AndrewNaylor Posted July 27, 2014 Share #1 Posted July 27, 2014 A little help please I am just starting my ECHO cross section and was wondering if anyone had a jig for setting the hight of a circular saw blade for use later. I am Lifting the blade up and watching till the timber lifts in a previous cut to re set the depth but I feel this is a little hit and miss and getting a calibrated square in by the blade and trying to read the scale is very hard as the increments are very close at the start of a metal ruler Thanks Andy Quote Current Build HM Granado CC Past builds HMS Chatham CC, HM Convulsion CC, Duke William German Kit, Fair American LSS, The Wright Flyer MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMBROOK Posted July 27, 2014 Share #2 Posted July 27, 2014 Hi Andy If you are using a close clearance insert in the table,I find the depth gauge on the end of a digital vernier handy.Rock the blade back and forth by hand to ensure you are measuring the cutting edge at top dead centre(obviously disconnect power before hand etc etc) Kind Regards Nigel WackoWolf 1 Quote Currently working on Royal Caroline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwboland Posted July 27, 2014 Share #3 Posted July 27, 2014 Lee Valley has many different depth gauges available. You may want to check them out. Or even your local hardware store or lumber yard Quote Carl Completed builds: AL Bluenose II 1:75 Gallery Amati Hannah SIB 1:300 Gallery Current Build: Bluenose II - SIB - unknown scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted July 27, 2014 Share #4 Posted July 27, 2014 Andrew, Micromark sell a couple of digital depth/height gauges that are relatively inexpensive. The method described by Nigel also works well. Quote Grant ____________________________________________________ Current builds: African Queen - Radio Control / Live Steam Previous builds: The Shipyard at Foss' Landing (Diorama), Hannah - Ship in a Bottle, NRG Capstan Project, 1869 Allerton Steam Pumper, Medway Longboat , Alfa Romeo Spider Gran Touring (Pocher) , Da Vinci Flying Machine, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout - Dumas - Radio, Bomb Vessel Granado, 1742 - Cross Section - Scratchbuild, HMS Victory (Mamoli 1:90), Cutty Sark, Armed Pinnace, Bounty, Santa Maria At another place: Stephenson's Rocket (OcCre 1:24) (click the title to follow the link) In the Gallery: Lancia Armata 1803, Bomb Vessel Granada, 1742 Cross Section, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted July 27, 2014 Share #5 Posted July 27, 2014 Do you have a set of calipers? Electronic or otherwise? I use one for that. Or... take a piece of scrap and mark the blade height a known reference point (dead center if possible). Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewNaylor Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share #6 Posted July 28, 2014 Thank you all I have a set of digital calipers and will set to work with them but will look out for all the other methods mentioned and check out Lee Valley Andy WackoWolf 1 Quote Current Build HM Granado CC Past builds HMS Chatham CC, HM Convulsion CC, Duke William German Kit, Fair American LSS, The Wright Flyer MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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