gidon
Established Member
I found a jig that I made following some info in this thread so useful that I thought I'd make a larger version with a angle gauge along the lines of this one (I think Alf pointed out).
I knocked up the jig and proceeded to try it out on a 1" wide scrap of oak. Next thing I knew I had an almighty bruise on my finger (felt like I had done something far worse!) The wood had been pulled up with a tremendous force and trapped my finger between the base and the oak rail. I really couldn't figure out what had happened. Only now, 2 weeks later (hols and work getting in the way), do I know what happened. I had taken a casual glance at the above link but made the jig to my own spec and had positioned the fence at the back - pushing the saw forward. Of course I was sliding the saw away from the fence with the direction of the blade. So the piece had moved and whipped the wood up from the jig base. Obvious really and looking closely at the above link I realise that the saw is being pushed towards the fence - I just quickly looked at the pics and went off to my workshop - with the wrong picture in my head of what I was making.
Ah well, lessons learnt - now need to flip the fence round. All this to save money and space in my workshop not buying a large capacity mitre saw.
Just thought I'd let you all know just in case someone makes the same mistake ...
Cheers
Gidon
I knocked up the jig and proceeded to try it out on a 1" wide scrap of oak. Next thing I knew I had an almighty bruise on my finger (felt like I had done something far worse!) The wood had been pulled up with a tremendous force and trapped my finger between the base and the oak rail. I really couldn't figure out what had happened. Only now, 2 weeks later (hols and work getting in the way), do I know what happened. I had taken a casual glance at the above link but made the jig to my own spec and had positioned the fence at the back - pushing the saw forward. Of course I was sliding the saw away from the fence with the direction of the blade. So the piece had moved and whipped the wood up from the jig base. Obvious really and looking closely at the above link I realise that the saw is being pushed towards the fence - I just quickly looked at the pics and went off to my workshop - with the wrong picture in my head of what I was making.
Ah well, lessons learnt - now need to flip the fence round. All this to save money and space in my workshop not buying a large capacity mitre saw.
Just thought I'd let you all know just in case someone makes the same mistake ...
Cheers
Gidon