Dale, your second example is more accurate.  All of the edges on the 
bar are square.  It is definitely nonstandard, as I have found, doing 
some more reading.  Skill, Craftsman and others did it to their saws, too.

earlier, Dale Leavens, wrote:

>Hi John,
>
>I don't think I have ever seen anything like that before, let me 
>understand it better.
>
>Is the slot then like a sliding dovetail? I mean is it wider at the 
>bottom with the sides sloping in to form a narrower top?
>
>Is it maybe an inverted 'T' slot, that is, stepped so that there is 
>a wider bottom slot than the top?
>
>The 'T' sort often use a wheel which projects beyond the edges of 
>the bar and fits into the wider 'T' part of the slot and serves to 
>hold the miter gauge down into the slot so it can't raise up and out.
>
>Typically though these are still 3 8ths deep and three quarters wide 
>with the wheel or bearing somewhat wider.
>
>Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: John Schwery
>To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]
>Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 6:23 PM
>Subject: [BlindHandyMan] miter gauge for Hitachi saw?
>
>I'm trying to find a better miter gauge for my Hitachi table saw, but
>my slots seem to be nonstandard. My present gauge is 14 inches long
>and 5/16 inches thick. The bottom of the bar is 5/8 inches wide and
>the top of the bar is 7/16 wide. The bottom is 3/16 thick and the
>top part is 1/8 thick. Does anyone know where I can get one? I have
>googled it and looked on some of the sites but they all seem to sell
>the standard size.
>
>John
>
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