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I needed a larger sled for the SS for an uocoming piece and have been annoyed with my existing sled due to the lack of an ZCI insert. So today it
was build a new sled day. It is done except for the five cut adjustment.
Paul

Excellent work as usual for you, Paul.

Is that permanent or do you remove it for the other SS operations? It must weight a ton...

It is mostly permanent. That SS stays set up in that mode 99% of the time. It has the Incra fence on it so once in a while when I need to set up a second TS operation I will take it off but that is not very often. I use it daily as a cut off saw. I cannibalized an Incra 5000 miter sled for the fence to give an accurate cut off fence. My workbench is about 4' directly behind that machine so if needed I can slide it off onto the workbench. I knew it would be heavy but I wanted it to have a 1" thick base for jig set up purposes. I laminated two pieces of 1/2" ply together on the workbench so it is very flat and stable. I lost a little depth of cut but it will still cut 8/4 material and that will suffice. My only regret is that that is not my PP machine so for thick hardwoods it is a little under powered. For those instances I have a sled for my big TS but that is also not very often. Most of the time I am cutting ply or 4/4 wood and it has plenty of power for that.
Paul