brown_hawk
04-26-2008, 06:11 AM
Ed,
The clamp was the only thing that was extra, $25. The handle, the flipstop, the 45 bevel stop all came with the sled. There was also a 4" MDF block that is used to set the rulers. Everything except the clamp came with the sled.
JoinTech does have a "cut off extension" which is the same thing as the SS Sliding Crosscut Auxiliary Table. Their extension runs $40. I will build my own zero clearance aux table in a few days using some 1/2 MDF and the SS miter bar that was left over from the 500 to 520 upgrade. Basically, you put the bar on the bottom of the MDF so that the MDF will hit the saw blade. Run the MDF through the saw with the miter bar in the slot, leaving an aux table with zero clearance on the right side of the blade. I can then drill a hole in the MDF to access the allan screw in the miter bar and lock the sled in place. Since I have the material sitting around, I was too cheap to spend the $40 bucks.
But since I didn't have that aux table made yet, and the SS sled is 1/2" thick as well, I just used the SS sled as the aux table. Like I said, this was a quick and dirty to show me (and you guys) some of the capabilities of the sled/clamp combo to safely cut short pieces.
List of parts that came with the sled:
Sled, fence, fence extension,rulers on fence and flip stop (All one unit so no assembly here):
Miter bar and screw and nuts to attach it to the bottom;
Handle and bolt to attach it; and,
4" MDF block used in setting the rulers to the saw blade.
Extra:
Clamp
Hope this helps clear up any confusion I caused
Hawk
The clamp was the only thing that was extra, $25. The handle, the flipstop, the 45 bevel stop all came with the sled. There was also a 4" MDF block that is used to set the rulers. Everything except the clamp came with the sled.
JoinTech does have a "cut off extension" which is the same thing as the SS Sliding Crosscut Auxiliary Table. Their extension runs $40. I will build my own zero clearance aux table in a few days using some 1/2 MDF and the SS miter bar that was left over from the 500 to 520 upgrade. Basically, you put the bar on the bottom of the MDF so that the MDF will hit the saw blade. Run the MDF through the saw with the miter bar in the slot, leaving an aux table with zero clearance on the right side of the blade. I can then drill a hole in the MDF to access the allan screw in the miter bar and lock the sled in place. Since I have the material sitting around, I was too cheap to spend the $40 bucks.
But since I didn't have that aux table made yet, and the SS sled is 1/2" thick as well, I just used the SS sled as the aux table. Like I said, this was a quick and dirty to show me (and you guys) some of the capabilities of the sled/clamp combo to safely cut short pieces.
List of parts that came with the sled:
Sled, fence, fence extension,rulers on fence and flip stop (All one unit so no assembly here):
Miter bar and screw and nuts to attach it to the bottom;
Handle and bolt to attach it; and,
4" MDF block used in setting the rulers to the saw blade.
Extra:
Clamp
Hope this helps clear up any confusion I caused
Hawk