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28th April 2017, 01:15 PM #16GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks for the ideas about how to test and correct it, folks. That's definitely some stuff I did not think of! The trammel/compass test seems legit...
D.W. - Buy away. I'm not in a position to buy one now. It's a "down the road a ways" or "that's too good a deal to pass up" purchase.
I technically have one already... I CAN just use the 45deg side of my combination square. A mitre square is one of the things it "combines" I guess. Nonetheless, I would like a smaller, fixed version of the tool. I want to cut my mitres by hand, and I also would like to use full blind dovetails on some upcoming work. I think a mitre square is in order at some point.
The Clenton tools are great, I'm sure, but, as you say, Ian, they're unique in that they only have one side to them. I find that a bit weird too. Maybe there's a reason for it? Perhaps it isn't possible to calibrate them if they extend through the stock? Not sure...
I'll update the thread when I eventually get one.
Cheers,
Luke
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28th April 2017, 01:53 PM #17
Can't see why not, Luke. You calibrate the 45* side using whichever of the methods above takes your fancy. Provided both stock & blade are parallel, you now have the supplementary angle (135*) on the other side as a matter of course...
Dammit, you've all got me curious, now! I've never felt the need for one of these things before, but maybe I'm missing something I didn't know I absolutely must have. Might have to add a mitre square to the list of tools I still want to make, anyway, just for the fun of it....
Cheers,IW
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29th April 2017, 12:35 PM #20
Luke
While many of these suggestions will work well, I think that the situation must be taken into account. You will most likey be in a shop or at a fair. So your check method needs to be really simple.
For that reason I would go with Skew's suggestion of using the corner of a man-made board (mdf, ply etc.) or Derek's plastic set square.
I tried Derek's way with a brass square and a plastic square. They both worked well and the Kunz brand mitre gauge (I have two of these, neither of which I have ever used and I don't know how I aquired them ) seems to be a lot better than it's name would suggest.
Just remember to take your test devices with you any time you are going to be within "cooee" of a tool shop.
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
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