Incra Miter 1000 SE

[oldman_pottering]

I have a Incra Miter 1000 SE setup in the Incra miter express sled and it works well.

The other day I wanted to make some mitered cuts and that involved in moving the fence so it didn't contact the saw blade, easy enough to do.......but now I have to reset the fence back to zero for any crosscuts 

Am I missing something here or is this how it is ?    I have played around with the thing to see if I can just leave the fence in one position and just adjust the thing from any angle I want back to 90 without having to go through the setup process each time

I don't have an auxiliary fence on it, maybe that's the answer ?

I'm stumped

[Coop]

I don’t have the Incra fence or the sled but from looking at pics online, it should be just a matter of adjusting the fence back to 0 or 90* and sliding the fence back closer to the blade. An auxiliary sacrificial fence is nice to have to give your cut a zero clearance backing but is not a necessity. By not having the Incra setup, I’m sure I’m missing something here. 

[oldman_pottering]

On 2/17/2024 at 12:32 PM, Coop said:

 it should be just a matter of adjusting the fence back to 0 or 90* and sliding the fence back closer to the blade. 

I rechecked and having an auxiliary fence won't make any difference, what you said is correct, the trouble being that the stop block registers off the fence and if I don't get the fence back in exactly the same position then any measurements that use the built in tape measure will be out

Looks like it's a matter of redoing the zero calibration setup after any fence adjustments for the miter cuts

Edit :

just finished calibrating the stop and figured that after moving the fence I can just place the stop back at zero and slide the fence until the stop just kisses the blade the same way as I did in the initial calibration, not so much of a hassle as I first thought

[JohnG]

I never use the tape on any of my miter fences for precision cuts, and have never bothered to get them accurate. 

I suppose you could add a sacrificial block on the end of the miter fence, or a sacrificial fence that extends beyond the edge of the metal extrusion. That way you can set the metal fence far enough from the blade that you can rotate to 45* without it contacting the blade. Then the tape would remain accurate after returning to 90* (but it wouldn’t be accurate at any other angle).

I’m interested to hear what others do. 

[legenddc]

I don’t use the tape on my Incra miter gauge. It came used with the saw I bought and the tape slides back and forth. 
 

I also use the miter gauge with and without the Incra Miter Express which shifts the whole thing over further making the tape useless. 

[Mark J]

I prefer to use a metal ruler and make direct measurements for setup, rather than use the built in measuring tape on the incra.  For that matter, I ignore the built in tape on the TS fence, too.

[gee-dub]

I do as Mark J does for the miter gauge and sleds.  Tapes and cursors on these things have never really been reliable enough for me. I have a 24" steel rule that hangs right by the tablesaw for this.  I do use a DRO for the TS fence though. 

[oldman_pottering]

On 2/18/2024 at 1:35 AM, legenddc said:

I also use the miter gauge with and without the Incra Miter Express which shifts the whole thing over further making the tape useless. 

would you use it without the sled for larger pieces ?

[legenddc]

On 2/17/2024 at 1:39 PM, oldman_pottering said:

would you use it without the sled for larger pieces ?

As I typed that I was wondering the same thing. I will take it off for thicker wood cross cuts if I have a blade stiffener on. Or when I have the dado blade installed.