Fig. 3095.
[Fig. 3095] illustrates the method of employment of the mitre gauge. The pointer is set to the degree of angle the work is to be cut to, and is fastened to its adjusted position by the set screw h. The stop is set to the required length, and the work is held by hand against the face of the gauge, and at the same time endways against the stop, and the gauge is then moved along the slot, feeding the work to the saw. When the work is sawn and is to be withdrawn, care must be taken to keep the work fair, both against the gauge and against the stop.
Fig. 3096.
Fig. 3097.
[Figs. 3096] and [3097] show the application of the gauges for cropping off the ends of work and cutting it to exact length. There are two stops, s and t, each of which is secured in position by a set screw, and has a tongue that may be thrown over, as occasion may require—thus, suppose it is desired to merely crop off the end of the work—and both stops may be set for the work to rest against as in [Fig. 3096], and the end of the work may be cut off or cropped to square it or remove a defective part. Stop s may then be thrown over as in [Fig. 3097], and the squared or cropped end of the work rested against stop t, to gauge the length to which the work will be cut. This is a simple and convenient method of cropping and gauging.