Links to supporting videos: 1. Check alignment of blade and table:
2. Set table saw fence precisely to cut snug runners:
3. Make an accurate crosscut sled, as used in video:
4. Make the infeed support shown in video:
5. Make a Jig to cut slots in corners for splines:
6. Add auxiliary table saw fence to support jig:
My old sleds did not fit on new table saw, so I gave my old sleds to the guy who bought the old saw, and set out to make new sleds. Did some research on best practices in table saw sled construction, and found some great ideas that were new to me, and also came up with some ideas of my own. But I did not find an instruction that pulled together all the great ideas. Therefore made this video showing how to easily make a very precise crosscut sled.
Some features incorporated in this design are:
1. Make a perfect right angle triangle of MDF, to be glued to the base, and then use that as a guide to set the fences perfectly. Orient the MDF triangle for perfect 45 degree cuts using a new method shown in the video.
2. Threaded inserts in the miter fences, allow auxiliary fences to be bolted on. Long auxiliary fences for long pieces, and special auxiliary fences for making precise picture frames without measuring.
3. Miter sleds fall off the front to the table saw when they are pulled away from the blade. To address this problem I made a narrow clip-on infeed support that stops the sled from falling, but still allows my body to move up to the saw.
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