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 ><mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > >----- 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 > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.11/1094 - Release Date: >10/26/2007 8:50 AM > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.11/1094 - Release Date: >10/26/2007 8:50 AM John ---------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.11/1094 - Release Date: 10/26/2007 8:50 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
