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Just realized my miter saw was off by 2 degrees for months
I was cutting crown molding for a kitchen job in Portland last week and kept getting gaps. Double checked the saw with a digital angle finder and it was 2 degrees off from where the detent said it was. Spent 20 minutes cleaning the detent plate and now it snaps in perfect. Anybody else ever trust a detent too long without verifying?
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terryh201mo ago
Guess I just eyeball it and call it good enough.
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oscarb771mo ago
Yeah how long did it take you to catch that? I had the same thing happen with my table saw last year, the blade angle detent was off by about 1.5 degrees and I was getting super frustrated with weird bevel cuts on baseboards. Felt like a total dummy when I finally checked it with a square and realized it was the saw not me. You really gotta zero out those detents once in a while, especially if the saw gets bounced around in a truck or dropped. A little bit of sawdust or grime can throw the whole thing off way easier than you'd think. Good on you for actually cleaning the plate instead of just adjusting the angle on the fly, that would drive me crazy.
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