JESSEM Table Saw Miter Gauge

[Mario Turcot]

The middle knob is an "Index Pin" which reliably guides you back to a calibrated location after you've slid the fence away from the blade for a miter cut. It's slick, and works well. The calibration procedure is a bit confusing but it'll make more sense once you see how the pin works.

A sub-fence is in queue for tomorrow's shop-time; I've been eyeing a lonely scrap of hard maple that's been itching to become something useful.

Thank you  [thumbs up]

 

[Bob D.]

Biggest difference I see is the Incra has positive settings at common angles assuring a return to the same angle after changing to a different angle.

I don't care for the flip stop on my Incra either, I find it difficult to use. In place of the Incra setup I would rather have two (or more) independent flip stops.

 

[gary_va]

...Incra has positive settings at common angles...

Instead of notches, JessEm uses a pin. I've tweaked the contrast on the closeup photo to make this easier to see.

A = spring loaded angle pin, pull to unlock then rotate 90° to lock in the extracted position for free-rotation of main assembly
B = holes for the angle pin to seat
C = scale diamonds indicate lock angles @ 0,15,30,45°

It's too graphically crowded for a diamond at 22.5° but as you can see there is an index point.

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[Cheese]

I may be a little late to this party but that Jessem gauge looks outstanding. I have the Incra on my band saw and it works well, but finish wise, that Jessem is beautiful.

 

[ChuckM]

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A = spring loaded angle pin, pull to unlock then rotate 90° to lock in the extracted position for free-rotation of main assembly
B = holes for the angle pin to seat
C = scale diamonds indicate lock angles @ 0,15,30,45°

It's too graphically crowded for a diamond at 22.5° but as you can see there is an index point.

Question: What kind of project would make use of the 15 & 30?

 

[Mario Turcot]

[member=57948]ChuckM[/member] Interesting question. The first thing that comes to my mind is an outdoor bench/table like this one

You can basically make any small angle cut to any furniture, to give it a more symmetric design  [eek]

 

[gary_va]

Jerry Cole, In-Line Industries, wrote a book which waxes numerically poetic about polygons as applied to multi-sided woodworking projects.

If this angular madness strikes your fancy you'll start to morph perfectly innocent square objects into hexgons (30°), dodecagons (15°), and many others. I don't have that sickness (yet) but my double Dubby and the new JessEm gauge stand ready to make that hexadecagon (16 sided) thing my wife will someday want.

That IS why we buy all these tools...right?

 

[ChuckM]

Thanks both for the idea...that outdoor bench looks suited for the DF500!

 

[Mario Turcot]

Thanks both for the idea...that outdoor bench looks suited for the DF500!

Indeed! I can see the legs jointed as Half lap cross joint for more structural strength. A nice entry project for that coming miter gauge  [big grin]

 

[Birdhunter]

I’d love to understand what all the knobs and other adjustments do.

 

[Cheese]

Indeed! I can see the legs jointed as Half lap cross joint for more structural strength. A nice entry project for that coming miter gauge  [big grin]

Using the Kapex to make the half-lap joints.  [smile]

 

[gary_va]

I’d love to understand what all the knobs and other adjustments do.

I can take you on an annotated photo tour but it would be best if you started with the manual, then I can fill in any blanks. It's not a bad book - they forgot to include scale calibration but that's a minor quibble.

One notable thing about this design: 100% feature parity does not exist when you are in the right-of-blade slot; the extension slideout is only configured for left-of-blade use. This is not a show-stopper for most but as a Lefty I noticed it right away.

 

[jellyroll]

Perhaps JessEm customer service has been improved. They were certainly responsive to me. I ordered a miter gage on June 1st, sent them an email this weekend asking when they would ship and received a response this morning (Monday) with the expected ship date of the 13th.

I am looking forward to the miter gage... I have their clear cut TS stock guide and I am very impressed with the design and quality construction. If the miter gage has the same robustness and quality I will be very pleased.

 

[gary_va]

...sent them an email this weekend...

That's great news, what email address did you use?

 

[Mario Turcot]

...sent them an email this weekend...

That's great news, what email address did you use?

Personally, I tried several times to contact them after I started that thread. Via phone the person always said that she's going to ask an engineer and never called back. I called 3 times. I sent a request via their website contact page, no reply. The only time I was successful was from replying from their newsletter.

 

[Mario Turcot]

[member=41470]gary_va[/member] , Gary can you post a picture of your miter gauge with the sub fence when avail... thank you  [smile]

 

[jellyroll]

...sent them an email this weekend...

That's great news, what email address did you use?

I used Jessem@jessem.com as an email and response came the next day from:

Patricia Thynne
Customer Service/Logistics Co-ordinator
61 Forest Plain Road
Oro-Medonte, ON  Canada
L3V 0R4

Toll Free: 800 436.6799
Local  705.726.8233
Fax 705.327.0295

www.jessem.com
www.jessemdirect.com
Find us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/JessEmTools

 

[gary_va]

[member=66597]Mario Turcot[/member] - As requested. Ignore the newly arrived table top swirls, Spring rust removal is running late this year.

[member=70251]jellyroll[/member] - thanks for the info, who would have thought using jessem@jessem.com would get a real human, CLEVER!

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[Mario Turcot]

Thank you Gary, it look awesome.

 

[Boodrizzle]

Mine was delivered last week.  Very very impressed with build quality.  Have yet to use on a project but plan on doing so this weekend.