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Miter Saw Micro-Adjustment Stop

The miter saw is my main cross-cutter, but making small adjustments on the piece being cut isn’t easy. The stop you see here was my answer. Since clamping a stop block to the fence is difficult on short pieces, the stop is long and attached to a plywood fence.

The stop is simple: two pieces connected by a couple bolts for adjustability. The mounting block is L-shaped, with one hole for a hex bolt to fine-tune the stop block and another for a carriage bolt

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