Incra Miter Sled 5000

[charlese]

My Inca sled is on the right side. Works great. You can use a piece of scrap to use for the board on the left when doing compound miters. The scrap board is only used for support.
Hi jbooher! There is absolutely no doubt the Incra sled will work very well on the right side- as you say. This would be a good layout for those wanting to work from the right side.

I was referring to the first and third photos in post #12 - When I said a person would be hard pressed to replicate this set-up. This is the configuration that is almost impossible to replicate.

Just for clarity - check out the position of the carriage in those photos. Where is the headstock? Then look where the saw blade is. Only if the headstock is reversed will this fit. (or if the Incra sled is put on backwards) But then sawing would be from the backside of the sled and table - also if this were a true photo (not reversed) the upper saw guard has been reversed and posed for the photo. Confusing, NO?

[reible]

Here are the insturctions from Incra for the shopsmith. They are quite clear and the picture show it as I have said it should be, to the right.

http://www.incra.com/manuals/shopsmith_miter5000addendum.pdf

This should close the case.

Ed

[charlese]

Here are the insturctions from Incra for the shopsmith. They are quite clear and the picture show it as I have said it should be, to the right.

http://www.incra.com/manuals/shopsmith_miter5000addendum.pdf

This should close the case.

Ed

Not quite yet. In the photo from the Incra instructions (above link), has the rubber spacing ring (between headstock and carriage) been removed?

[reible]

Not quite yet. In the photo from the Incra instructions (above link), has the rubber spacing ring (between headstock and carriage) been removed?

You know I seem to recall another person who was missing this ring until someone else ask about it mmmm who were those people????

As far as I can see there are no instructions in the post to remove it, but maybe some people just feel they don't need or want it. Pending 34 more posts about this I think we can at least say the right side is the right side.

Ed

[a1gutterman]

Not quite yet. In the photo from the Incra instructions (above link), has the rubber spacing ring (between headstock and carriage) been removed?Hi Chuck,

I say that it is knot removed. Here is my reasoning: If the carriage is closer to the headstock then the rubber ring wood allow, the sawblade wood knot come through the table (at least knot through the correct place in the table:D ) I think what you are seeing, is a trick with the angle of the picture.

[friscomike]

Howdy,

Ed, thanks for the diagram. It makes the configuration clear.

Best Regards,
mike

[fjimp]

Ed thanks for the description and great picture. One small point I haven't heard suggested here relates to the right side of the picture. Please note the track has no table along the right side edge. Yet that strip of track is identical to the left side including being drilled and tapped. When I had issues with assembling my 5000 the folks at Incra reminded me to NOT discard the piece of the table I cut off of the left side of main sled table. I set up my fence and blade and cut the one side of the dado then drilled the holes to add that (waste) strip to the right side thus enhancing the with and stability of the 5000 sled. True I did take a screw to the local hardware to match the machine screws from the table. fjimp:D