Incra track on mitre saw

[dutchie]

Hello everybody,

So I've been playing around with the thought of building a jig to be able to mount a Incra track on my mitre saw stand for a while now. Today I finally had some spare time on my hands and some scrap 3/4" and 1/2" birch plywood to mess around with.

I have a Bosch GCM 8 SJL mitre saw with a Bosch GTA 3800 mitre saw stand. I ordered two extra machine holders (1.609.203.R42) to be able to easily mount the jig on the saw stand.

Mounted the jig on the machine holders with M8 bolts, screwed the different plywood parts together and used Incra V120 brackets to fix the track to the jig.

Here are some pictures of the final result. Was done in 2-3 hours with as little marking and measuring as possible (to save time) so a bit sloppy here and there. But the Incra track is on deadstraight that was most important to me. Perhaps I'll make a new one some day with some sturdier material instead of some scraps I had lying around.

Perhaps someone finds this interesting or inspiring

 

[ben_r_]

Interesting idea, but isnt that Incra setup a lot more expensive than the very common and very good Kreg Precision Trak & Stop Kit? (LINK)?

 

[dutchie]

Interesting idea, but isnt that Incra setup a lot more expensive than the very common and very good Kreg Precision Trak & Stop Kit? (LINK)?

It actually is cheaper and also more accurate, as it uses their patented 1mm (in metric) incremental (what's in a name) rack system. Which ensures great repeatability and easily being able to move the stop forward or backwards exactly 1mm.

Incra 36" track is $ 42.95 and the Shop Stop is $ 32.95 and the scales and racks are a few dollars. So the kreg setup (although having more length) is nearly twice as expensive. But nowhere near as accurate as far as I can tell.

 

[TealaG]

Dutchie,
      I have the Incra Miter 5000 and it is incredibly accurate.  I never thought to use the incra stuff on a miter saw.  THANKS for the inspiration.  I went to look at the site and I'm really thinking of the Telescoping Flip Fence because you can collapse it when you don't need the length but you can have the flexibility of the length on the occasions that you do need it.  I already have the flip fence (which I prefer over the shop stop) so I can use it on both fences.
      I have been hunting for fences for my drill press and miter saw so thanks again for posting because I may have now found the "right" one. 

 

[Stoli]

Dutchie,
      I have the Incra Miter 5000 and it is incredibly accurate.  I never thought to use the incra stuff on a miter saw.  THANKS for the inspiration.  I went to look at the site and I'm really thinking of the Telescoping Flip Fence because you can collapse it when you don't need the length but you can have the flexibility of the length on the occasions that you do need it.  I already have the flip fence (which I prefer over the shop stop) so I can use it on both fences.
      I have been hunting for fences for my drill press and miter saw so thanks again for posting because I may have now found the "right" one. 

Check out Peter parfait's videos -- he has a series where he used the flip fence for his miter saw.  After seeing his setup, I actually converted my whole shop to incra -- drill press, miter saw, and cross cut sled.  I'm still on the fence about the drill press. The incra fence has 2 issues when used as a drill press fence. First, there is no cutout to allow small bits close to the fence where the chuck may interfere.  Second, since one typically moves a DP fence regularly, it cannot be counted on to maintain a zero point. I have to rezero each time.

 

[TealaG]

thanks for the reference to Peter Parfitt's video here:

I've been thinking about the drill press fence too.  I wonder if you could somehow do something like he did for the miter fence.  He set it up at 30 cm, the other stuff can move around, but the incra remains at 30cm and then he has this other extension for shorter stuff.  You then use other movable fences if you need the support closer in.  You don't have to do it as far as 30 cm on each side...build a bridge or something between, but keep the incra at consistent distances to avoid the constant rezeroing effort.