Tom Quackenbush wrote in
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Leon wrote:
Tom Quackenbush wrote:
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Does anyone here use the 2 miter gauge/fence setup? How do you like
it as compared to a sled?

Actually it is quite rigid but cumbersome. You are better off with 1
guide rail to deal with.


Thanks for the response.

I'm not sure, but I think that what you're calling "rails" are what
I call "runners" (the male counterpart to the female miter gauge
slots). I use two on my crosscut sled - do you make your sleds with
only one?

One sled base, two parallel runners, one back fence (with blade-hiding
block), and, often. but not always, a front fence as well.

I have made a smaller sled for cuts where the blade gets tilted over. With
a sacrificial backer board, and a clamp rail.

I don't see the advantage of the two miter setup. Too many degrees of
freedom.

Patriarch