Mitre gauge for Dewalt DWE7485-GB

[wiley198]

I have never owned or used a table saw before. So at 56 I'm sure some will be thinking 'why do you need one now at your age!?'. Worry not, I thought the same thing for the past year, but as I near retirement (I can AND WILL go at 60) I am trying to put together a kit that will mean I can do all those projects I have dreamed of whilst in work with 30 x 10 year olds running round me.

So I have bit the bullet and bought a Dewalt DWE7485-GB table saw and heavy duty stand (on sale...I've washed the prices for months so got it at what I thought would be a low point - is Black Friday real?).

Anyway...its here...its unboxed and on its stand and its mitre gauge is rubbish.

Does anyone have any recommendations for an after market gauge that fits this aw AND is worth the price?

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[ChaiLatte]

Please measure, describe and include a photograph of the mitre slots.

Just including the product name means we have to go out and find our own picture of the machine and look for that information.

From what I can see, the mitre slots are inverted T-shaped, so that is an important factor in selecting any aftermarket product.

 

[fleyh]

DWE7485 uses standard US mitre slot 19mm x 9.5mm, so almost all aftermarket gauges should work

Here is an example I use: https://www.banggood.com/Wnew-Upgra...r-Gauge-Sawing-Assembly-Ruler-p-1400436.html?

Having said that, if you just want to remove the slop, add some painter's tape or another type of tape to the side of the mitre bar to increase its thickness.

Alternatively, do nothing and simply push the gauge to the left or right (all the way through the cut) while pushing it forward to ensure it slides against the same wall of the mitre slot throughout the cut.

 

[wiley198]

Please measure, describe and include a photograph of the mitre slots.

From what I can see, the mitre slots are inverted T-shaped, so that is an important factor in selecting any aftermarket product.

I imagine anyone who owns this saw will know what it looks like, and therefore will not need a description or photograph of the mitre slots?

It's a standard US 19 x 19.5mm slot. I'm looking for advice from people who own the saw and have after market mitre gauges that they know work well.

 

[ChaiLatte]

It's a standard US 19 x 19.5mm slot. I'm looking for advice from people who own the saw and have after market mitre gauges that they know work well.

If the slot is a standard size, as we have now established, it will also be standard on other machines to your own particular model.

You thus increase the pool size of your would-be advisors and recommenders by at least an order of magnitude.

If you had questions on a gas supplier, you would be ill-served if only people who have the same Vaillant boiler as you answer.