Today we're talking table saw sleds. It's inspired by a question from a reader/listener/viewer:
Why does every sled design I have ever come across have a bridge at the front of the sled?
I can see the need if the sled runs in just 1 track, but most designs use both tracks, which means the front of the sled should not need the bridge. I discovered this myself years ago when the piece of wood I needed to cut would not fit between the front and back bridges so I removed the front one and verified that there was no movement between the two halves of the sled. The cut was perfect.
I can see that if there is some slop between the guides and the track, the front bridge would be useful.
Comments? Thank you. Hal
We have a variety of shop-made sled designs that use one or two miter bars.
Logan also brought up the Woodpeckers Exact-90 miter gauge that we use on the TV show set and he has in his shop.
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