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How to calibrate your miter saw

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What happens here

To check the bevel (the vertical tilt of the blade), grab a smaller, known square (like a machinist square or a small combination square). Place the square flat on the saw's table and slide it up against the blade. Look for any gaps between the square and the blade. If there are no gaps, your bevel is square. In this video, the bevel is found to be square, so no adjustments are needed for this specific setting.

Goal: Confirm the blade's 90-degree vertical alignment (bevel)

Tools and materials

  • Miter Saw Ridgid — The saw whose bevel is being checked
  • Small Square — To check the perpendicularity of the blade to the table

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a cut. Once we have this, you can go ahead and take this side and flip it over. Press your bottoms tight and as you can tell, we have a gap. Next, we want to check our bevel. Grab yourself a smaller square, lay it on your table, slide it up against your blade. As you can see, there are no gaps. Whether it's a square or the board, if any of those tests fail, you know that your saw needs to be calibrated. Every saw adjusts differently, so check your user manual

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