Miter Sleds

[Mike Leonard]

I have been looking at miter sleds. The candidates are Incra Miter 5000, Jointech Smartmiter, and Dubby. Would like recommendations from anyone that has used any one of these. The pros, cons, likes, dislikes, whatever. Is there another sled worth mentioning that I haven't considered?

Thanks
Mike

[John Wadsworth]

Mike,

I've had the Jointech Smartmiter for about a year now and use it quite a bit. The fence is solid, and the angle geometry is clever--you don't have to re-zero when changing angles. There's a video on the website.

Drawbacks are those associated with sleds--loss of cut depth, a clunky ride for the overarm saw guard, and no use if any bevel is needed.

Happy 2004,

JW

[Halsey MCCombs]

Had the Dubby sold it and now have the Smartmiter which Iam very happy with. Halsey

[David LaRue]

I have both the right and left side Dubby and really like them. I have a Incra Mitre, but not the 5000. I've looked at the JoinTech a show and talked to the inventor. A nice feat of engineering, but already had the Dubby, and have been happy with the it.

Dave

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[Dennis Peacock]

Mike,

I've tried the Incra, but not the 5000.....I tried a couple of others to include a home-made version. I bought the Jointech Smartmiter just over a year ago and have been sold on the smartmiter ever since. In my opinion...there ain't no other choice but the smartmiter. Easy to setup and a dream to use and operate. Accuracy is dead-on......

[Steve Powell]

I don't have either but during my research into the INCRA TS-LS system I ran into this and thought it might help. It is a very detailed review of the Dubby cutoff.


http://thewoodshop.20m.com/dubby.htm

[Chris DiCiaccio]

I have been looking at miter sleds. The candidates are Incra Miter 5000, Jointech Smartmiter, and Dubby. Would like recommendations from anyone that has used any one of these. The pros, cons, likes, dislikes, whatever. Is there another sled worth mentioning that I haven't considered?

Thanks
Mike

I have the Incra 5000 sled and really like it. Look real close at the attachments and accessories. You can cut bevels on it with an additional strip and you can also get the zero clearance fence to do bevels.

[Lloyd Robins]

Just to throw another brand in, I have the Delta, and while it is very heavy, it works well.

[Warren White]

I am not an expert woodworker, but I have the Jointech and have been very pleased with it. I have made three multi-sided mirror frames with it (one 8 sided and two 6 sided) and they were dead on. Since it sits to the left of the blade, at least on my saw (Delta right tile Unisaw) you can't use it to dado unless you change the setting of the slide. Perhaps on the left tilt it wouldn't be a problem (if the dado stack is referenced in the other direction).

The video is a lot of help; well done. I wasn't comfortable using a dollar bill to set the spacing, so I used a feeler guage.

As mentioned, you do lose some depth of cut. I also have the companion piece that goes on the other side of the blade to keep from having the piece tear as it falls away from the blade.

I really like the clamp that comes with it for clamping up and safely cutting small pieces.

[Ken Salisbury]

I have the Joint Tech Smart Miter and think it is a superior product. I did a short review which is on my web site: Smart Miter Review

[Halsey MCCombs]

I have the left tilt unisaw and the dado works fine with the smartmiter another plus .Halsey

[Charles McKinley]

Another vote for the Smartmiter! I really like it.

[Ken Robb]

I was at the Baltimore WW show today & watched demonstrations of all 3 miter sleds ( Incra, Jointech, & Drubby). From my observations the Drubby was the easiest to set up and use. I didn't buy one due to spending too much on other items, but it's on my short list of new tools.

[Mike Leonard]

Thanks to everyone for the responses. It looks like a lot of you are happy with the Smartmiter. Those endoresemnts are hard to beat.

Thanks again.
Mike