Martin_S
Established Member
I need to knock up a couple of sleds - one crosscut and one mitre for my old Axminster table saw.
There are lots of examples around but they all seem to fit around and in front of the blade, (so the slot for the blade runs from 'near back to front edge') which means the riving knife and guard need to be removed and then an alternate guard added as part of the sled.
I guess I am being dumb, but why can't I make a sled that sits around and behind the blade so the slot for the blade runs from 'near front to back edge' - that way I could position it around the RK and guard without the need to remove them?
Obviously with the mitre sled this could be a challenge (either ends up being a very big sled so there is enough 'unslotted' at the front to hold it all together or the mitre sits so far back it could be too short) but for the cross cut I can't see a problem?
There are lots of examples around but they all seem to fit around and in front of the blade, (so the slot for the blade runs from 'near back to front edge') which means the riving knife and guard need to be removed and then an alternate guard added as part of the sled.
I guess I am being dumb, but why can't I make a sled that sits around and behind the blade so the slot for the blade runs from 'near front to back edge' - that way I could position it around the RK and guard without the need to remove them?
Obviously with the mitre sled this could be a challenge (either ends up being a very big sled so there is enough 'unslotted' at the front to hold it all together or the mitre sits so far back it could be too short) but for the cross cut I can't see a problem?