Thread: cut off saw

cut one side of the mitre on the left of the blade and the other on the right then they have to add up to 90 degrees.

Hi

Have you checked the saw with a square for squareness.
There may be some adjustment you can do to make the saw cut square.

Al

Originally Posted by ozwinner

Hi

Have you checked the saw with a square for squareness.

Al

and don't forget to check it for trapezoidness & rhobizoidness if your using a cheap square

Fair go sqiuzz, youve even got me confussed. :confused:


Which wont be too hard anyway.

Al

" Rhobizoidness " ??? Must be a phrase used in the west.


Peter.

I think it meens " Ive got sand in me jocks ".

IE its rubin me noids off.


Al

Could it be that the lengths of timber that you are using are different? The last two mitres will not fit at 90deg if the lengths are not the same.

You may find that this will give you better results. If you lightly glue both side rails on top of each other, and both end rails, then cut your 45deg angles, seperate and then assemble. This will ensure that the sides are both the same length and so are the ends. If your cuts were a true 45 deg then it should all go thogether well.

Stinky.

thank you all, will of course try all of the suggestions

You are facing the age old problem that all picture frames face .Why dosnt it go to gether.Well you hit the v nail on the head so to speak the saw may be out by 1/2
a degree and that is companded by four cuts. The only way is to buy another saw
unfortatly the better one is called Nobex from memory this a hand miter saw .Carbtec
also do a saw simalar but cheaper these type of saws will give you better and more accurate cuts. I hope this might help

After a similar experience a few years ago with cheap chinese power tools, I saved up and bought a Makita 12". Perfect mitres straight out of the box, super smooth and accurate cuts. I can now appreciate where the extra cash goes. If you are going to be doing a lot of cutting, then the extra cost is well worth it, if not, I would look at shimming or otherwise adjusting the angle mechanism, it should be adjustable somewhere, if not, experiment with a thin piece of aluminium at different points along the fence on one side of the blade until you can force a 45 degree cut from the standard mounting.

Cheers
Wildman

Hey John

I had the same machine for a few years which was sold at Super Cheap. I had the same problem with the 45deg. I just cut 2 pieces of wide timber at 45deg and placed the 2 joints end to end until they produced a straight board. When I was sure I had the saw set at 45dec I used a piece of masking tape on the measuring scale with a line on it to correspond with the pointer on the machine. Crude but it worked for me. I used it to make a lot of picture frames but eventually the switch played up and started to throw the power off. Bought the GMC the other day from Bunnings with the twin slide bars. I like the laser beam which helps to get the work lined up.

Good luck