Tablesaw CrossCut Sled

Origionally built my own. This is a fabulous product. It makes cutting a breeze. Keeps pieces clean and cuts precise. Thanks

The cut off sled is dead on accurate. I use it with the drop off table. I checked it for square right out of the box. A machinist square confirmed the accuracy. I then arbitrarily tried a 30 deg. cut, and measured it for accuracy. I didn't have to make any adjustments. I've used it a number of times since my recent purchase. A great value, especially when purchased as a unit.

I purchased the Table Saw Crosscut Sled when it first came out. It is a great improvement over the shop made jig that I had. I am very pleased with it, and I recommend it very highly for a wood shop. I want to add another comment about Rockler products. I receive other wood working magazine's but I always go back to your company for parts and shop items. Your personnel are always friendly and helpful. Thanks

I have only use the sled to cut 90 degree cuts so far, but I had 2 problems:(1) The ball bearings that hold the sled into the miter slot doesn't hold tight enough to keep the sled in the slot when shoved completely forward. The sled can then fall forward off the table. This is a dangerous situation. The slide bar should be designed with wings on the bottom of the bar to prevent the sled from raising up out of the slot. I can't believe no one else has mentioned this problem.(2) The low-friction tape didn't help much. The sled on my all-steel table still slides harder than it should. I even tried coating the table with baby powder, but that didn't help much either. Editor's note: The ball bearings in the miter slot are not intended to hold the sled in a table's miter slot. If the sled is tipping forward off the saw then one is attempting to cut a piece larger than the sled is designed for. To determine capacity one can cut with a given saw set the sled in place on the saw to it sets safely without tipping, then measure from the sled's fence to the front of the saw's blade opening. This will be the maximum width that one can cut.

I'm not the easiest guy to please but I have to say I was impressed with this product. The sled is very well designed and equally well made. The main board is 1/2" thick 23-3/4" x 23-3/4" MDF table with melamine coating. This combined with the low friction slippery tape applied to the bottom makes it glide very well.The miter slide bar has spring-loaded ball bearings that have adjustable tension to eliminate slop in the miter slot. The aluminum fence is nicely sized and measures 3" high x 25" long. The MDF fence face measures 2-7/8" high x 27" long and can be repositioned at any time to suit your needs and can be removed and replaced at will.The easy-to-read 1/2° graduations and a hair-line indicator and larger scale makes this a breeze to use. The 90° stop is steel and adjustment screw is held in place with LocTite so it won't move once it's adjusted.Both table boards come a bit wider and allows the user to custom fit this to their particular saw.The sled drop off platform in made the same way. The miter bar has the same spring-loaded ball bearings but includes an additional feature that locks it in position so it doesn't move.Conclusion:As I'm concerned, this is one of the nicest and easiest to use miter gage / sleds on the market and will be in my shop for a good long time. Is it cheap; no, but them again nothing is these days but the quality and forethought make this a real winner.This miter gage functions the same basic way any miter gage does, it follows the T-slot in the cast iron top. If your saw blade is not parallel with the T-slot then your cuts will be off. I suggest you periodically check this to ensure accurate repeatable cuts. Once this is done then trim the table boards to size and you'll be good to go.