Mike Shields
12-06-2013, 7:30 PM
Has anyone modified their Miter 5000 to be a single sled, instead of cutting one side off?
Mine is sitting on the floor of the family room in front of me, while I await my new saw. I (apparently) have too much time to think about the sled installation. My thoughts are not cutting the sled into 2 pieces, but attach wood supports front and back, like a normal crosscut sled. This (should) allow greater sled accuracy/control by using both miter slots.
The only implication I see is that the back support has to be short enough not to interfere with the miter and fence. May also have to replace the light weight aluminum bar (for the right side table) with a standard steel miter bar.
Please answer quickly before I turn this thing into a flux capacitor!
Mine is sitting on the floor of the family room in front of me, while I await my new saw. I (apparently) have too much time to think about the sled installation. My thoughts are not cutting the sled into 2 pieces, but attach wood supports front and back, like a normal crosscut sled. This (should) allow greater sled accuracy/control by using both miter slots.
The only implication I see is that the back support has to be short enough not to interfere with the miter and fence. May also have to replace the light weight aluminum bar (for the right side table) with a standard steel miter bar.
Please answer quickly before I turn this thing into a flux capacitor!