INCRA Track & Shop Stop - Manual (Page 7)

INCRA Track System Owner’s Manual 7
MITER, COMPOUND MITER AND RADIAL ARM SAWS
FIG. 17
Adding INCRA Track to
the radial arm saw
FIG. 19
Attach INCRA Track
to plywood box
FIG. 18
Miter saw equipped with
the INCRA Track
You’ll find many uses for your INCRA Track and Shop Stop at
the drill press. Any project that requires a series of precisely
located holes can easily be produced, then duplicated again
and again with the aid of the INCRA Track. Locating a drill
position in your project has never been easier. Simply mount
your INCRA Track to a flat, straight piece of
1 ⁄ 2 " or 3 ⁄ 4 "
plywood as shown in Fig. 20 below, then clamp to your drill
press table. You can band saw a cutout in the plywood piece
if you want to give clearance for the drill press column.
Every miter, compound miter, and radial arm saw made today
provides a fence to help hold your stock during mitering,
crosscutting or dadoing. But with few exceptions, none offers a
stop to ensure the location of your cut. You’ll find that adding an
INCRA Track section on both sides of your blade will give you
perfect control of your cut locations. To set up the track at your
radial arm saw, simply drill holes through your existing wooden
fence to align with the T-slot in the rear of the INCRA Track and
screw in place. (Fig. 17) For extra long crosscut applications
you can mount multiple track sections end to end. For miter
and compound miter stations, place the saw on a flat table or
bench, then construct plywood boxes for both sides of the saw.
The boxes should match in height the distance from the bench top to the top of your saw’s base. (Fig. 18) Attach the plywood
boxes to your table top, then screw INCRA Track to both boxes
with the front of the INCRA Track in line with the existing fence
on your miter saw. (Fig. 19) If you want to extend the fence
track closer to the blade for short cutoffs and don't mind
reducing some of your crosscut capacity, overlap the INCRA
Track onto the miter saw’s base before screwing in place.
NOTE: If you are extending the INCRA Track toward the blade
over your miter saw’s base and your miter saw’s standard
fence is taller than 1
3 ⁄ 4 ", you must place a 1 ⁄ 2 " spacer block
between the rear of the INCRA Track and the front of your
saw’s standard fence.
DRILL PRESS
FIG. 20
Drill press fence
FIG. 21
INCRA Track at the drill press
Existing fence must be
no taller than 1
3 / 4 ".
3 / 4 " or 1 / 2 " plywood
Cutout for
column clearance
#10 wood
screw
#10 flat
washer
Plywood box used
to extend miter
saw base
Plywood boxes
match height of
miter saw base
INCRA Track
Miter saw