In the Autumn issue, number 8, of Woodworking Magazine on page 5 someone describes a way to set a miter gauge to exactly square using a dial indicator. That's certainly not a blind friendly device. It seems to me as if he is inserting an unnecessary step even for a sighted person. This became of interest to me when I discovered that cuts I thought were square, weren't. My solution was to take my combination square and set the ruler so the end was exactly flush with the square edge of the casting part, then lock it in place. Then I used a small C clamp to clamp the casting to the fence of the gauge and lined up the ruler with the long thing, I forget what it's called, of the gauge. This can easily be done by feel. With the miter gauge lined up this way, when I made a square cut it was actually square. Oh yes, don't forget to check the combination square against a good carpenter's square to be sure it is exact. One that was cheep to begin with or has been kicked around your shop for several years may not be on true square.
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