On Feb 21, 3:17*pm, Nova wrote:
Father Haskell wrote:

This presumes that the blade is aligned dead on with the
miter slot. *It would also help to have an extension fence attached
to the miter gauge face, for the same reason that you use a
#8 to joint an edge instead of a block plane.

That said, I now have another use for my indicator and my
18" Starrett combo square.

If the blade isn't exactly parallel to the miter slot the only result
would be a wider kerf.

Burnt wood and wandering cuts.