Bevels and Compounds Miters with the RAS Rotary Miter Table

[jteneyck]

One of those obvious solutions came to me as I pondered how to cut bevels and compound miters with my rotary miter table.  For those who own a RAS you know that the sawhead pivots to a new cutline at every bevel angle.  The rotary miter table works by having the 90 deg cut line in the same plane as the blade.  The simple solution is to move the rotary miter table to whatever position the sawblade for any bevel angle you want to cut, and the easy way to do that is to put it on an auxiliary table. 



You align the table so that the sawblade leaves a cut right on the centerline of the kerf made at 90 degrees.  



Once that is done, clamp or screw the auxiliary table to the main table, as shown in the first photo. 

Now you can cut simple bevels at any angle, this one at 45 degrees. 



 Or you can cut compound angles, again at any angle, this one being 45/45.  






A new insert for each combination of angles assures you can use the kerf for alignment of your parts.



Mark and save the inserts for future use.  



Now I can say it.  A RAS makes a compound miter saw look pretty pedestrian.  With the rotary miter table, you have full cut capacity at any angle or combination of angles.  

Now I need a DC system that can handle the range of bevel angles.  Always something.  

John