no runners for table saw sled

If the sides of the table top are not parallel, add some hardwood strips to the sides and shim them so that you have true parallel sides. Now make a sled with cleats that hang down on each side and ride snug on the strips you added. Square up a front and back fence and you are in business. Take off and store that sliding table.

-- Nils, So. Central MI. Wood is honest.Take the effort to understand what it has to tell you before you try to change it.

thanks oluf i never tough of using the sides of the table
that makes good sense

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Or if you dont mind losing a little depth of your cut you can make an entirely new top out of ply or mdf with a miter slot. Ive seen a lot of old table saws set up like that when the original tables were super small.

-- "there aren’t many hand tools as awe-inspiring as the #8 jointer. I mean, it just reeks of cast iron heft and hubris" - Smitty

I believe this is what Oluf is talking about. If it fits tight at the edges, it should work o.k.

-- I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you. I'm sorry,thanks.

I have a student that had the same problem ,I just suggested he take a piece of 3/4 ply and put a couple groves in it like most table saws miter grooves and clamp it to his table saw top and then make a sled to match the grooves, He said it worked like a charm.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

hey thanks randy for the photo
i see what you mean about the edge of the table
so many ideas now witch one is best

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http://woodgears.ca/reader/contreras/index.html IN THIS LINK YOU WILL SEE HOW DID THIS SPANISH CARPENTER BUILT THIS SLIDE TABLE ;-)

-- KOVA, EL CARPINTERO DEL PUEBLO https://www.facebook.com/pages/El-Carpintero-Del-Pueblo/148976618479733

thanks kova wow you put some work in to that project that’s is unverifiable you turned a circler saw into a table saw
well done

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THANKS FRIEND: BUT THE PICTURE IS OF A CIRCULAR SAW PLACED ON A TABLE, I USE A TABLE SAW AND BETTER IT WORK SURFACE:http://lumberjocks.com/projects/64114

-- KOVA, EL CARPINTERO DEL PUEBLO https://www.facebook.com/pages/El-Carpintero-Del-Pueblo/148976618479733