Well, it has taken me a while to finish this project. My shop is in the garage, which sits right underneath my son’s bedroom. Since he goes to bed at about 7:45, I usually get about an hour a day in the shop at most. But I finally got it all done. After mounting the handle, I painted a nice red stripe down the middle, about 2” on either side of the blade – just a little reminder of the danger zone. I made a blade guard to mount on the t-track, to prevent anything from geting kicked into my face by the blade. I am thinking about mounting adjustable sides to the guard as well – I’ll take a look at that tomorrow, I guess. After that I made the miter fences and the stop block and voila! A completed super sled! I can easily push it with one hand. Using the hold downs for small parts means my fingers never have to be anywhere below the top of the fence while cutting. I think I may build another one for my dad!
-- Skip, Califormia
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Viking
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#1 posted 784 days ago
Skip;
Very nice sled. Like all the built in safety features you have incorporated.
Thanks for sharing.
Good Luck!
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#2 posted 784 days ago
I patiently awaited your progress…..
and my patience was rewarded.
Nice job on the “SUPER” super sled. I like your attention to detail, ie: red painted danger zone.
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#3 posted 784 days ago
Skip, this is a great looking sled. You have tricked it out nicely. I am sure you will wonder why you did not make one of these sooner.
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#4 posted 784 days ago
well done, thanks for sharing….very nice
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#5 posted 784 days ago
Excellent work Skip. I’m sure your dad would appreciate it.
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#6 posted 784 days ago
very neat ideas here.
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#7 posted 784 days ago
Wow..I think the LEM they landed on the moon with had fewer parts and was less complicated! ;)
Nice sled..does it make you breakfast too??
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#8 posted 774 days ago
I’m actually in the process of building my super sled now and I’m going to steal the red paint idea that’s a good one… I had also considered adding the blade guard across the top, I have some plexiglass/lexan sitting around and figured this might be a good use for it… glad to see I’m not alone… One other thing I was thinking of adding was a small box on the back of the fence to keep the blade entirely covered when pushing through a cut…
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