Table Saw Sled
Feb 18, 2021 09:35:57 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
I have one for crosscuts and one for miter cuts. I have a large Grizzley contractor style table saw that is very hard to get the table top parallel with the blade. I’m close but not exact. My sleds do better than I can do with my cheap miter gauge.
Feb 18, 2021 10:05:21 #
Walkabout08 wrote:
Worth the time to build one. Be sure to square the fence using the so called 5 cut method. You’ll be happy you did.
Right. Building one will give me an excuse to work in the garage for a while. That 5-cut method is interesting.
Feb 18, 2021 10:07:02 #
gvarner wrote:
I have one for crosscuts and one for miter cuts. I have a large Grizzley contractor style table saw that is very hard to get the table top parallel with the blade. I’m close but not exact. My sleds do better than I can do with my cheap miter gauge.
A lot of the online builders have the SawStop table saw. If they weren't so expensive (and if I was younger), I'd get one. I still have all ten fingers, but I almost removed a thumb with a Dremel.
Feb 18, 2021 11:13:01 #
Do you have any snow-covered hills down which to ride your table saw? 
Feb 18, 2021 11:35:28 #
MrMophoto
Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"
I taught woodworking and cabinet making in a public high school for ten years. We had two table saws, 16" and 10", I built sleds for both, best thing I ever did. Not only did it increase students precision, but it eliminated all kickbacks associated with crosscutting. I installed a riving knife to eliminate kickbacks when rip cutting. I didn't have an accident on either table saw for years
Feb 18, 2021 11:56:51 #
Burtzy wrote:
Do you have any snow-covered hills down which to ride your table saw?
My driveway slopes down, and when I see the UPS truck coming up the street, I spray water on it. Always good for a laugh in the winter.
Speaking of a table saw, isn't that what you would use to saw a table. A comic from yesterday made me think of that - "General Store."
Feb 18, 2021 12:14:33 #
Jerry, why don't you build two of them so you'll be fixed for the next 100 years. 
Feb 18, 2021 12:42:00 #
ecblackiii wrote:
Jerry, why don't you build two of them so you'll be fixed for the next 100 years.
100 years? Do you think I'm going to be in any shape to make another sled in 100 years? I should make three now.
Feb 18, 2021 14:17:47 #
Walkabout08 wrote:
Worth the time to build one. Be sure to square the fence using the so called 5 cut method. You’ll be happy you did.
I hate to butt in here, but what is the 5 cut method? Where could I find it described?
Thanks Jack
Feb 18, 2021 15:37:07 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm wondering if I should go to the trouble of bui... (show quote)
It it were me, I would build a lawn mower for my table saw so I could just sit around more...
Feb 18, 2021 16:48:43 #
Definitely YES. A sled was the first table saw gadget I made, nearly 30 years ago. I use it more then any other. Probably less than $10 in scrap material. Just make sure base is solid and everything is square. And you have the slot covered where saw blade exits the sled.
Feb 18, 2021 17:30:11 #
Just Shoot Me
Loc: Ithaca, NY
Go for the sled Jerry, it’ll give you something to do now and it’ll be fun to use in the summer.
Even with a Beesmeyer 50” fence on my saw I still find uses for a sled. I love making home made jigs and fixtures. Especially when they work well.
Remember he who dies with the most toys wins! (I don’t know what you win, but you win)
Ron
Even with a Beesmeyer 50” fence on my saw I still find uses for a sled. I love making home made jigs and fixtures. Especially when they work well.
Remember he who dies with the most toys wins! (I don’t know what you win, but you win)
Ron
Feb 18, 2021 19:44:35 #
Feb 18, 2021 19:49:26 #
TylerDurdensReel
Loc: Fresno Ca.
fecraly wrote:
Definitely YES. A sled was the first table saw gadget I made, nearly 30 years ago. I use it more then any other. Probably less than $10 in scrap material. Just make sure base is solid and everything is square. And you have the slot covered where saw blade exits the sled.
Yep!! This!
I built mine about 20 years ago. At the same time I built several other gadgets that I used so little I gave them away. I got a lot of my ideas looking at the Rockler catalogs I used to get.
Feb 18, 2021 21:11:38 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm wondering if I should go to the trouble of bui... (show quote)
I have found tjhat a sled makes cutting small parts much saefer.
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