Oh well - and I thought I was on to something truly clever... turns out the
tip about the stop nuts for automatically aligning the cross-cut fence only
works on the fence for the outrigger table. The regular cross-cut fence
doesn't provide enough lateral adjustment to compensate for the difference
in the stop scale at 45 degrees vs. 90. For that one, it looks like I either
have to mark and measure manually when cutting at 45 degrees, or add about
54 mm to the desired length and set the stop to that (not a big hassel, but
prone to error).
...Geoff
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----- Original Message -----
From: Geoff Shepherd <geoff@...>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 7:17 PM
Subject: [felder-woodworking] Stop nuts on cross-cut fence
Maybe I missed it in the manual, but I *think* I figured out the
intended use for two stop nuts in the T-track on the back side of the
cross-cut fence, at least as indicated in the assembly sheet that comes
with the it.
One stop goes on the blade-side of the aluminum clamp block (the one
that acts as a pivot for the fence), and this stop nut is set so the
fence rule is in accurate for 90-degree cross-cuts. The second stop nut
goes on the other side of the same aluminum clamping clamping block
(between the two clamp blocks actually). This stop nut is set to align
the fence rule to be accurate for 45-degree miter cuts. So to get
accurate length readings for 90 or 45-degree cuts, you just slide the
fence to the stop left or right while adjusting the angle. For
in-between angles, it will be off the mark.
The only unforunate part of using the second stop nut like this is that
it traps the one clamp block on that side of the fence, so moving the
fence to the rear position for wide cross-cuts would require loosing
that setting. A scribe or pencil mark could save the setting in the
mean time. Actually, I suppose there could be a full 45-90-45 lateral
degree scale on the back between the stops, but it might vary from
machine-to-machine depending on how close the user has set the fence to
the blade during initial setup.
Then again, most people probably just use a chop saw. :-)
..Geoff
(Too much coffee == too much thinking)
