Angle cuts

[jswingchun]

Okay, what's the tip or technique for lining up angle cuts on the table saw panel jig? The baffle for the XF210 is killin' me. I'm talking about cuts with the blade set at an angle. Any good tricks for lining the angled blade up on the cutline?

[AntonZ]

It has been a while since I made angle cuts on the table saw, but here's what I remember doing. Most or all parts that I needed to do angle cuts on required angles on one side only (the other being OK for PL to take care of any gaps). I cut the angled side first. Then make the straight cut after that, as those are easy to measure to exact width.

I have not built XF cabs, don't know if you need parts with angled cuts on both sides. Others may have more elaborate techniques for that.

[bzb]

When I need a perfect fit, I scribe the longest point on the EDGE of the board that I'm cutting. Then it's simply sliding the workpiece tight along the fence and seeing if the inside of the blade aligns with my scribe.

(if it's the outside, you just took off 1/8" too much...)

What you're doing on the XF baffles is a compound miter. Best thing to do is scribe the line for the bevel on the edge, and scribe the line for the cut. Line the cut line up with the panel cutter's groove and you're good to go.

[DaveK]

I use a panel cutting sled with a wide groove. Set the blade at the correct angle, line up the work, and run the sled through. For combound angles, the procedure is the same, but lining up the work can be tricky. Mark a cut line and run the work a little proud of the line, then adjust and hit the line.

This is for cuts you only do a couple times. If you are doing a production run with the same compound cut many times you can make a jig to hold the work in position.

[gilscales]

Okay, what's the tip or technique for lining up angle cuts on the table saw panel jig? The baffle for the XF210 is killin' me. I'm talking about cuts with the blade set at an angle. Any good tricks for lining the angled blade up on the cutline?

This is how I made compound angle cuts on my table saw

http://billfitzmaurice.info/forum/viewt ... 30&t=12667

[Scott Brochu]

I cut the angled side first. Then make the straight cut after that, as those are easy to measure to exact width.

I also have not built the XF yet but like all angles cut the angle first than the length.
This will very hard if you do not have a panel sled.