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She uses the Allen wrench supplied to
tighten the adjustment screws to take the side "slop" out of the track. It
takes only a few minutes to get it to the point where it can slide smoothly
and easily in the miter slot.
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Now Elena has raised the saw blade and has started her cut through the off
cut side of the jig.
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Now
with her blade back down, she can move the off cut piece and fasten it to
the other miter bar. There are screws for fastening the top to the bar and
other screws that allow her to lock the miter bar in the miter slot. At this
point she wants just to fasten the top to the miter bar.
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With it fastened, she can once again crank the saw up and cut the extra off.
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Now,
she places the off cut platform next to the blade and uses a T-wrench to
tighten those screws that allow her to fix the miter bar in the miter slot.
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She is
almost ready to use the sled. A last operation is to apply some UHMW strips
the underside of the moving sled. This will provide a smoother sliding
action.
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Now,
Elena installs the V-27 "economy" miter gauge. It is easy to place in in the
Miter Expresses' extrusion. Rather than to use this setup, we opt for
installing the Incra 3000 Miter Gauge.
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The Model 3000 miter gauge has been
locked in the Miter Express track and Elena is now fixing the fence onto the
jig.
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She adjusts the fence so that it
is about 1/16" away from the saw blade.
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This is a very safe cut. The workpiece
is held by the clamp and Elena uses the enlarged knob on the gauge to make
the cut. The tiny off cut doesn't get "shot" from the blade. On the
contrary, it simply lays to the right of the blade.
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Wanting to try an angled cut, Elena
moves the gauge until the indicator reads 30 degrees.
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Once again she uses the clamp to hold t
he piece. That is a nice feature to have when the piece is small and the
hand would have to be nearer the blade. In this case, Elena can keep
her hands way away form Harm's way.
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Now she has placed a stop that came with
the fence and miter gauge. It allows her to make each of the pieces to the
exact same lengths. Note that she has removed each piece as it is cut and
places it away from the off cut sled.
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She pieces together her first perfect 6
sided piece. We will get a lot of use out of this new Incra Miter Express.
It's another Incra gem.
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