How To Make A Mini Table Saw Sled

I think I'm at the end of the line for this blade I sharpened it must be I don't know ten or twelve times already and the teeth are starting to get a little bit small on there so I don't think I can get any more sharpening out of this one this video I want to make this thing right here this is my mini table saw sled I made this a while ago and I've used it in lots of videos originally when I made it I didn't think I would use it that much I did it basically on a whim I just thought you know maybe this would be handy so I made it and I've been using it ever since every time I need to make a fine cut at 90 degrees on the table saw something that would be a little bit too dangerous to do on the miter saw I do it on the table saw using this thing here I had a few people say when I made when I mention this that you know you can do that with this thing here but mine fits in a tea slot here and I find that really inconvenient also it doesn't straddle the blade like this thing does I really like that about this is that you know you have the ability to hold the part on both sides of the blade also it took no time at all to make and it's made basically from scraps I use fly wood for this one Baltic birch and that's what I would recommend but this one I'm going to make from 100% from solid wood I've got a piece of maple here and I'm going to get the entire sled from this single piece the original is 12 inches long to begin with but I cut the ends off here to work with something special I was doing on deals off but the new one I want to make that 12 inches long again so I'll just trim off the end of this piece here on the miter saw the first two parts that I'm going to make are these two runners that fit in the miter slots on the saw I got my block of wood here I'm going to rip 7/8 of an inch off the edge of that and then I can cut those down to 3/4 of an inch creeping up on the cut so that it fits nicely in the miter slot [Music] make sure there's no dust in there now that fits in the slot nicely drop it in make sure it's all the way down I'll take my freakishly short pencil and Mark on the side here where I need to cut it off [Music] I cut out the other one and after it sound the other slot like that you can cut these a bit shallower so they don't bottom out the slot but having the flusher at the top like this makes it easier assembly right now when I get the next parts cut I can glue them straight down to that without having to shim them up the next two parts that I need to make are the base and the fence part I'm going to cut both of those from this block right here I'm going to set my saw to split this down the middle into two boards and reasonably enough until it's a little past halfway I'm going to cut this in two passes [Music] the fence on the original is 2 inches tall I don't see any reason to change that so I'll make the one on the new one that width as well I got my fence set to 2 inches and I'll just cut this first piece on here I ran a bead of glue along the front edge of the base here I'm going to glue the fence to that I want to make sure that it's flush on the bottom flush on the end is important too but not critical but flush on the bottom is very important to keep these lined up I'm just going to drive a couple of nails near the end so that they're well out of the cutting path and I can just get a couple of clamps on there squeeze the tight together and wait until the glue dries I gave the glue about an hour to dry on this I've moved my fence over to use it as a guide to square actually I turn around to square this part to the thing here if that goes up tight against at the end of this is cut square so that'll make this square to the blade so to glue it on to the runners I'm going to use epoxy I've got some mixed up here I'm using epoxy for two reasons first of all it's kind of cool here in my shop and also the epoxy will set up in about 5 minutes so I'll be able to put screws in and that will help to secure these in place but I've got it all lined up and pushed up tight against the fence I just use my small square here just to check to make sure it is it looks good now all I need to do is just wait a few minutes until the epoxy sets up I gave it long enough for the epoxy to harden now I've taken it out again and what I want to do is add a screw to each side and what that will do is it'll make it tougher in case it falls on the floor is less likely to break these runners off now that that part is finished I've got just one other thing I need to do with it but I need to make the first cut before I do that if you look back at the original you can see I've got a block of plywood on here that covers where the blade comes through the back of the fence and that's a good idea for safety so I'm going to do the same thing here I made that cut so that I can line up these two blocks right over where they go and I'll glue those in place and clamp them down [Music] [Music] you [Music] you [Music]

Channel: John Heisz - I Build It

Views: 830,200

Rating: 4.9099326 out of 5

Keywords: woodworking, how to, diy, jpheisz, ibuildit, table saw sled, making, solid wood, maple wood, tablesaw

Id: KyYm15ctr9w

Length: 8min 3sec (483 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 12 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/chewychubacca]

That's effectively no more than a 90 degree miter gauge. A little more accurate since you can line up the cut with the kerf cut, but you can do the same thing by attaching a board to your miter gauge.

[u/UncleAugie]

If you already have a full size crosscut sled this might be a good addition, but as a substitute I don't think it is ideal. If you are space constrained maybe, but it might be challenging to exactly glued square.

[u/700fps]

Hello r/woodworking.

I have been throwing the idea of making a crosscut sled for quite some time now and I came across this. The youtuber uses it in a lot of his videos and it seems to be quite effective. I have an extra shelf of 3/4 inch plywood i could whip it up out of too.

Can any one think of any major disadvantages to making this as opposed to a larger crosscut slead?