(Edit in I have since noted that a reply was made by recon in the elaspsed time since I started typing this reply.I type slow and since it is already posted I am leaving it untouched))
Originally posted by recon
<br />Maybe not eagle. But I'm very cognizant of safety rules & willing to try new things. I'm not going to stoop to your level eagle just igore my post how's that.
Whoa back up a minute.
I am not sure what you mean by "Stooping to my level" would you elaborate?
I meant no disrespect to you in my reply.
When I first read your post I could have totally ignored it but chose not to.I knew someone would answer it.
When I read your reply to my post I could have just edited my post or do as you wished and totally ignored it, but you posted your question on a public forum so I will answer it also.
I have absolutely no idea as to what your skill level is nor your abilities as a woodworker. I do know that making a sled for a tablesaw is usually one of the first things someone makes for their saw because of its' vesatility.Accuracy is of the utmost importance otherwise it is totaly useless.
Perhaps I read more into your post than was necessary,but a question on how to make a sled is normally asked on "flatwork" forums.People who wish to gain proficiency with woodworking tools would likely be members of those types of forums along with a penturing forum.
I have often said that panturning doesn't require any woodworking skills though many have gotten into penturning after doing flatwork.
Safety was my concern when I answered your post.
A sled is a basic tool used with a tablesaw and is usually one of if not the first things one makes when they get a saw.I made my sled in such a way that I have pretty much no need for the stock fence to rip my penturning stock and rip wood on it as much as I cross cut or miter.(The ripping capacity of my sled is over 24" and as thin as .018, three thicknesses of masking tape)
Vick does have a picture of a sled in the article he refrenced but it is on page 11 not thirteen(there is no page 13 in the article).
A sled for a tablesaw can be as elaborate or as simple as you want to make it but it needs to be accurate as to the placement of the rear fence being ABSOLUTELY square to the blade and that is something you are not going to be able to do by using a framing square to align it to the blade(unless you just "luck out")
One of the blanks in the article says to make a mitered rip on a blank yielding for pieces triangular shaped that will fit back together resulting in a square blank when glued back togeter. Would you have enough experience to know that this is a trap cut and to do it safely and accurately that the blade needs to be turned to a 45* angle and a sacrifical fence is and the blade needs to be buried in the fence?(That is the type of information I was referring to.It takes experience to know that) Granted you get experience by doing and God forbid by making mistakes.One would hope that the mistakes don't cause personal injury.
There was a recent post where one of our members almost lost a finger in doing something as simple as cutting a rough blank.I could tell by his post he had a lot of woodworking experience but even he admitted he broke a couple af"rules". He was lucky that his injury was not more severe than it was, and he was experienced.
Perhaps a better answer to your original post would have been to reister with a woodworking site.Woodnet is a good one because of its varied forums.They have one for Woodworking, Power tools, Turning and others.
I would no more ask how to build a sled for a tablesaw on a penturning forum than I would ask questions on turning a pen in a "flatwork" forum. I would however ask how to make certain cuts on a woodworking forum because the principles of these cuts and techniqes can be transferred to the way I make blanks.
There are a lot of fine flatworkers on this site.One of the basic principles in making segmented blanks is the precision of the cuts and making them safely,These are skills you acquire as you gain confidence working with your tools.
"By the waters of Babylon" by Edna St.Vincent Millay is a good book.Though it is not a book about woodworking it has everything to do with my original answer.
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