After mistakenly shaping the halves of four bracket feet before cutting their miters, I ran into a common problem: The table-saw blade only tilts one way. When that doesn’t match the angle you need, you have to flip the workpiece, which doesn’t always work for the task at hand. This was the case with the shaped bracketfeet parts, which only had one straight edge left to rest against the miter fence. It comes up in other mitering situations too. It dawned on me that reversing the miter gauge in its slot—with the fence facing toward me instead of away—would solve the problem. The gauge works just as well this way, but you might need to change the position of its fence.

—JIM MURTHA, Lancaster, Ohio

Illustrations by Dan Thornton
From Fine Woodworking issue #305

Fine Woodworking Recommended Products

Hedgehog featherboards

The Hedgehog's unique spiral shape and single knob make it easy to set up and fast to adjust.

Buy at Amazon

Rockler Dust Right 1250 CFM

You’ll need help to get this heavy unit onto its bracket, but if you’re looking for a central dust collector that won’t gobble floor space, this may be the unit for you.

Buy at Rockler

Rikon 10-3061 10-in. Deluxe Bandsaw

The 1⁄2-hp motor has all the power needed to resaw at its maximum capacity of 5 in.

The saw has two speeds: 3,280 sfpm (surface feet per minute) for wood and 1,515 sfpm for soft metals and some plastics.

Buy at Amazon