I reviewed a pile of table-saw miter gauges in FWW #306, and I wish this new model from Woodpeckers had been available then, as it would have ranked with the best for top honors. It not only includes every feature I value in a miter gauge, but it also performed as well as any I have tried.

First, the head indexes with a very solid pin system that allows no significant wobble, meaning it will cut perfect miters at 45°, for example, and then swivel back to a perfect 90° every time. Mine showed up perfectly calibrated for accurate cuts, but the angle settings are easily adjustable if they shift at some point. I especially love how the head swivels freely as soon as you unlock the clamp handle. Push down the spring-loaded pin to lock in the angle you need, tighten the clamp handle, and you are ready to go again.

It’s important to be able to add a sacrificial board to your gauge to allow it to make zero-clearance cuts, and the Woodpeckers gauge gives you two great ways to do that. It comes with a rabbeted MDF block attached to one end, which serves the purpose well. When that block gets blown out and you don’t want to make another, simply attach a full piece of MDF to the front of the gauge and shift the flip stop forward on the fence to accommodate the additional 3/4-in. layer of material.

The flip stop is excellent, by the way, with a handy micro-adjuster, no wobble, and a little tab that fits into the front of the fence to stop the tips of pointy miter cuts from sliding past (photo above). The stop also slides smoothly onto the fence extension, which can be pulled out to index crosscuts as long as 31 in. I love the little bolt that stops the extension bar from falling out of the fence, a common problem with other gauges. The product engineers thought of everything on this excellent accessory, and it’s a bargain at $180.

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