Cross Cut Sled

john · Post by **john** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:52 pm

Does anyone use the Rockler cross cut sled with their Shopsmith?

I have been looking at what's available, and though I hate to say it, the Rockler sled looks like a better deal, as long as it can be used with the SS .

John

enyoc · Post by **enyoc** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:32 am

per the rockler site: "Requires standard miter track 3/4" w x 3/8" deep" so it probably won't work

I am still coming to grips with the proprietary size of the miter slots on the SS - what few jigs I had from my old table saw need to be modified now.

anmius · Post by **anmius** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:39 am

I use a crosscut sled for my Mark V (500) made by Appalachia Tool Works. Runners made specifically for a Shopsmith. They sell on ebay and directly through their website: http://www.appalachiatools.com/

rcf · Post by **rcf** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:23 pm

You can use the Rockler crosscut sled on your Shopsmith, IF you change out the miter track. Shopsmith miter tracks are available online, I've used them for homemade jigs, and relaced the standard track on a mortising jig with great sucess.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:58 pm

rcf wrote:You can use the Rockler crosscut sled on your Shopsmith, IF you change out the miter track. Shopsmith miter tracks are available online, I've used them for homemade jigs, and relaced the standard track on a mortising jig with great sucess.

You can certainly do that. The only task will be to redrill the Rockler table to match up with the mounting holes (screw holes) in the Shopsmith Miter Bar.

You could also make your own hardwood miter bar and attach it to the Rockler sled using the holes in the Rockler table. Then you have a 3/4" miter bar that you will need to shed.

www.rockler.com/gallery.cfm?Offerings_ID=21486&TabSelect=Details

Ignore the fact that this photo is for the cutoff table. I placed it here because it shows the crosscut sled as well as the table extension.

I'm curious though. Shopsmith makes a cross cut sled; what is there about the SS version that causes you to look elsewhere? I use the Shopsmith version and find it most satisfactory.

You could also buy a

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:31 pm

anmius wrote:I use a crosscut sled for my Mark V (500) made by Appalachia Tool Works. Runners made specifically for a Shopsmith. They sell on ebay and directly through their website: http://www.appalachiatools.com/

For what it is worth, Ed Reible (who has not recently been posting here) is also an owner of the Appalachia Sled. I believe he is quite satisfied with his.

I don't intend to speak for Ed so I will just call your attention to his review, posted earlier on this forum.

http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showthr ... Appalachia

tdubnik · Post by **tdubnik** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:43 pm

Building a very good cross cut sled yourself is really not too tough. When I picked up my new (used) Ridgid 3650, a cross cut sled was the first project I built.

I built my version of Eagle Lake Woodworking's Super Sled and it is excellent. If I built a Shopsmith version, the only thing I would do differently is to have relpaceable inserts around the kerf. The Super Sled design would make this very easy.

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:27 pm

I purchased a 520 last week with a Single Dubby sled: http://www.in-lineindustries.com/products.html This works on the Mark V tables and has very large scale markings for angle cutting too. It is in nice shape if anyone is interested in more information.

regnar · Post by **regnar** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:50 pm

For what is worth you can build some really nice sleds with t tracks. To give you an example. Bill's post with the Single Dubby sled t tracks can be purchased here for a really nice price. http://cgi.ebay.com/8020-T-Slot-Aluminu ... .m14.l1262

and for some decent t-track http://cgi.ebay.com/8020-T-Slot-Aluminu ... .m14.l1262

I have cut all of these on my miter saw and drilling is a charm. I have build everything from enclosures, entertainment system rolling rack, cnc routers. Customer service is great.

You can also cut your own tracks from UHMW for pretty cheap.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:53 pm

dusty wrote:For what it is worth, Ed Reible (who has not recently been posting here) is also an owner of the Appalachia Sled. I believe he is quite satisfied with his.

I don't intend to speak for Ed so I will just call your attention to his review, posted earlier on this forum.

http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showthr ... Appalachia

Having also purchased one I can say I am very satisfied with it. It may not be as large as some would like(Big enough for my '500'). I REALLY like the replacable(make it yourself) zero clearance insert. Only problem is they are not available all year long(seasonable/available during slow winter months).

Be advised they sell a shopsmith version with miter slot bars. The standard sled does not have ANY bars(you must add them yourself). It sells for 10$ more. It is also pre-drilled for them. Looking at their site today I see NO reference to the SS version. These folks are SS fans and I am sure they can accomodate ya if at all possible! BTW when I purchased mine, it included the mitre attachment(cost 189$).

http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Appalachia- ... QQ_armrsZ1