Miter Gauge Fences

cool. i’ve been looking to make a fence to for my miter gauge. thanks or the post.

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J.C.

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Very nice, wher did you find “light” MDF?

I just got the latest FWW for August in and it has a home made MDF sliding table for tablesaw thing in there. Curious how that thing works.

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Well it’s only 2”x3/4” so it is pretty light weight.

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Nice money saver, but more importantly – perfect cuts every time (no tear-out) and versatile

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Blake don’t loosen those toilet bolt it could get messy…nice work on the fence and I try to aviod MDF in my shop…thanks for posting I have the exact set up minus Toliet bolts…Blkcherry

Very nice setup. MDF is good for you. It builds up your tolerance to withstand nasty exotic woods. That my story and i’m sticking to it.

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Looks great Blake.

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Nice. I agree Blake, I always liked zero clearance fences. I have the same mite guage and I bolt bolt on scrap fences. Your replaceable toilet system looks like the cat’s meow.

I think that sliding tables should have support on both sides of the blade also. The one mentioned in FWW above only covers one side, but I guess that makes it easier to build/maintain.

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Sweet. I’m using that V27 for my bandsaw but hadn’t really thought about it seriously for TS use – until now.

-- Use the fence Luke

Good one Blake. Why pay a lot of money when you can make it yourself.

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I have nearly the same setup but I use red oak and bolt them on. I have several that are already laid out for certain pieces that I build frequently. I can mount one crosscut fence and have all the measurements good to go. Another reason reason I won’t buy a miter saw for crosscuts.

-- bbqKing, Lawrenceville

Cheap and simple – 1…expensive and complicated – 0! The fact that its zero clearance and you can set it up any way you need to..good support on both sides, and ultimately disposable…great idea. Cheap and easy to make too. You could probably design some sort of flip/ stop that rides in the t slot and flips over the top for repeatable lengths, or now that I think about it there is probably something commercially made that would work.

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try putting a slot in the front face. you can then add adjustable length stops. I also have constructed a right angle jig that I attach to mine and use to cut tenons. It works nearly as well as the expensive cast iron ones and attaches in seconds with two t bolts. I also have made a couple of jigs to cut wheel treads on toy wheels that connect to the fence with t bolts. there are endless ways to use this setup to make repeat cuts thru a wide range on angles and hold small pieces securely and keep those fingers away.

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Very cool. I might try that. Toilet bowl bolts – good idea. Why didn’t I think of it.

-- Bruce from Central New York

Great idea Blake. I have the fence in your last picture. If I need zero clearance I just clamp a piece of stock to the face.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Also, you could browse the 80/20 store on ebay, and pick up a nice long piece of extruded aluminum, and set up your own Incra style fence.

Great idea Blake. I have the last gauge pictured. To get zero clearance I do like GaryK and clamp on a piece of stock, but it’s actually a bit clunky, compared to your idea. With clamped on stock the incra stop block doesn’t work very well.

Gary, you’re usually full of good ideas I’ve never thought of before. When you use your gauge with for zero clearance do you do anything special?

Nice Blake!

Like Gary and Coloradoclimber, I also have a “never zero-clearance” model. I’ll have to remind myself that I can clamp on a sacrificial fence when I’m desparate for zero-clearance.

-- Martin, Kansas

I built a similar fixed fence before I had a slot cutting router bit. I made a T-slot in the top by cutting dados in two pieces of MDF and gluing them together. I then cut a dado in the top. I used the T-slot to mount an adjustable stop using a toilet bolt. I’m going to combine my design with yours and upgrade to a commercial flip stop (about $22). I’m also going to upgrade to 1/4” T-bolts and star knobs (about $7). I think the resulting zero clearance fence will be superior to the Incra. Thanks for the post.