Something less than $150 but accurate left and right of the blade. TIA.
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Something less than $150 but accurate left and right of the blade. TIA.
The Woodhaven Deluxe fits your parameters. I own one and would buy it again. Do a Google.
The Woodhaven is $119 on Hartville tools.
The Kreg is almost identical. But the Kreg adds a verier to add tenths of a degree adjustments, and lets you do micro-adjustments (100th of a degree).
$139.99 on Amazon which includes the 24" metal track (this sells for $39.99 at Woodcraft) and free shipping.
Rockler has a sale on some items that may fit your budget
Bob S.
The Kreg is a nice unit and they probably have the kinks worked out. I bought one in the summer of 2004 and Kreg sent me 3 indexing pins and finally a new miter gauge before getting one that would lock in to 90 degrees with the indexing pin.
I can tell you to avoid the latest Osborne. I went through 2 of them before giving up and exchanging for a Kreg. When setting with the indexing shaft extended full to 45 degrees both Osborne units had 2 to 3 degrees of wobble. When collapsing the indexing shaft to obtain 45 degrees it was rock solid. An apparent design flaw.
I have the kreg, the alum bar can flex a bit if you are trying to start your cut off the table.
I've seen some sales for the Jess'em unit at a bit over your budget, but it looks like a tank!
I bought the kreg for the venier scale, but a steel miter bar would be nice vs the alum it comes in.
Alan
I have the (2) of the cheapest Incras (v.67?), with shop-made disposable fences.
FWIW, all of my 90's are done with sleds. Once you go sled, you'll never go back.
Barry
Agreed. If I only had a shop that would hold a sled for every angle ... but even a sled that would accommodate every angle would do.
If you're doing a lot of an angle, a custom sled can't be beat.
I know folks like that, I'm not one of them. My own jigs are pretty ugly, but they're fast and accurate.
Seriously though... Once you've dado'ed shelf sides with stop blocks, or cut long, heavy, or identical parts on a sled, you'll wonder why you ever did it any other way.
For that matter, even tiny parts are great opportunities for sleds. Having something to hold the work while your hands are far from the blade is a great benefit.
Hmmmmmm. A 40' storage container for sleds....
Nahhhh, my wife would never put up with it!
Barry
Rosebud?
============ Well Bob G... is going to disagree with Bob S on this one... I own a Incra 2000 and it gathers dust in my shop...
I just find it very bulky, and heavy, in short I do not like how it FEELS... I will say that I have absolutely no complaints with its accuracy... I have been meaning to "step down" to a 1000 for yrears just never have ...
Bob G. .
A myriad of angles, most never given precise angular measurement, but copied instead, and transferred to the jigs, shims, cutting tools, workpieces, etc., using adjustable "squares".
Copying the angles, many compound, on an antique chair, a project of which I am in the planning stages as we speak, is an excellent example:
I think the cheap one (about $59) is the V27. The 1000 is more versatile but I like the size of the V27. If they would put that little degree pointer on the V27 I'd like it a lot more.
Mike O.
Yes I do, both left and right sided. I do not know what I would do with out them. The angles you set are dead on.
I have the osborne and the incra 1000se. The incra is very nice, but the longer cross member for the osborne is good too so I kept both. The incra fence seems a little flimsy too and I don't find it as easy to adjust as they say. One thing I like about the incra is the ability to make sliding faces from MDF which I seem to find a need for a lot to prevent tear out. Can't do that on ther osborne. I have not seen a perfect do it all miter gauge yet.
MBR
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