bonesbr549
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This may have been proposed before but.....
I am currently working on an 8 sided pencilpost bed out of cherry. My bed rails are 1.5" thick and I need to put the tenon on them and to start them off at a nice 90, I decided the best tool was my TS55 & my MFT/3. I cut them square used my router to route the 3/4" tenon to go into the bed post and took my sample piece of bed post I'd cut the mortise in and something was not right. I put the post on the rail clamped to my work table and it did not sit flush on both sides. Luckily I made the rails comfortably long, so if anything came up I'd have room to get it right. I checked my mortise (first thought), and it was dead on which I would have been shocked because I drilled them on a large Powermatic moricer. Second thought the router was not held square to the end but that was not the case so I checked the cut i'd made on the opposite end and low and behold my cut made by the TS55 was about 1 deg or so out of square. I wondered if I'd not had it setting flush in the track but it moved smoothly. I re-cut the end and it was consistent. I've had that saw now for 4-5 years and never questioned it. Don't know how it happened but knew it need to be adjusted. Never had to do it so sadly, I had to google the manual to find the adjustments. Being lazy I did not want do the whole cut the board flip it see how much its off adjust it again etc. Thought there had to be a better way. Well here's my better way.
I have the Wexley angle gauge for my table saw and love it. It's cheap and quickly and accurately tells you the blades angle in relation to the surface. I thought why not use it to see just how much I was out. I put the TS55 on the TS surface and removed the blade cover. I placed the guage on the TS surface and zeroed it with a quick push of the button. I then placed it on the blade and it showed it was out. Interestingly it was out more with the blade all the way extended .vs. retracted. I placed the blade all the way down adjusted the front and back adjustment screws a quarter turn (both the same amount) and watched the dial go to 90. Put the cover back on and made a couple test cuts and she's back! Still don't know what happened but its back anyway a new way to use your WIXLEY.
I am currently working on an 8 sided pencilpost bed out of cherry. My bed rails are 1.5" thick and I need to put the tenon on them and to start them off at a nice 90, I decided the best tool was my TS55 & my MFT/3. I cut them square used my router to route the 3/4" tenon to go into the bed post and took my sample piece of bed post I'd cut the mortise in and something was not right. I put the post on the rail clamped to my work table and it did not sit flush on both sides. Luckily I made the rails comfortably long, so if anything came up I'd have room to get it right. I checked my mortise (first thought), and it was dead on which I would have been shocked because I drilled them on a large Powermatic moricer. Second thought the router was not held square to the end but that was not the case so I checked the cut i'd made on the opposite end and low and behold my cut made by the TS55 was about 1 deg or so out of square. I wondered if I'd not had it setting flush in the track but it moved smoothly. I re-cut the end and it was consistent. I've had that saw now for 4-5 years and never questioned it. Don't know how it happened but knew it need to be adjusted. Never had to do it so sadly, I had to google the manual to find the adjustments. Being lazy I did not want do the whole cut the board flip it see how much its off adjust it again etc. Thought there had to be a better way. Well here's my better way.
I have the Wexley angle gauge for my table saw and love it. It's cheap and quickly and accurately tells you the blades angle in relation to the surface. I thought why not use it to see just how much I was out. I put the TS55 on the TS surface and removed the blade cover. I placed the guage on the TS surface and zeroed it with a quick push of the button. I then placed it on the blade and it showed it was out. Interestingly it was out more with the blade all the way extended .vs. retracted. I placed the blade all the way down adjusted the front and back adjustment screws a quarter turn (both the same amount) and watched the dial go to 90. Put the cover back on and made a couple test cuts and she's back! Still don't know what happened but its back anyway a new way to use your WIXLEY.
