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I've been wanting to make a dedicated miter sled for the table saw for a long time. Finally got around to it. Made of some scrap 3/4" fir plywood and some reclaimed birch 2×4's, this sled can handle boards up to 16" wide. It is dead flat to the table and the blade set at a perfect 45 degrees measured with my Wixey tilt box. The runner is a scrap of wenge glued and screwed to fit tightly in the miter slot. I secured the fence with a screw on the right end and then made an elongated slot on the left end. Some slight adjustments to get the fence to a perfect 90 degrees to the blade. Works terrific! I used a scrap of bloodwood to remind me where NOT to put my hand as I push the sled thru the cut! :)
Thanks for looking and comments welcome!

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nice addition to your shop…having only one runner does it feel secure?...
 

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Thanks guys. Jeff, it feels very secure as long as the runner is tight in the slot, which it is.
You never want two runners. If your table slots are not perfectly parrallel, even out by a couple thousandths of an inch, you will never be able to push your sled thru.
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Very good jig for making perfect corners on boxes. I made a similar jig awhile back and found I was unable to hold the piece being cut securely enough every pass and a slight shift while cutting meant dimensions are revisited. So I added a few clamps to hold the piece securely each pass. This jig makes fantastic 45 deg cuts.



 

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Great idea. I have to make one of these. 45 degree cuts with a miter gauge make me very nervous
 

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Great build - if you were to flip this around you might be able to also run a 90 degree miter as well and get double use from a single sled.

Cheers!

-bob
 

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Great ideas.
I made a similar sled but within a couple of weeks others in the shop used it with a blade not set to 45 and ruined the cuts.
Ah the foibles of a shared shop.
Nicely done..
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Would someone educate me as to why this is beneficial? I am not being condescending, I just really don't understand, and would like to learn.

I see the point in having a sled, but if this table saw isn't solely used for making 45's with this sled, wouldn't you have to set the blade each time you wanted to use it? And couldn't you use the same sled regardless of what angle you were cutting? (I have not made a sled yet, which is why I need some edge-ah-ma-cation).
 
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