Showing 41 through 60 out of 88 articles containing "table saw sled"
Crosscutting — What Saw Works Best?
…table saw, and while tuning and calibration can get your miter saw cutting on-angle again, I still have to give accuracy to the table saw. Few things 64 • Woodsmith / No. 260 { Specific crosscutting sleds… consistent cuts, but the table saw will take more initial set up. I consider a crosscut sled a necessity for the table saw. Not only does it …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 260
April 2022
Miter Saw Tune-Up
… sake, the saw above is my choice here. The second type of cut is a precise one. When cutting a board to final length, I prefer a crosscut sled at the table saw. I may be a bit biased, but I find the stationary blade provides far more accuracy than my sliding compound miter saw. However, there …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 270
December 2023
Tips & Techniques
…. To cut the diagonal groove, I mounted the base top side clown on a plywood sled. Then I cut the slot with a dado blade, see Fig. 2. The arm is cut … cutting quick, accurate notches using the table saw and the radial ami saw. Tom Kolar of Lafayette, California suggested cutting the beveled notches on a table saw. To do this, start by …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 78
December 1991
Ripping Tips
…the miter gauge slot on the table. This way, the table saw is ready for < Check Blade. To check the blade to the table, first place a square in the …sled. Then rip the edge with the sled riding against the rip fence. (This technique also works for rough stock with no straight edges.) a. Ripping Thin Strips Creating thin strips on the table saw…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 120
December 1998
Shop Notes
…no problem when using a hand-held router and an edge guide. Bevel Ripping on the Table Saw Most 45° cuts are crosscuts, so I use a miter gauge to support the piece. But the…blade tilted away from the fence, but I carpet tape it to a hardboard sled to lift the point off the table, see Fig. 2. With a wide piece, I make both cuts with the blade tilted…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 128
April 2000
Shop Notes
…SHOP SHOP NOTES Raised Panel Sled for Table Saw In the past when I’ve cut raised panels on the table saw, I simply added a tall auxiliary fence to the rip … a crosscut sled on the table saw, and a circular saw blade makes a pretty rough cut. So I came up with a different technique for crosscutting a long, wide piece on the table saw. RUNNERS . …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 140
April 2002
Ripping Thin Strips
…off the saw as identical pieces. And the most important step before you make a cut, is to set up your table saw for optimum performance. on tuning up your table saw, see the…of blade SECOND: Fit workpiece in notch formed by cleat THIRD: Push workpiece and sled through saw blade Rip fence 3 4 Push Block a. Size block so sides fit snug on …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 179
October 2008
Shop Notebook
… making the cuts. To do this, I used a simple V-groove sled like the one shown in the margin at right. MAKING THE SLED. The sled is made out of a 24"-long piece of “two… base of the V-groove, as shown in Figure 2. Leg Raised Panels on Table Saw The raised panels of the coffee table on page 20 have a shallow cove around all four edges. Rather than…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 189
June 2010
Shop Notebook
… Since a table saw can’t make this cut with the parts lying flat on the table, I came up with this jig to hold the pieces vertically. As you can see, the sled … Cutting the slots requires a sled that carries the assemblies through the table saw blade at the proper angle. The sled shown at right fills the bill. The sled consists of a base that rides…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 201
June 2012
Shop Notes
…ll first need to raise the table saw blade to the final cove height (5⁄16" in this case, Figure 1). Then place tape on the saw table where it contacts the teeth…#/4" plywood. Top is !/4" hardboard Top 22 1 4!/8 Top 20 Base Mullion 3!/2 TOP VIEW NOTE: Sled is #/4" plywood. Fence and stop are #/4"-thick hardwood 48 9° 8 Stop 6 12 2 Lumber Cart…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 228
December 2016
Tips & Techniques
…. After planing the dowels to the proper thickness, I pried them off the sled and trimmed them to final length. Steven Davey Ellicott City, Maryland Woodsmith.com/…by email each and every week. Table Saw Accessory Cabinet I recently upgraded from my contractor’s saw to a cabinet saw. I love how smooth the saw runs. There was just one downside …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 229
February 2017
Tips & Techniques
…com • 7 1 2 { With the sled assembled except for the fence. Attach a scrap of plywood to the base of the sled with double-sided tape. { At the table saw, make a pass … pieces. Hassle-Free Crosscut Sled Setup When making my crosscut sled, I was having problems squaring the sled fence to the blade of my table saw. Things kept shifting slightly …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 230
April 2017
Making Round Cuts
… cut a large, round workpiece on the table saw, start by using a sled with a pivot pin to trim the corners of the blank. Then, carefully rotate the blank … you can extend the useful range of your table saw. W Woodsmith.com • 63 Stop blocks attached with double-sided tape { Creating round tenons on the table saw is easy using a jig that cradles the…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 246
December 2019
Hybrid Dovetails
…both faces of the piece. SLED. You’ll need to build a simple sled to hold the workpiece upright on the router table. It’s just a base that rides on the table glued to a vertical …can always remove more during the fitting.) After you’ve completed the saw cuts, head back to the router table. This time, you’ll need a straight bit in the router. You’…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 202
August 2012
Tips & Techniques
…. I found a way to achieve this using my table saw. I just tape the two mating pieces of veneer on a table saw sled with the edges overlapped. Then I tape them to …to table saw sled 80-tooth blade Countertop connector (Lee Valley 00S12.01) Reinforced Miters Miter joints are an old standby for project parts like picture frames or table edging…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 204
December 2012
Tips & Techniques
… The trouble with using the table saw is that it takes eight individual cuts to complete one frame. To solve this problem, I made the table saw sled shown above. It reduces the number of passes needed to make one frame from eight to three. SLED DETAILS. As you can see in the drawing on the opposite page, the sled…Read More
