Cross-cut sled

Mark & Juanita · 2004-05-22T05:00:40+00:00

Well, today I finally broke down and finished a cross-cut sled forthe tablesaw. This was motivated by needing more square cuts than I couldget with the miter gauge; no matter how hard I tried to adjust the gauge.This problem was really evident when cutting material for the Leigh jig. Now I'm wondering why I waited so long (OK, one reason was becauseI didn't want to take the time). The test cuts have come out to less than0.0015" over 5", which equates to less than 0.003 out of square over 12".Much better than anything I could have gotten with the miter gauge. I had built one of these several years ago using oak and plywood --the mistake I made with the original was that I made it too large -- it wasunwieldy and a pain to try to put on the saw and use. In addition, theplywood I used from Payless Cashway was not stable enough to remain flat.The new one is smaller, easily placed on the saw, and made using an MDFbase for stability. The only thing I am uncomfortable with is that I see no way toemply a splitter with a sliding table; I suspect this won't be a problem,but I'm not used to using the saw without one for through cuts.

Cross-cut sled

May 22, 2004 44 Replies

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Mark & Juanita 22 years ago

Looks like a very functional setup. I liked the through-holes for the clamps.

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bridger 22 years ago

thanks. I don't clamp everything I cut on it, but when you need to you really need to....

I use that sled for the majority of crosscuts in my shop.

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Bill 22 years ago

Can you please repost that PDF. It doesn't seem to be there anymore

Thanks,

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Bill 22 years ago

Can you repost those pics? can't seem to find them

thanks,

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B a r r y 22 years ago

I'm going to put this up soon.

My home DSL line is a test / development line, usually unrestricted at 6-8 megs. Unfortunately, tests of the latest stuff aren't going so well, so I'm stuck at 21.6 via dial up. 8^(

As soon as the DSL line is dependable, I'll add your ideas.

Thanks again! Barry

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