I don’t have the same problems on my Harvey TB. SS miter slot must be a little different.I bought the Harvey Compass miter.. a few years back.. I dislike it, a lot. Sloppy, fence slams into the table saw top (I have a SawStop PCS), so I have to lift it up... a lot, to clear the edge, so it is useable.
The Harvey miter bar sticks, a lot, in my miter slot, no matter what I do. I feel like selling it. Overall, it only gives me, about, 10" - 11" useable space before the saw blade.
I recently bought an Incra 5000. Unfortunately, it is still in the box, but hopefully I'll be able to unpack it and put it to good use, soon. The Incra 5000 is like a shop made sled, but a lot more precise, so I've heard, once you get it dialed in from the initial setup. Might be spendy, to some, but look at the 3000, or Miter Express, etc. Incra, imo.
I guess it all depends on your budget, how accurate you want to go, if you'll be doing mostly 90 or angled...etc
Define "better"? What issues are you trying to overcome, etc with your current gauge?I feel the need for a better mitre gauge and I have been in that market for a while.
Anybody in love with a particular model ?
I too have the original Jessem Mite-R-Excel. As I understand it, they stopped making v1 because of production tolerance/accuracy issues. Some could be perfect and others, not so much. Mine was not so much until I sent it to them. It's now been hand tuned into a perfect beast, which they performed for free, even though it was well out of warranty. As I also understand it, the newer (current) version resolved the production issues and is a fine tool.Not "in love" with it, I have a Jessem, an older model I picked up at a garage sale. I still have to periodically check it for 90 and it seems to be off enough to to matter. I store it on a wall with the fence on a cleat so I don't think storage is an issue.
If it mattered enough to me and money wasn't an issue, I'd go for the Jessem.
If I just needed something better and didn't want to break the bank I'd get an Incra.