Warning device on miter saw?

[mastercabman]

Sometime i wish there was some kind of device that would keep you alert that your miter saw setting is out of 0*.
Let me try to explain.When i'm on a job doing let say prefinished crown molding,i take my time and cut all the pieces to fit.So i keep going back to the saw and adjust the miter and/or bevel so that i have a tight fit.Walls and ceilling are never right.
But then i start to work on another area,and i forget that the miter and/or bevel is 1* 2* or 3* off from the previous cut.So i cut the molding thinking that is what i think it is,but is off a little.And it usally end up wasted.
So,it would be nice to have a warning light/sound or something to let you know that the settings are not at the 0* or any of the detent.
What do you all think?  Does this happen to any of you?  What do you do to try to remind yourself of the settings?

 

[Ken Nagrod]

You could have an auditorium full of carpenters and they'd all raise their hands admitting to this one.  I just reset miter and bevel to 0 when I'm about to walk away from the saw, or make sure to do that religiously before you make a cut every time, especially when working with others.

 

[Dan Clermont]

I understand your frustration and it has happened to me as well. My background is in electronics and I know it wouldn't take much for a manufacturer to place a sensor which detected when the saw was set to zero degrees although the manufacturers may consider this to be over the top

Dan Clermont

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Sometime i wish there was some kind of device that would keep you alert that your miter saw setting is out of 0*.
Let me try to explain.When i'm on a job doing let say prefinished crown molding,i take my time and cut all the pieces to fit.So i keep going back to the saw and adjust the miter and/or bevel so that i have a tight fit.Walls and ceilling are never right.
But then i start to work on another area,and i forget that the miter and/or bevel is 1* 2* or 3* off from the previous cut.So i cut the molding thinking that is what i think it is,but is off a little.And it usally end up wasted.
So,it would be nice to have a warning light/sound or something to let you know that the settings are not at the 0* or any of the detent.
What do you all think?  Does this happen to any of you?   What do you do to try to remind yourself of the settings?

Been there, done that.  You know coping will put an end to the 1, 2, or 3 degree bevel.

 

[mastercabman]

Sometime i wish there was some kind of device that would keep you alert that your miter saw setting is out of 0*.
Let me try to explain.When i'm on a job doing let say prefinished crown molding,i take my time and cut all the pieces to fit.So i keep going back to the saw and adjust the miter and/or bevel so that i have a tight fit.Walls and ceilling are never right.
But then i start to work on another area,and i forget that the miter and/or bevel is 1* 2* or 3* off from the previous cut.So i cut the molding thinking that is what i think it is,but is off a little.And it usally end up wasted.
So,it would be nice to have a warning light/sound or something to let you know that the settings are not at the 0* or any of the detent.
What do you all think?  Does this happen to any of you?   What do you do to try to remind yourself of the settings?

Been there, done that.   You know coping will put an end to the 1, 2, or 3 degree bevel.

Well,  Yes and No !!  For inside corners i can understand,but when i'm trying to fit a return piece to the wall and the corner (wall to ceilling) is out or just built out with plaster/mud i try to cut to fit.So i go back to the saw and tilt the head a few degrees to compesate.But i am so focus on making my work look good that i always forget about the setting on the saw! This seems to happen mostly when i'm working with crown.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Sometime i wish there was some kind of device that would keep you alert that your miter saw setting is out of 0*.
Let me try to explain.When i'm on a job doing let say prefinished crown molding,i take my time and cut all the pieces to fit.So i keep going back to the saw and adjust the miter and/or bevel so that i have a tight fit.Walls and ceilling are never right.
But then i start to work on another area,and i forget that the miter and/or bevel is 1* 2* or 3* off from the previous cut.So i cut the molding thinking that is what i think it is,but is off a little.And it usally end up wasted.
So,it would be nice to have a warning light/sound or something to let you know that the settings are not at the 0* or any of the detent.
What do you all think?  Does this happen to any of you?   What do you do to try to remind yourself of the settings?

Been there, done that.   You know coping will put an end to the 1, 2, or 3 degree bevel.

Well,  Yes and No !!  For inside corners i can understand,but when i'm trying to fit a return piece to the wall and the corner (wall to ceilling) is out or just built out with plaster/mud i try to cut to fit.So i go back to the saw and tilt the head a few degrees to compesate.But i am so focus on making my work look good that i always forget about the setting on the saw! This seems to happen mostly when i'm working with crown.

Same deal here.  Happens a few times on each job for me. Only with crown. They should put a spinning green light on top when it is not back to 0. [big grin]

 

[mastercabman]

Sometime i wish there was some kind of device that would keep you alert that your miter saw setting is out of 0*.
Let me try to explain.When i'm on a job doing let say prefinished crown molding,i take my time and cut all the pieces to fit.So i keep going back to the saw and adjust the miter and/or bevel so that i have a tight fit.Walls and ceilling are never right.
But then i start to work on another area,and i forget that the miter and/or bevel is 1* 2* or 3* off from the previous cut.So i cut the molding thinking that is what i think it is,but is off a little.And it usally end up wasted.
So,it would be nice to have a warning light/sound or something to let you know that the settings are not at the 0* or any of the detent.
What do you all think?  Does this happen to any of you?   What do you do to try to remind yourself of the settings?

Been there, done that.   You know coping will put an end to the 1, 2, or 3 degree bevel.

Well,  Yes and No !!  For inside corners i can understand,but when i'm trying to fit a return piece to the wall and the corner (wall to ceilling) is out or just built out with plaster/mud i try to cut to fit.So i go back to the saw and tilt the head a few degrees to compesate.But i am so focus on making my work look good that i always forget about the setting on the saw! This seems to happen mostly when i'm working with crown.

Same deal here.  Happens a few times on each job for me. Only with crown. They should put a spinning green light on top when it is not back to 0. [big grin]

That would be so nice !!!

 

[harry_]

This is a generally undocumented error associated with all devices that require human interaction.
It is something that is not engineered into the device.
Unfortunately, it is not something that can be (realistically) engineered out of any given device either.
I am sure that ALL of us in this forum have personally experienced this error in the past and will more than likely experience it again in the future.

Alphanumerically, it is referred to as a 1D10T error. [doh]

 

[atomicmike]

Alphanumerically, it is referred to as a 1D10T error. [doh]

And in particularly bad cases with computers, it can develop into a full-blown PEBCAK virus.

 

[harry_]

Yes MIke, it certainly can!  [scared]