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("Sticking with Hid e Glue") got his start as a luthier, making dulcimers and gUitars. Nowadays, he spends much of his spare time restoring his Victorian house in West Milton, Ohio, and building Arts­ and-Crafts style furniture. He also trains dogs for people who are hearing-impaired. ("Large Moldings from Small Parts") migrated to cabinetmaking from an earlier career in an architectural office. He builds interiors and provides millwork for the rich and famous in southwestern Connecticut. John West

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of precious object makers out there

piece of plywood that extends slightly

job without a positive stop for the sled. I

spending too much time making things

beyond the saw fence. I bolt a stop to the

see no problem in building it this way,

that aren't overly useful, that are too

saw-table edge and glue one on the

but with a high enough rear fence, I don't

fragile to let your kids near or to set a

underside of the sled.

think it's necessary. The sled I built in the article was

I align my saw fence by fastening

glass on. Pieces that gather dust. You'll hear, "Oh, it's an unsophisticated market

it witll a single screw to the plywood at

and populace that doesn't want our stuff."

one end, clamping the otller and then

crosscut longer pieces, a different sled

Phony saints and martyrs.

cutting a good sized piece of 'I.-in.

would probably work better. Personally,

designed for cutting small parts. To

plywood, first from one side of the blade

however, I don't think the tablesaw is the

work for him, and the stuff is good. He's

and then the other. I adjust each time

tool I would choose for crosscutting a

deservedly making a fortune.

until I have a perfect 90° cut. Of course,

long board no matter how wide the sled.

Moser found a way to make the market

the fence should be square to the

-Anthony Guidice, St. Louis, Mo.

Many woodworkers cut a dust­ collection slot where he suggests: at the

plywood vertically. The sled article had flaws-The

base of the rear fence. I prefer not to. I

Obviously, the corner between the fence and the plywood must be free

sometimes use the sled to cut very thin pieces or mitered pieces where the knife

interest to me since I have, over the years,

of Significant sawdust for accurate cutting. An incidental improvement in

built two sleds similar to the design he

convenience will result if a 'Is-in. by 'Is-in.

against the fence. If there is a slot, tlle

describes. From my experience, I feel that

rabbet is cut in the rear fence on the side

piece will slide down into it, blocking my

changes in his design would improve its

that is fastened to the plywood. This gives

ability to see whether the edge is in good

utility as well as the safety of the user.

a place for some sawdust to collect so it

contact with the fence.

tablesaw sled article by Lon Schleining

(FWW

#128, pp. 66-69) was of great

The sled's basic purpose is to provide

edge has to go down on the table and

Mr. Keck's observations on my sled are

doesn't have to be cleared away quite so

maximum support of the workpiece for

often.

-M

what make woodworkers such an

Charles Keck, Anacortes, Wash.

accurate crosscutting. The rear fence,

interesting group. If there was but one

against which the work will be held,

LON SCHLEINING REPLIES: Mr. Keck's letter

right and safe way to do woodworking, it

should be as long as possible and extend

illustrates the saying that 10 woodworkers

wouldn't be quite so fascinating.

from one edge of the sled to the other.

put in the same room will have 10

For safety reasons, the rear fence should

different ways of doing the same thing­

be 3 in. forward of the back edge of the

all of which will be correct. He cites three

plywood to leave some plywood uncut at

regarding my sled: a dust-catching slot, a

the back. Additionally, after the rear fence

longer rear fence and an exit block for tlle

has been finally located and fastened, a

blade. I'll address them in reverse order.

block of wood, about an inch and a half

ty

If the rear fence is not built high

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enough, it is possible, as he says, for the

the rear fence in line with the saw to keep

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operator's thumb. This is why I suggest

passes through the fence. This can happen

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when the blade is fully raised. As a final

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