Crosscut sled for the TS3550?

[AlanB]

I just picked up my new saw today. It is now assembled to the point of putting on the rails. Hope to finish tomorrow. After I make some zero clearance plate throat plates, I want to build a good crosscut sled. Can you point me to some good drawings?

Thanks for all your help up to now, great forum.

Alan

[woodenstickers]

Our resident jig master niki posted this thread a while ago that might be of interest to you. I can't wait to get a shop going at some point to use so many of the ideas on this forum. Check it out.


http://www.ridgidforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13945&highlight=sled



Eli

[artmann]

I have made several miter sleds loosely based on the one in the link below. Here are a few tips. 1) Make the base out of 1/2" rather than 3/4" plywood. You reduce the weight considerably without compromising functionality. 2) Make sure your fence is absolutely straight. That is harder to do than it looks. You will need a good straight edge and a feeler gauge to tell for sure.3) Accuracy is paramount. Do not trust your framing square when attaching the fence to the sled. Attach the fence temporarily in such a way that you can adjust it if necessary and use the 5-cut method and a set of calipers to check accuracy. You can find out how to do the 5 cut method by googling the term.

http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=86

[mattm]

I found this article at woodcraft. Looks alot better than the piece of s I made.
http://www.woodcraft.com/articles.aspx?articleid=343

[tpwade]

The highlandwoodworking sled looks good, but I don't like that the push handle is directly in line with the blade. If it breaks loose (unlikely I know) your hand is going to go directly into the blade. The blade guard helps, but without it you could be in trouble.