Jeremiah.U
Grumbler
I found an old thread on here about adjusting the fences properly. Everything from using a straight edge to measuring each fence independently. Heres my confusion.
I tried a straight edge, and got poor results.
The blades are sharpened correctly.
When I take my moulding and cut it on each side of of the fence Ive adjusted them so my angle on each side of the moulding reads a perfect 45 degree angle after my cuts
So all four pieces have perfect 45 degree angles on both ends according to a digital and fixed angle finder.
Why then when I put them down flat I have a horrible gap on the 4th corner? It looks as if 1/4" of the 4th piece is missing thats how bad the gap is.
This is a used chopper I picked up and cleaned to a shine. The head is secure and Ive even put emory paper on the left side to hold the pieces.
My brain works as if all four pieces have perfect 45s, then why wont it match up?
I took the one comment in the old thread by Picture Framing God and made a frame with all same lengths then moved the left fence up or down and kept repeating until the gap closed in...but in doing that...the digital read out says 44.8 on the left side once it was complete.
I do hope Im making sense, but can anyone explain what is happening? And yes my mouldings are a perfect 180 straight line. And I do make my own mouldings.
I tried a straight edge, and got poor results.
The blades are sharpened correctly.
When I take my moulding and cut it on each side of of the fence Ive adjusted them so my angle on each side of the moulding reads a perfect 45 degree angle after my cuts
So all four pieces have perfect 45 degree angles on both ends according to a digital and fixed angle finder.
Why then when I put them down flat I have a horrible gap on the 4th corner? It looks as if 1/4" of the 4th piece is missing thats how bad the gap is.
This is a used chopper I picked up and cleaned to a shine. The head is secure and Ive even put emory paper on the left side to hold the pieces.
My brain works as if all four pieces have perfect 45s, then why wont it match up?
I took the one comment in the old thread by Picture Framing God and made a frame with all same lengths then moved the left fence up or down and kept repeating until the gap closed in...but in doing that...the digital read out says 44.8 on the left side once it was complete.
I do hope Im making sense, but can anyone explain what is happening? And yes my mouldings are a perfect 180 straight line. And I do make my own mouldings.