Switch miter bar on miter gauge from 3/4 to 5/8 for my cheap saw?

If the width was the only problem it would be pretty straightforward.

But most “cheap saw” miter slots have these little protursions sticking out that ride above the bar to keep it in the track. To make it worse, they are not full length, but just stick out in a couple of places. Not impossible to work around, but a pain in the ars.

They are not limited to “cheap saws” either. Almost every benchtop and portable saw sold by Sears, Ryobi, and a lot of no-name saws have this feature. Its the simplest way to get miter bar retainage on a die cast aluminum or stamped steel saw top.

-- Michael :-{| Diapers and politicians both need to be changed often; and for the same reason.

years ago I had a cheap saw with exactly that issue and I tried to get past it as you suggested by replacing the 3/4 bar on one of the accessories with 5/8 bar for one of the cheap items. Unfortunately, it didn’t work because most of the 5/8 bars don’t fit firmly enough in those tracks and the amount of play between the 5/8 track & bar defeats the advantage of using a precision gauge.

-- Greg, Severn MD