Jessem slider miter setting?

[Jeff Patrick]

Hey all, I've been reading through the forum exploring thoughts regarding sliding attachments for my Unisaw. I'm fairly settled on the newish Jessem sliding thing, but cannot discern from their literature just how the miter settings work. There are none stocked here in AK and I wasn't able to see one at either Rockler or Woodcraft on a recent Calif. trip. Can anyone who has one of these puppies tell me about the slider's miter settings. Is there a built in gauge or do I have to use an external protractor? Are specific settings, say 37 degrees, accurately repeatable?

Thanks for any help you can give.

[Jack Norfleet]

There are no positive stops for miter setting on the Jessem sliding table. There are lines printed on the table to get close, but I would use a separate protractor or drafting triangle during setup. FOr crosscutting I love it but haven't had much chance to miter with it yet.

Oh, and by the way, Welcome to the Creek.

[rick fulton]

Jeff -
You've found the biggest flaw in their product. It was a pain to set the fence to any angle, even 90 degrees to the blade. I now have a technique for getting back to 90 pretty quickly, but anything else is still a pain. It is possible to move and lock some of the fence mounting hardware for a preset angle if you only need one angle other than 90, say 45.
The following link from the Jessem web site may be of some help.
http://www.jessem.com/pdf/Mast-R-Slide%207500%20Manualcx.pdf
rick

[Jeff Patrick]

Thanks for these replies. Perhaps I'll keep looking.

Jeff