straight edge jig for table saw == fail fail fail!

Northernlight

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Hi guys.
So i made a simple jointing jig for my table saw with a piece of mdf that i put a straight edge on using the festool track saw, drilled some 30mm holes in it with a forstner bit and milled out slots on the underside to accept festool clamps.

i want to take a 2x4 and rip it down to 35x35mm and i start off with running side A in the jig. I then flip it 90 degrees and put side A towards the bottom of the jig. After that i rip side B and voila. Instant perfect 90 degree cut. And now i have 2 sides that are at a 90 degrees to each other and this should be very easy to run through the table saw to make the other 2 sides perfectly straight and at 90 degrees to each other.

But 1 side always come out at 92-93 degrees and that is frustrating. Anyone got any ideas as to what is wrong?
 
Sounds like maybe your table saw blade isn't vertical, but instead is running something like .75 degrees off?

90 + 90 + 90 + 90 = 360 but 89.25+ 89.25 + 89.25 + 92.25 = 360
 
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