Pro tip: my miter saw fence drifted a quarter inch after I moved my shop to a colder garage last winter.

I shimmed it with a strip of brass from an old hinge and now it's been solid for eight months, but has anyone found a more permanent fix for this kind of seasonal shift?

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lopez.elliot12d ago

Isn't it wild how much a little temperature change can throw everything off? I had the same exact thing happen with my table saw fence in an unheated shed. I ended up drilling and tapping a couple of set screws into the fence base so I could tweak it back, but your hinge shim fix is pretty clever. Honestly, if it's been solid for eight months, that sounds pretty permanent to me.

caseywest12d ago

Pretty permanent" is a stretch for a brass shim. That's a band-aid fix for a problem with the saw itself. You should adjust the actual fence mounting points or get a better saw that doesn't warp with the weather.