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i have a 12 inch dewalt sliding saw with a brand new blade. the problem that i have is that when i’m cutting base on a 45 degree angle(to cope) i find that the piece”creeps” toward the blade causing a inaccurate cut what can i do short of clamping the piece down. i have tried putting masking tape on the back and bottom of the fence.
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Scot- Instead of the masking tape, put down some PSA sandpaper (sticky- backed). Of course, you won't be able to slide your wood around on the table, then........Another idea might be to find some thin, hard rubber material and spray-glue that down. -Ken
*I've used a low-grit sandpaper (40 or 80-grit beltsander belts cut open) stuck to the base of the chopsaw or stuck to the baseplate of an auxiliary wooden baseplate that I screw to the base of the chopsaw. Use the aux baseplate if you don't want to stick anything to the Al baseplate of the saw.I've seen others that have screwed a wood baseplate w several brads set in the wood base. The bradpoints are set just proud of the baseplate surface so they get a bit of tooth in the piece being cut.I like the sandpaper better, as it's easier for me to tweak the location of the board to be cut. It also grips crown when cutting upsidedownandbackwards.I used to have a holddown clamp mounted on the back fence and it worked pretty well, but I like the sandpaper better. Again...faster, and easier to tweak.Just used it today to cut a bunch of 45-degree miters on short pieces of trim. I was wrapping a couple of 11" square newel posts with a frame/panel-type trim.