Another Question Guys:

That’s the way most commercial sleds work

-- Gary, DeKalb Texas only 4 miles from the mill

I would say it depends on a couple things are you cutting a large area like the corners of a box or are you cutting in picture frame type thickness . If you are cutting it in a sled flat like the corners of a small box you well need to know if your blade is exactly 45 degrees to the table to get precise cuts if you are cutting on edge like a picture frame you need to know your sled is dead on at 45 degrees and that your blade is perfectly 90 degrees. in both cases having a digital gauge to check your test piece and or your blade will make the difference as far as angle goes The zero clearance part has to do with if you have to make an additional cut to Aline your jig after you have made the initial cut for your test cut so your sled is zero clearance. The other part of the equation is if you make your sled large enough to catch the small pieces as there cut so they don’t end up getting caught in the blade. All that sounds pretty confusing but I hope that makes some sense to you.

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