The most important addon

William Ng´s Video with in-depth explanation:
• 5 Cuts to a "Perfect" ...
Hi everyone,
in this video I want to talk about workshop basics. Good quality tools are not everything, but they help us to finish a project faster, increase safety and because of that make this hobby more fun! A crosscut sled is one of those essential, if not the most important gadget that you can have if you work with a table saw. This video is about the basics of a table saw crosscut sled and how to make one without spending too much time on fiddeling around with it. The largest time saver by far is the 5-cut-method that I mention in the video. It takes the guessing out of the fine tuning of the fence and turns it into a simple one-try-operation.
Have fun with the video and with your own table saw sled!
My website:
www.pilots-workshop.com/

[@anonymousgeorge4321]

Excellent video. Thanks

[@AlexCNC]

Looks like a very handy addition!

[@FredMcIntyre]

Nice work! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

[@johnday7362]

Good to see you in your woodshop again. Nice addition to the table saw! Are you going to add movable stops to your sled? It would be very useful for multiple cuts at the same length. Great video!

[@pilotsworkshop4554]

Hi John, thanks! So far I always worked with small blocks of wood that I clamped to the fence, which works quite well I think. So nothing planned so far :)

[@kevpoe8789]

nice math work there ;)

[@matsworld9386]

Perfectly ilulstrated .. thank you, will be building my own shortly!

[@Schnabeltier7I4]

Wäre es nicht noch gut hinter dem anschlag einen schutz für das sägeblatt zu machen zusammen mit einem schutz der es erlaubt den Schlitten nur soweit vorzuschieben, bis die sägeblattmitte auf höhe der kante ist? Somit würde sichergestellt dass man beim durchschieben nicht mit der vorderseite des sägeblattes in berührung kommt

[@pilotsworkshop4554]

Ja das wäre die allerbeste Lösung! Vielleicht seh ich mir sowas in der Zukunft mal an.

[@jopperdepopper]

You ever found the base plate to be too 'slippery'?
Thinking of using that for a jig, but wondering if 'normal' plywood might be better... 🤔

[@pilotsworkshop4554]

Normal plywood would work as well. But these coated boards have a slippery and a rough side, usually seen in trailer beds as a non-slip surface, which is super grippy. I put the rough side up and it works very well.

[@jopperdepopper]

@@pilotsworkshop4554 cheers! Good to know! 👍

[@yasarmevlut8376]

👍👍🇹🇷🇹🇷🇰🇿

[@sylvaingregoire9262]

How can this video be out with your old table saw and planer !! That you don’t have any more for almost a year 😱

[@pilotsworkshop4554]

hi, it's the other way around, this is my new table saw, thats why i needed a new sled for it :) the planer is still the one i always had my old table saw was that blue-ish one

[@sylvaingregoire9262]

Pilot´s Workshop i’m sorry i thought you had a tablesaw with a sliding bering sled and a combined planer 😬🤪😱 i’ll put this on the age factor lolll

[@pilotsworkshop4554]

Hahaha no worries :D

[@coleve8596]

Your calculations seem extreme. Why don’t you just get a 2 foot steel square, bring your blade fully up and lay the square along the blade. Bring your new fence forward to the right angle of the square and set at 90 degrees to the blade

[@pilotsworkshop4554]

Hi Colin, that would be another method. I don´t have a precise square that big and a nice one would be quite expensive. This method is free and (if that sorta precision gets you going xD ) it is even more precise than any other method I found. And to be honest it doesn´t take all that long, all together maybe 5 minutes, explaining it takes longer.
But yes, if I had a proper large steel square, I might just use that.