Start with the template for the bracing layout. One for each model.
Make a block with the x angle cut into it accurately.
Use it on the mitre guage.
Fetch 'Stick With Purposeful Lump' and clip onto mitre guage.
Align it so the blade passes through the same spot every time (yes, took a while to grock that).
Choose your spacer, made by smart people by measuring, and by trial and error by people like me. Masking tape shims are your friend.
Butt your braces against Purposeful Lump and take a cut. My mitre gauge has slop in the channel, so I make sure to always press obliquely to the left so it runs at a constant distance.
Add spacer and take second pass. Then take out the spacer and nudge the braces a bit so the blade hits the center of the notch so the height is constant.
Zippetty do dah, perfectly angled press fit x joint!
Clip spacers back onto the Purposeful Lump and stow for next time.
Takes a bit of time to make the templates and angle block for each model, but saves futzing about every time you make your x's...short term loss for long term gain.
![[headinwall]](./images/smilies/headbangwalluf8.gif "Mad")
