Greetings and Salutations...

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:14:10 GMT, "Mike in Mystic"
wrote:

You can make a miter sled with hardwood runners to fit the slots. I suppose
you could take a miter gauge and remove the miter bar and replace it with a
hardwood runner that you made as well. Shouldn't be too tough.

Mike

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There are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.


"Charles Harris" wrote in message
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I recently came into a "buffalo" tablesaw what was missing a miter
gauge. Everthing on the saw seems to be fine except for the miter
slots on the table. The miter slots on this tablesaw seems to be just
shy of 3/4" in width. The depth does seem to match 3/8" but a
standard size miter guage will just not fit in the slot. Does anyone
know of a place or website that I can purchase sliders that will fit
this slot so I can retrofit a miter guage to work with the saw?

I called the manufacturer of the saw and they said that they no longer
carry parts for it so buying a new one from the factory is out.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Charles


Or...measure the exact width of the slot, then, go to
Sears and measure the size of their miter gauge bar. The
fact that their miter bars are slightly under 3/4" is
a continual annoyance to those that want to "upgrade" the
miter gauge on the saw, but, might be a blessing in
disguise for you.
Alternatively, you could take it to a machine
shop, and, have the slots widened to 3/4".
Alternatively, you could get a miter gauge with
a 3/4" bar and carefully grind the bar to fit the slot.
If the top had enough meat to it, I would be inclined to
have the slots widened. However, you could probably
grind the bar down at home....and it WOULD be cheaper.
I would strongly recommend, though, that you take half
the difference off each side, to ensure that the pivot
point for the gauge will remain centered on the bar.
Regards
Dave Mundt