I am using the mitre slide thingy with a a larger timber backiing
screwed onto it and I want to cut the ends of timber square but each
time I pass it through it is not square. Sometimes I turn the wood over
and pass it through again and it seems a lot more square.

What is wrong - how do I fix?
Mike

fam wrote:
I am using the mitre slide thingy with a a larger timber backiing
screwed onto it and I want to cut the ends of timber square but each
time I pass it through it is not square. Sometimes I turn the wood over
and pass it through again and it seems a lot more square.

What is wrong - how do I fix?
Mike



have a look at:
http://bt3central.com/


You should join the bt3K forum...

Anyway...
1 Try gluing some sandpaper on the sliding miter table arm. It will hold
the wood steady.

2 The Miter tables sits a bit high of the cutting area -- to reduce
friction -- so do not tilt the wood into the saw.

3 Make sure there is no slop in the miter table when you wiggle it, If
there is -- follow the procedure for tightening up the table -- be
gentle the eccentric does not require significant pressure -- just that
everything is firm and still slides freely.

Slow steady pressure on the cut. Exert downward pressure on the niter table.

If it is a long 2X4 an extension table is nice (and an out feed...) --
see my web site and look at the shop.

--
Will R.
Jewel Boxes and Wood Art
http://woodwork.pmccl.com
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those
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