Mark Marzluf
09-13-2006, 10:17 AM
Here's another item I'd like to share with others here. This is my current crosscut sled.
My previous one was the typical 2X4 on ply. After using it for a couple years, I had gathered a "features list" of things I would like my new sled to have. That included the ability to use the sled for dados without loosing the ZCI aspect.
Here's what I came up with. The sled is made like many others. The base is 1/2" MDF with a laminate top. The runners are white oak, and the fence and inserts are all leftover Brazilian Cherry flooring. I included an Incra positioner to the fence for the stop block and a rockler hold down for the base..
My biggest goal was to include the "inserts" that make a ZCI for a few common dado stacks. The inserts are held in place with a couple of dowel pins that go through the fences and into the inserts. Before those were added, the inserts had a tendancy to pull into the blade. Now they don't move at all.
As always, thanks for taking a look at my little ww world....
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/791874/1553822/128035884.jpg
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/791874/1553822/128035892.jpg
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/791874/1553822/128038007.jpg
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/791874/1553822/128035887.jpg
My previous one was the typical 2X4 on ply. After using it for a couple years, I had gathered a "features list" of things I would like my new sled to have. That included the ability to use the sled for dados without loosing the ZCI aspect.
Here's what I came up with. The sled is made like many others. The base is 1/2" MDF with a laminate top. The runners are white oak, and the fence and inserts are all leftover Brazilian Cherry flooring. I included an Incra positioner to the fence for the stop block and a rockler hold down for the base..
My biggest goal was to include the "inserts" that make a ZCI for a few common dado stacks. The inserts are held in place with a couple of dowel pins that go through the fences and into the inserts. Before those were added, the inserts had a tendancy to pull into the blade. Now they don't move at all.
As always, thanks for taking a look at my little ww world....
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/791874/1553822/128035884.jpg
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/791874/1553822/128035892.jpg
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/791874/1553822/128038007.jpg
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL96/791874/1553822/128035887.jpg