Patent ID: 7421798

Claim:
A precision setting fixture for setting a fence head of a miter gauge at a particular angle relative to a miter bar pivotally coupled to the fence head, comprising, in combination: (i) a member presenting a flat surface with a miter bar channel dimensioned for snugly receiving the miter bar of the miter gauge, bisecting a pair of symmetrical arrays of spaced, angular position receptacles drilled into the flat plate surface, where each angular position receptacle radially centers on a base position receptacle of the other array of position receptacles; and (ii) a pair of position posts, one snugly seated in the base position receptacle of one of the arrays of angular position receptacles, the other snugly seated in a particular angular, position receptacle of the other array; whereby, the angle of the fence head of the miter gauge is set by placing the miter gauge on the fixture with the miter bar received in the miter bar channel, sliding the gauge in the miter bar channel allowing the miter gauge fence head to pivot into contact with both position posts, and setting the fence head of the gauge at a particular angle θ relative to the miter bar received within the miter bar channel defined by the respectively seated position posts.