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More Progress on the Mitre Gauge
First off, a couple of photos that might suggest why I'm going to the trouble.
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I imagine at some stage the gauge has been jammed in the table slot and belted out mutilating the ring-in handle and pivot pin. The end of the guide bar was mushroomed and the pivot hole in both the cast iron gauge and the bar were badly worn out of round. If 3/8" x 3/4" bright bar was available I would have replaced the bar. Unfortunately it's not. I was disappointed to find that Woodfast didn't bother to centre the holes in the bar.
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I used 'Rust-Off" ( a BobL recommendation and avaiable from Bunnings ) which contains 62.5% phosphoric acid, to remove the rust from the bar after wire brushing. It leaves a protective phosphate finish which hopefully will keep the rust at bay. The replacement pin is 4140 and is pressed into the bar and is a good sliding fit in the cast iron. The end of the bar has been radiused to remove the damage.
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And now there is more.....
A young fellow drove up from Cowaramup this morning and we swapped bandsaws. We both came out in front.:2tsup:
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