Ever have one of those moments where you think "I can do that"....I did. I tried to build a new cross cut sled for the table saw and was following the video on William Ng's site. He does a great job of explaining how to get a sled to near perfection with the 5-cut method so I figured, how hard could it be? I get the maple runners cut and mounted, but it's a little sticky--a few shaves withe my scraper and it's moving pretty well. I had previously glued up a 3/4" piece of ply sandwiched by 2 1/2 inch pieces and clamped flat for the face. I squared that up on the table saw and then proceeded to cut the profile on the band saw. I get about 1 inch from the end of the cut and POP goes the bandsaw blade....ok, finish the cut by hand...done. Now, I make the cut and mount the fence as shown in the video (which is really good) and then figure out my margin of error. .00329 over 76 inches. Pretty darn good, but according to the site, I should be able to do better. SO, I follow the procedure for trying to improve.....well, long story short, I'm now at .0169 over 76 inches. So much for improvement. I tried to adjust it several more times, but it never got any better. In hind sight, I should have let the original stand, but I was fooled again by internet trickery! This is why I get so frustrated by woodworking.
I had a nice fire that night.
I had a nice fire that night.
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