Coping Sled

[George Bokros]

What coping sled do you use?
What do you like about it?
Would you buy again? If not which would buy?

I am considering the professional one from Infinity Tools.

Thanks.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

George,

The Infinity appears to be a great coping sled.

I bought this one from Rockler http://www.rockler.com/rockler-rail-coping-jig. It's okay for the limited number of times I have used.

[Mac Cambra]

I have the Woodpeckers sled, its very nice, safe. Check it out at https://www.incrementaltools.com/Pro...de=WPCOPESLED1 .

[Rick Thompson34]

Many folks will malign you for considering purchasing one instead of making it yourself, but if you have the funds I don't think you'd go wrong with the Infinity.

[George Bokros]

I have the Woodpeckers sled, its very nice, safe. Check it out at https://www.incrementaltools.com/Pro...de=WPCOPESLED1 .

The Woodpecker sled would be my second choice for an upgrade to the Eagle America one I have now.

[pat warner]

Made one (NSF) that can handle stock in both directions. Moreover, robust enough to handle plastic, aluminum and wood.
Could not find anything that could stand the stress, rigor & work-isolation so necessary for these imposing x-cuts.

[glenn bradley]

Shop made:

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[Jack Lemley]

I have the pro version from Infinity and really like it. I have had for 6 or 7 years. The new one with the aluminum guide blocks and bessey clamps would be very nice indeed.

Jack

[Kevin Jenness]

I use a simple shop made one. 3/4" melamine coated particleboard with sandpaper on the top surface, aluminum runner, wood backup fence and a DeStaco clamp. Out of pocket cost less than $20. One thing that really helps with consistency is a vertical featherboard that bears on the workpiece and pushes it and the sled down onto the shaper table while making the cut.

[Ole Anderson]

Home made one here too (hmm, need to take another pic, this one is missing the push handle???):

[Tom M King]

Most of the time it's probably best to have one that lets the piece ride on the tabletop, but sometimes it has to ride on top of a sled. I just keep some clamps around for the purpose, and cobble something together for a specific use.

[scott vroom]

I've got the Woodpeckers. The star knob hold downs are a PITA when doing any kind of volume work......too much time turning 2 knobs to tighten and loosen repeatedly. My next one will use DeStaCos.

[William C Rogers]

I have the same one as Ken (Rockler). I also have the Sam opinion as Ken, it's ok. However when I changed to the Somerfield matched bits it wasn't useful in taking advantage of their system. I don't use it any more. I now have an extra wide push block that works very well and don't really need it anymore.

[Richard McComas]

I use the copping sled from Weaver on my Delta 3hp shaper. It does require a miter slot on the table. It's quick and easy to use. No clamps to fiddle with. Stock is held in place with hand pressure.

http://www.weaver-sales.com/manual-tenon-jig.htm

[Michael Heffernan]

I have the Infinity Pro coping sled. IMO, it's a great sled. The toggle clamps make it easy to cope a small production run, as opposed to screw down clamps. You can use it sliding against your table fence or in the miter slot with the optional miter bar. I bought it years ago and it included the miter bar in the package. Now it's an accessory. I recently upgraded it to the new aluminum blocks that the new version comes with. Solid as a rock. I run it in my miter slot on my Incra router table. With the Freud Quadra Cut rail and stile bits, I get perfect cope and stick joints.