Just finished my first LR32 project and I ran in to some difficulty using the stops as described in the manual. The main difficulty was that my stops are not spaced an even 32 mm apart. See my photo of the caliper showing 31.79mm.
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If they had been 0.21 too big then I would have been close enough for my work. But since they were too small they would not fit on my already precisely cut workpieces. Rather than trim a hair off all my pieces I simply resorted to using one stop registered off the same end of the work after I flipped the rail. The results were fine but there is an added inconvenience in having to remove the stop and reposition it to the other side of the rail after each flip. I would really rather use the stop as intended.
Has anyone else found that their stops are not a more accurate 32 mm apart? Seems like I have a few choices for future projects:
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[*]Cut all my pieces 0.21 too short. But none of my measuring devices have better than 1 mm increments.
[*]Mill some material off these stops to make them closer to 32 mm, and maybe just a hair bigger to allow for imprecision in my cuts.
[*]Use only 1 stop at a time and accept the inconvenience of removing and flipping the stop.
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From what I have read a lot of you are using only 1 stop, but that seemed to be because your work pieces were not in increments of 32. Is anyone else forced to do that due to the imprecision of the stops?
While examining the stops to troubleshoot this problem I observed that when used on the 32 mm position there is only 1 pin that engages the rail.
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Due to the play in the thumbscrew this allows for quite a bit of error in their alignment and requires extra effort to make them parallel. See photo for example of how bad it can be.
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It seems odd that on the top side of the rail there are channels that perfectly fit the stops and would keep them parallel. But no such channel exists on the bottom side where they are needed.
The 16 mm side engages at least 2 pins at all times and so the placement does't involve so much play.
I have watched many of the LR32 tutorials and my stops are different from every example I have seen. Mine have an additional position for 9.5 mm.
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Does anyone know what the 9.5 position would be used for? Do the older style stops without the 9.5mm have two pins for the 32 mm position?
Thanks for any insight or tips you can provide.
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If they had been 0.21 too big then I would have been close enough for my work. But since they were too small they would not fit on my already precisely cut workpieces. Rather than trim a hair off all my pieces I simply resorted to using one stop registered off the same end of the work after I flipped the rail. The results were fine but there is an added inconvenience in having to remove the stop and reposition it to the other side of the rail after each flip. I would really rather use the stop as intended.
Has anyone else found that their stops are not a more accurate 32 mm apart? Seems like I have a few choices for future projects:
[list type=decimal]
[*]Cut all my pieces 0.21 too short. But none of my measuring devices have better than 1 mm increments.
[*]Mill some material off these stops to make them closer to 32 mm, and maybe just a hair bigger to allow for imprecision in my cuts.
[*]Use only 1 stop at a time and accept the inconvenience of removing and flipping the stop.
[/list]
From what I have read a lot of you are using only 1 stop, but that seemed to be because your work pieces were not in increments of 32. Is anyone else forced to do that due to the imprecision of the stops?
While examining the stops to troubleshoot this problem I observed that when used on the 32 mm position there is only 1 pin that engages the rail.
[attachimg=2]
Due to the play in the thumbscrew this allows for quite a bit of error in their alignment and requires extra effort to make them parallel. See photo for example of how bad it can be.
[attachimg=3]
It seems odd that on the top side of the rail there are channels that perfectly fit the stops and would keep them parallel. But no such channel exists on the bottom side where they are needed.
The 16 mm side engages at least 2 pins at all times and so the placement does't involve so much play.
I have watched many of the LR32 tutorials and my stops are different from every example I have seen. Mine have an additional position for 9.5 mm.
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Does anyone know what the 9.5 position would be used for? Do the older style stops without the 9.5mm have two pins for the 32 mm position?
Thanks for any insight or tips you can provide.
