Mitre sled for table saw

[Al Thompson]

I want to do some segmented turning. I know I will need an accurate mitre sled for cutting the segments. What I DON"T know is which one is the best of what plans I have seen out there. If I have to make one I surely want it to do what it is intended to do. Any suggestions as to a soecific plan?

Thanks to all that respond!

 

[GeorgeH]

Welcome to the forum
Check your email. I sent a plan that might work for you.

 

[KurtB]

Segmented Sled

Al,
Check out this one: http://www.aawforum.org/vbforum/showthread.php?t=5094&highlight=segmented+sled.

 

[john lucas]

Al I will try and post a photo of my sled friday. I have to be of town tonight and can't take a photo. My sled is similar to the one above but the miter guides are adjustable. I put brass pins on the back of the sled and on the miter gauge so that I can measure this distance with a long vernier caliper for repeatable settings. I do have to set it once by trial and error for each segment angle but once I have that I can go back and reset it. This allows me to do different angles accurately.

 

[Steve Cuthbert]

Hi Al
This one worked for me.
http://www.turnedwood.com/framesled.html

Regards
Steve

 

[GeorgeH]

Hi Al
This one worked for me.
http://www.turnedwood.com/framesled.html

Regards
Steve

Yep, that's a good one. Welcome to the forum, Steve.

 

[john lucas]

Here is my miter sled. The left hand jig is for the actual miter. It is adjustable and has a fine tuning adjuster. The right hand jig is adjustable for size and angle of the cut off piece. I plan to put a hold down device but so far a pencil with an eraser on the end has worked just fine.
On the detail shot you can see the fine tuning mechanism. I have installed 2 brass pins. I measure the distance between these pins once I've fine tuned the angle for perfect cuts. Then I write this distance down so I can repeat that angle if ever needed. I've built several sleds over the years and this one is my most accurate so far. I have cut 36 sided segments with this.

 

[john lucas]

oops photos didn't post.

 

[Dick Sowa]

There are a lot of good designs out there. I tried several iterations with adjustable fences, and was disappointed with repeatability. I am sure I could have tweaked them more, but since they are made from scrap wood anyway, I figured I might as well just make several sleds. Once I had them tuned up, and angles right, I screwed the fence down to the sled where it would stay rock solid. I have sleds for 8, 10, and 16 segments. Here's how mine looks LINK

 

[GeorgeH]

Hey, John, where'd you get that blade? It looks like a meat slicing blade (it's that thin is it?) and how do you stabilize it?

 

[john lucas]

George That's a thin kerf blade. I don't usually use that one for segmented work but it works great when I do use it for that. The thin cut takes less power so if you feed at the proper rate it actually gives me a better cut than my thicker blades. I've never had a really high quality blade. My local guy sharpens things so well I just keep using these.