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Ross: Thanks for the bench link. I hadn’t seen that one before. I’m not sure I’d like that bench as much as my current one, but it’s interesting enough to study for a bit.
Oldtool: Yes, it has served me well. No builder’s remorse at all.
LBD: The lighter part on the base of the sled is a replaceable insert. The lighter part on the sled’s fence is not. It just shows where I had originally glued a safety block to cover the blade when I pushed the sled forward. It fell off, and I didn’t bother replacing it until years later. (Insert shamed-face emoji here).
The next sled I built will have replaceable inserts on the base and near fence. The base insert will be longer so it can be one piece (current inserts are two halves), and I’m going to figure out a quick, tool-free way to lock both inserts in place. Now, I have four screws that hold the insert. It’s a pain to change, and the screw holes tend strip out. (I didn’t use threaded inserts or anything clever—the whole insert thing was a quick-and-dirty retrofit, so it’s brute-force and inelegant.)
Oldtool: Yes, it has served me well. No builder’s remorse at all.
LBD: The lighter part on the base of the sled is a replaceable insert. The lighter part on the sled’s fence is not. It just shows where I had originally glued a safety block to cover the blade when I pushed the sled forward. It fell off, and I didn’t bother replacing it until years later. (Insert shamed-face emoji here).
The next sled I built will have replaceable inserts on the base and near fence. The base insert will be longer so it can be one piece (current inserts are two halves), and I’m going to figure out a quick, tool-free way to lock both inserts in place. Now, I have four screws that hold the insert. It’s a pain to change, and the screw holes tend strip out. (I didn’t use threaded inserts or anything clever—the whole insert thing was a quick-and-dirty retrofit, so it’s brute-force and inelegant.)
