msschm and Larry: I clamped the dial indicator to the crosscut sled
about midway between the front and back fences. The blade is OUT OF
ALIGNMENT with the sled by .008", How can this be, I ask when the
blade is within .0005 to the left-hand miterslot?

So I check Leon's suggestion and test the alignment of the right side
miter slot. Guess what, it's out by .011. There must have been enough
slack in the left-hand slot that the crosscut sled is tracking mostly
to the right-side miter slot.

Also, I was somewhat wrong in saying that there is burning on the sled
but not when using the fence (without the sled). I had been checking
the cut panels, not the offcut. Because the burning is on the offcut
when using the fence, I wasn't noticing it when cutting using the fence
-- I wasn't checking the offcuts. When using the fence, the burning is
less than when using the sled, but still noticeable.

SSSOOOOOOO.....

I guess I'll need to double check the fence alignment.

And now my question becomes, Ok, how do I correct for the misaligned
miter slots to overcome this problem. O yeah, once I fix this miter
slot, how can I re-align my crosscut sled .

Growl.