Incra Miter Express

[ragswl4]

While Niki's crosscut sled looks very functional and accurate I find myself wondering if I want to build a single purpose sled. So I came across this while cruzing the net and wondered if anyone out there has one or knows someone who has one and either likes or dislikes it. So what's your take on this tool? All opinons appreciated. (I already have the V27 miter gauge)

[radhak]

I have never used it, not even seen it. But I have known of it for months, as a wishful-thinking.

I have used other Incra (and own the V27), have read reviews about this, and if I had the money, I'd buy it eyes-closed.

But if wishes were horses...

[Ken Massingale]

I've had the MiterExpress for about a year and have found it as precise as other Incra products. I use it primarily for sawing small pieces with precise angles and crosscutting wide stock. One of the big benefits is the extra crosscut capacity it adds. On the TS3650 I have around 24" crosscut clearance. I am fortunate enough to have received a Miter 1000SE as a gift that stays on the ME. I have a V27 that I use for my daily use miter guage, and I would have no second thoughts about using it on the ME.
The bad news is that it was on sale recently but I think that is over. Woodcraft does have the ME and 1000SE still on sale for $250.
Tom H. has a review of the ME, http://www.newwoodworker.com/reviews...expresrvu.html

[Uncle Cracker]

I bought one, but had to send it back. Not because of quality issues, but because of fitment. As you can see, two miter slots are required, one on each side of the blade, which, in and of itself, is not a problem if you have a BT and have installed two auxilliary miter slot units. The problem is that the secondary miter bar on the sled does not fall in the proper location for the dual slot setup on my BT. There are two sets of alternate attachment holes, also visible in the picture, that will change the miter bar spacing in one inch increments, but none of these was right either. I thought about drilling and countersinking a new set of holes at the correct spacing for my saw, but the new holes would have been so close to one of the existing sets that the result would likely been a single set of oval holes, and I didn't want that. Thought about gluing the miter bar to the sled, but it would have been a one-shot deal with no further adjustment possible, and I just didn't want to cobble it together that way, so I chucked the whole idea and built my own sled from scratch. That's just my solution, others may choose a different way. Certainly nothing wrong with the Incra unit if it fits your saw.

[MikeMcCoy]

I got this a couple of months ago when Amazon had it for a little under $100 shipped. I had an extra V27 that I picked up in a yard sale and it's a good combination.