mitering a picture frame

Bridger John:

Now waidaminute. You've got a Lion but no disk finisher?

Wow!

UA100, lover of all things motorized and abrasive and only needing a stroker to round out the group...

Don't really need but one "stop" since you _always_ make the cuts in a particular sequence if you want to take advantage of the built-in complementary angle and length precision.

Having only one stop allows the two oppopsing sides to be precision cut to length (as well as keeping you from cutting out of sequence).

For a "stop" on the left, simply cut from "right to left".

IOW, on each piece make your first miter cut to the right of the blade and make your second miter cut, for length, to the left of the blade.

Obviously, always cut the two pieces that need to be the same length before moving the stop.

Easy/elegant/dummy proof ... and I need all of the latter I can get.

One thing I forgot to mention that it is so obvious that only a dummy could miss it, but always make your cuts with the same face up. Of course, neither you nor I would ever fail to do that, would we?

yeah, I see then belt/disk things from time to time and figure it would prolly come in handy. maybe someday I'll get one.

I _do_ have a real nice microscope. does that make up for it?