Crosscut Sled

Nice video David. I like the sled – looks like a well designed and built. I particularly appreciate the simplicity of the rear fence adjustment mechanism. Thanks for sharing.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

really great. Excellent project

-- making sawdust....

Thanks for the post, David. I have one of these on my to-do list but will wait until I upgrade my saw later on this year. But you can be sure I will “borrow” some of your ideas.

Thanks for the inspiration.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Nice sled and nice video, David. It’s real similar to the one I have . Mine is 36×40.

-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon

David, thanks for the post. Much better design than the mitre sled I made.

-- Ron,R.A.Shepard Woodworking,Massachusetts

thanks for the post david , you do the best vids . thats a great sled . thx

Nice sled. I like the adjustable fence with t-slot feature.
Thanks.

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Guys -

Thanks for the kind comments.

Thos. Angle – I would love a 36×40 sled! Perhaps in the near future . . .

David

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David;

As always, your work is impressive!

Very nice.

Lee

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Good to see you again Dave.

This is a nice sled design.

I don’t have one here but I made one for my brother’s shop in Ohio. They are a nice tool to have.

It is amazing how much space they can take up when not in use!

Thanks for the hard work you put into videos. I know what this is like first-hand now and appreciate your efforts even more.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

Nice job Dave.
Just one question though.
Why would one want an adjustable rear fence?
I had thought that once built, that it should pretty much stay at 90° ?

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Forgot to mention, it looks like you got a new dust collector. I love the 1 micron filtration canisters. They are much better than the bags no matter what rating.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

Lee, Todd & Bob -

Always good to hear from you guys!

Bob, good question about the adjustable fence. I did a fair amount of research before committing on the final design. I think I got the adjustability concept from an article Gary Rogowski published in FWW. It made a lot of sense to me in terms of initial adjustment to square and subsequent adjustment if knocked out of square. Knowing that I am not the most graceful guy, I figured that would be a good feature in my shop. Hopefully it doesn’t get knocked around very much and always stays in square . . . but I do have an ace up my sleeve just in case!

Todd, the whole idea behind adding something bigger to my shop is to have a basis to lobby for MORE room from Beth (My Commander-In _Chief)!

Thanks guys!

David

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Hey David,
That’s probably a good way to go for guys like me who re adjusted his last fence 4 times before he got it to 90° any way . <g>

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Great project Dave – as always you did a fine job showing the sled and I love the features of the
adjustable rear fence. Wish I would of saw this before I built mine.

-- "Have you hugged your pet today?" ---------- Larry