OPR – My First Sled...

[Sherlock]

... constructed. Or under construction for the Overhead Pin Router. Went with rails vs. drilling the table per the Sawdust Session. Seems to work pretty good. Might make the rails into cleats to hold on to the table as almost slid off when moving (and parking) to the front. Using it to make Overlapped Miter Joints. Probably a better name for the joint but essentially a miter from the front and overlapped on back for the glue joint.

Worked pretty well but stock needs to be clamped flat to the sled vs. clamped to the fence like I had it. Clamps are on order. Will keep posting as I make progress. And any suggestions welcome.

[Hobbyman2]

Nice job ,,have you thought about T-track for the hold downs?


Hobbyman2

[nuhobby]

I like it! I have something pretty similar; there was a piece of dumpster-diving MDF that virtually fitted itself to my table!

Chris

[Sherlock]

Thanks guys. Think I saw your posting nuhobby for the idea and had a piece of melamine board about the right size. Clamps arrived today and the T-track too. Not sure how will attach to the aluminum fence. Not really thick enough to hold a thread and need smooth on bottom of fence. Did you have a thought there Hobbyman? Maybe I can attach some masonite where I can recess a nut for the T-track hold-down bolts. Will be a day or two before I can get back to the project. So some downtime to think about it.

Jeff

[nuhobby]

Hi Jeff,
Since many of my projects are pretty small, I've often used double-side tape with this type of sled. I did do the odd clamping job here and there also. I'm sure your ingenuity will carry the day!

Chris

[Hobbyman2]

I used a t slot bit on my fence and was considering it on a sled.

The bit seems user friendly .

I have never used the metal t track so I would only be guessing as to how it would install on thin stock.

If the sled thickness is a issue maybe gluing a piece of plywood on the bottom of the sled to increase the thickness?

Hobbyman2

[Hobbyman2]

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Here are some of what I have done with the t slot bit and the inserts

I dont want to get into the habit of any more then suggesting to some one else about a task , some times a picture is worth a 1000 words

Hobbyman2

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Here are some of what I have done with the t slot bit and the inserts

I dont want to get into the habit of any more then suggesting to some one else about a task , some times a picture is worth a 1000 words

Hobbyman2

Do you have a specific reason for why you cuts the kerf slots to the right of center? Do you have rubber bumpers on the Way Tubes?

[Hobbyman2]

I didn't really have a reason for them being off center ,,,,one the one was used at first on a steep table angle so it was probably off ,, then it ended up as a dado insert .

I do have one rubber bumper on the way tube.
My table doesn't have a scale on it for the fence,,,, so being off center hasn't been a issue .

Hobbyman2

[Sherlock]

Another operation for the Sled (and the OPR). What a machine. I can see lots of uses and that’s in a simple shop. Approaching the mortise a little differently than the Sawdust sessions with the fence to the front but lets the dust collector attachment work a little better. And lets me shim up the Shopsmith fence to level (or plumb) the vertical fence. Notice the washers! Probably a reason Nick made his own fences.

Kind of a goofy project, adapting KV Shelf hardware to wooden pegs in the Utility Room. Had some pegs on the old metal shelving units that we replaced and came up with this idea. Not finished but so far, so good. Really like the Shopsmith bandsaw for cutting them out. A few whirls and hums ’86 vintage but works well.