My table saw is a 1947 Delta Uni and is extremely accurate.  I had been using a digital Craftsman miter and it did the job well but I wanted to upgrade my miter.  I looked at several Incra models as well as the new Kreg KMS7102 and after reading the Kreg reviews, I opted to buy it.  The pricing wasn’t hateful at $140 and I was hoping that it would be as accurate and repeatable as promised.

The assembly took about 20 minutes and wasn’t rocket science.  There are 5 adjustable nylon set screws that you tension the slide in the miter slot to get a nice tight but movable fit.  In my mind, the best option on this miter is a flip down stop that really makes short work of accurate and repeatable pieces.  I cut 4 3” pieces of oak off the stop and checked the lengths of all four with a digital caliper.  There was only .006 difference in the length of all four.  I can live with that.  The angle of the miter cuts is set with a pin that drops into a pilot hole.  That is, you turn the miter to say 45 degrees, slip the pin in the pilot to secure the position and the lock down the miter.  I cut a 22.5 and a 45 and checked them with a digital protractor.  Both angles were spot on.

The only potential negative that I can see is that you must be careful not to lose the brass locking pin.  Or buy a spare.

My final word on the miter is that it proves to be as good as the reviews and it is made in the USA.  Another plus.

Ron did you check to see how hard it is to get an accurate angle that is in between the pins ?

Thanks for the review. That looks like a well made and thought out miter gauge.

Kreg has good tools.

Herb

1 hour ago, Ron Dudelston said:

The only potential negative that I can see is that you must be careful not to lose the brass locking pin.  Or buy a spare.

Drill a hole through the head or on top and tether it to the miter gauge base. Use small gauge, stranded, coated wire or small gauge, plastic coated wire rope with closed end wire terminals for the attaching points.

 

BTW, nice review and thanks for the pictures and taking time post. Kreg continues to make specialty tools more affordable.

5 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Drill a hole through the head or on top and tether it to the miter gauge base. Use small gauge, stranded, coated wire or small gauge, plastic coated wire rope with closed end wire terminals for the attaching points.

 

I seriously thought about it, Dave.  Experience speaking?

37 minutes ago, Dadio said:

Ron did you check to see how hard it is to get an accurate angle that is in between the pins ?

Thanks for the review. That looks like a well made and thought out miter gauge.

Kreg has good tools.

Herb

Not yet, Herb.  I will though. 

3 minutes ago, Ron Dudelston said:

I seriously thought about it, Dave.  Experience speaking?

VOE...not with this but other items that have small, easily lost, pins.

1 hour ago, Ron Dudelston said:

Not yet, Herb.  I will though. 

I see it does have an adjustable scale on the back to fine tune the angle scale on the gauge.

Herb

I've owned one for close to 15 years. Have never lost the pin. I used to check it with my miterset every so often. It was always dead on. So I quit checking. The only gripe I have with mine is that the stop is sloppy. 

 Thanks for the review Ron.

5 hours ago, Dadio said:

Ron did you check to see how hard it is to get an accurate angle that is in between the pins ?

I assume the handle tightens to hold the angle in place, my question would be does the twisting of the handle cause it to move of the mark?

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

I've owned one for close to 15 years. Have never lost the pin. I used to check it with my miterset every so often. It was always dead on. So I quit checking. The only gripe I have with mine is that the stop is sloppy. 

The stop for the pin or the stop on the fence?

1 minute ago, DuckSoup said:

 Thanks for the review Ron.

I assume the handle tightens to hold the angle in place, my question would be does the twisting of the handle cause it to move of the mark?

Doesn’t seem to.  There’s a nylon washer there so there’s little friction.

8 hours ago, Ron Dudelston said:

The only potential negative that I can see is that you must be careful not to lose the brass locking pin.

Another idea for you.  Get some round magnets.  Epoxy one to the top of the brass pin, and the other somewhere on the miter itself since it is aluminum.  

11 hours ago, Ron Dudelston said:

The stop for the pin or the stop on the fence?

The fence stop. The swinging part moves about 1/16th. 

1 hour ago, Gene Howe said:

The fence stop. The swinging part moves about 1/16th. 

Sounds like the nylon bushings are worn.

1 minute ago, Ron Dudelston said:

Sounds like the nylon bushings are worn.

It's been sloppy since day one. It's one of their very first ones. I'll have to look but, I don't think it has bushings. It's no biggie. I seldom do repetitive cuts with it. When I do, it's easy to compensate. And, I don't ever use the scale. 

17 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

I've owned one for close to 15 years. Have never lost the pin. I used to check it with my miterset every so often. It was always dead on. So I quit checking. The only gripe I have with mine is that the stop is sloppy. 

 

I've owned mine for the same amount of time or longer and love it.  The stop has a bolt to pivot on and a lock nut to take any slop out.  I dropped a piece of plywood on top of a running blade and the miter gauge took the hit for me.  Bent the slide bar.  Called Kreg to buy a new bar and they said no problem and sent one out to me for "FREE".  Great company.  I like the light weight of it too.

12 hours ago, HandyDan said:

Called Kreg to buy a new bar and they said no problem and sent one out to me for "FREE".  Great company.

I agree.  Went to the Woodworking Show in Atlanta just after I got home from Iraq.  Had my jacket on and the Kreg guy (name was Dan I forget the last name at the moment)walks up to me, shakes my hand and looks at the brace on my arm.  Asks how bad it was, I told him pins in arm and wrist.  He asks, but you lived.  Of course, now the other guys no so much I told him.  We laughed.  I had a pocket hole set I had picked up to purchase.  Walks me over to check me out and says, "It's on us, welcome home Marine."