piece over front to back and put it
next to the other piece again. Any errors in the cut angle will be
doubled and should be obvious. If that looks good, it's square.
The way that I square a sled fence is to:
1. attach runners to sled base and get them moving smoothly (trim/wax/cuss)
2. Cut most of the kerf for a double-runner sled or cut the edge off a
one-sided sled
3. Use a known-good square to set the fence square to the kerf/edge.
The fence will be just about as good as your square.
Before attaching your fence is a good time to test your square using the
flip aling a known straight edge test.
-Steve
"Woodchuck" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Well finally got around to cutting the 3/4 x 4 x 8 oakply for my bookcase
> project.
>
>
> The good:-thanks all for the suggestions
> 1- straight edge and circular works great for cutting to size.
>
> The bad:
> 2- miter on my TS doesn't work well for cutting length down to size.
>
> What I did:
> I'm in the process making a cross-cut sled with the dimensions of
about
> 18" x 30" using both miter slots in TS table. So the question is, is there
a
> way to check the calibration of the sled I made. If I cut a straight piece
> of scrap and then flip it over and cut again, and then measure the width.
If
> they are the same over the full length... does that mean I'm square?
>
>
> regards
>
>
>
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:59:25 -0500, "Woodchuck"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Well finally got around to cutting the 3/4 x 4 x 8 oakply for my bookcase
>project.
>
>
>The good:-thanks all for the suggestions
> 1- straight edge and circular works great for cutting to size.
>
>The bad:
> 2- miter on my TS doesn't work well for cutting length down to size.
>
>What I did:
> I'm in the process making a cross-cut sled with the dimensions of about
>18" x 30" using both miter slots in TS table. So the question is, is there a
>way to check the calibration of the sled I made. If I cut a straight piece
>of scrap and then flip it over and cut again, and then measure the width. If
>they are the same over the full length... does that mean I'm square?
>
>
>regards
>
>
Measure diagonally to the corners. The measurements should equal.
If not, the sides are not square.
Thunder