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Multitasking Tablesaw Sled

Inserts prolong the life of this jig.

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I've seen published designs for tablesaw sleds in several publications, but they all lose their accuracy eventually as the blade slot wears and widens.

My 10"-wide insert prolongs the sled's life by allowing me to replace the insert when it gets chewed up beyond repair after making bevel or dado cuts.

I took the idea a step further by giving each insert a different job. The one shown here does 45� miters, but I've also got an insert for crosscuts, one for dadoes, and even one for cutting box joints.

— William Kennedy, St. Petersburg, Fla.

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Garver873 wrote:

Im thinking the back board you guys are calling a fence is only a means of holding the insert in place. Its not a fence. front of insert slides under front board and is hooked into dowels then tighten rear knobs to secure. Someone tell me Im wrong here.

12/21/2012 09:23:27 AM Report Abuse

mitch82526480 wrote:

Wouldn't the alignment also be governed by the slot created by the side pieces of hardboard? And the T-nuts are just to hold down the fence?

12/20/2012 09:55:23 AM Report Abuse

Brian_Rosen wrote:

seems like you couldn't dial this in to have the fence square to the blade, because you are limited by the placement of the T-nuts, and the slop of the holes the knob threaded rod go through. The basic idea is very nice, but a way to hold the insert down that wasn't the back fence might be better.

12/20/2012 09:39:42 AM Report Abuse