TS sled stop rod

[Joe Scharle]

This was Canucks idea that we cobbled up yesterday. I found a parallel clamp at HD (electrical) and 3/8" rod and thumbscrew at Tractor Supply.

You'll most likely have to find this yourself.

[woodnick]

Does picture 3 show a rod on the front and back??? If so why

[Joe Scharle]

Forgot to remove the wooden prototype for the pic. Wood dowels are too flimsy for the stop rod. 3/8" steel rod doesn't flex and tightens up well.

[Canuck]

Joe,

As it turned out (old Canadian Irish luck!), the parallel clamps didn't work out for my situation....The hole in the fence was too far away from the fence front.

I reverted back to plan "A", the UMHW block that we drilled. This ended up working out nicely!!!



I sure wished that the metal parallel clamp would have worked though! I even bought the next size up (wider and beefier) and they were still too narrow for my fence! (After 3 of the HD folks spent 20 minutes finding them.)

All in all, I really like it! It will work just fine. LOML said if it saves you $$$'s in buying a commercial sled with a stop block system, you have saved us all $$$$'s.

Truer words never spoken!

Thanks for your help!

Wayne

[striker]

This is what I have been using. 1/4 - 20 screw makes it about a 1/16th per turn.

[Bas]

I like it a lot. Very handy for cutting larger panels, simple and elegant solution. I'm wondering if this could be adapted to using a recessed drawer slide. That would move real easy back and forth. But I'm not sure how well thumb screws would work on that.

Anyway, great idea for my next crosscut sled! Let's see, I need replaceable ZCIs, clear plastic shield, fence guard, groove for sawdust, T-track for stop blocks, and now an extensible stop block....

[Joe Scharle]

Striker, that looks good. You must have metalworking skills; I don't!
Did you make your spreader block, or is it available somewhere?

[striker]

Joe,

I'm not aware of the blocks being commercially available. I found a few " scraps" at work and a few holes later....

Stephen