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Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on October 13, 2017 at 9:52am

That helps for sure, Rev. Thanks for the tips. I'll let you know how I get on lol. 

Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on October 13, 2017 at 9:46am

Fancy set-ups have a stop you can set to ensure you don't go too deep.  Mine doesn't!  The depth of my saw teeth is about the perfect cut depth, so I just cut until the teeth are just buried in the kerf.   Hope that makes sense!   You can also make a mark on the saw blade, but these can tend to wear off with usage.   Again, hope this helps!

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on October 13, 2017 at 9:23am

Sounds perfect and just what's called for Rev. Quick question if I may? How do you go about making sure you get all your depths right on each cut? Is there a trick I need to know or a tip you can share?

Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on October 13, 2017 at 9:16am

Dang!   Couldn't find a picture of it!

Used a 1x3 (inch) for the base.  Say about 12" long.  Made 4 pieces of 1x3 cut squarely about 6" long each.  Marked a line in the center width of the base using a square.  Glued 2 of the 1x3x6" pieces lining up with the square centerline, onto the edges of the base pieces.  Then took my flush-cut (fretting) saw and placed it against the two glued 1x3x6 boards  - allowing me to then glue the remaining two 1x3x6" boards up against the sawblade (with a paper shim or two to give a little clearance).  Once it's glued, you have a tight mitre saw 'custom made' to fit the width of your fretting saw.  (Top and End views below)

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on October 13, 2017 at 9:05am

It's serving my previously wonky cuts well Rev lol. I don't see anything in your post showing what you built Rev. Can you link it again please?

Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on October 13, 2017 at 8:59am

SBD&OGB - - yep - that sounds like a nice mitre saw!  Here's what I threw together:

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on October 13, 2017 at 8:21am

Not done it yet Jeff but I'll let you know. Best of fortunes to you in the fretting!

Comment by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on October 13, 2017 at 8:19am

Good luck I'm on the same venture I hope I do a good job ,how did yours turn out ?

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on October 13, 2017 at 8:19am

Thanks again Rev. I'm going to check it on scrap wood first as I don't have a digital thickness measuring doodah. I'm hoping that the blade on my mitresaw will work. It's one of those saws on a stand that you can dial the angle needed by lifting a lever and turning on the marked out semi circl6. It's a manual saw but has runners/guides that the blade runs between. Really handy anyway. I THINK it's called a mitre saw but I could be wrong. Will try it anyway. To my eye the blade looks nice and thin at least.

Comment by Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans on October 13, 2017 at 8:07am

Yep, skinny blade is key! I bought a couple of flush cut saws at Harbor Freight that work perfect. 8 or 9 bucks as I recall. Check them though, the newer model cuts a little wider.

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