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*>...just thought I'd throw this into the mix: I have encountered an accuracy
*>problem having to do with the fence, I think?! Before I go on, it's lined
*>up fine...fence is perfectly parallel with the blade and blade is at
90
*>degrees. When I adjust the scale, the machine cuts perfectly up to maybe 10
*>inches...then my final measurement creeps up to about a 32nd at 36 inches or
*>so. Huh? This has been a poser for a while and I've learned to check fence
*>to blade to compensate, but what the heck is going on?
*>
*>Charlie Groh
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*One possibility that hasn't been mentioned yet is parallax; are you looking
*straight down on the cursor when you set the fence? 1/32" seems like about
*the right amount of error for it to be from parallax.
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*Bob S
...true, but I've messed around with that alot since learning about the "cheek weld" in army marksman training; in order to hit the target the same every time, you need for your eye to be in the same place relative to the sights every time. See? Same goes for anything re. accuracy vis-a-vis the position of your eyeball. A toughy for sure when looking down at a hair line and a scale. So, yeah, I've taken this factor into account. Another friend of mine mentioned the rail, but that's out also, as I'm the only person to operate my machine and would know about all the knocks and stuff. But in that discussion the nylon "keepers" attached to the fence were mentioned (this guy runs the cabinet shop for Universal Studios, the park, out here and they have great equipment...but he deals with a lot of others using it...you get the idea, heh.) so *that* got me to thinkin'...like I said, the machine is 10 years old and I haven't been so easy on it, either. I'll go through it this week and give you guys an update. cg