I made a bunch of Joints!

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Built out of a 5x5 sheet of Baltic Birch ply about three months ago. The fence and T-track are made by Kreg. I made it because I wanted my 8 year old to be able to help me cut some things without giving me a heart attack. However, I wish I had built it 20 years ago. It's fast, repeatable, accurate, and lets me safely cross-cut much larger stock. But it really shines in letting me work safely with really small parts that would be better cut by the bandsaw I don't have. I just googled 'crosscut sled' and mostly followed the one built by King Woodworking on their YouTube channel, though I added the dust collection port on the blade guard block.


I rounded mine off and stenciled in huge warning signs to minimize the possibility of my kid getting splinters or running his hands into the saw blade. But they don't have to be that much effort. All you really need is two flat surfaces 90 degrees to the blade and each other. The back fence doesn't matter at all. A simple cross-cut sled set up right can make one as accurate with a $100 Harbor Freight table saw as I am with my $3K Sawstop.

Thanks. I made extensions for the crosscut/mitre gauge that came with my saw (a $500 Dewalt large portable), but it's not always accurate enough 90* cuts for some things.

I'd also like to build an extension for cutting larger pieces, instead of trying to drag them on the rip fence while using the crosscut mitre gauge starting off table.