I need to trim some side panels for a cabinet to length. They are too wide
for my crosscut sled and too wide and too long for the mitre gauge to be
effective. I do not want to use the rip fence to guide them because that
will make a cut that is parallel to the end not necessarily square to the
sides. My current best solution is to make another sled that is really wide
(or deep depending on your perspective). If I do that I will be making the
base out of 12mm Baltic birch rather then 3/4 something in order to keep the
weight down. Unless I see a better idea, I will probably measure the depth
of my kitchen base cabinets and make it large enough to accommodate a side
for one. I figure that is probably the largest panel I am likely to deal
with in the future. However, I have been trying to figure out a system that
would not have a panel width limitation. I thought about eliminating the
fence on the leading edge of the sled, but that obviously would present some
issues once I make the first cut. What about a sled that only rides on one
side of the blade and only uses one mitre slot? I guess that would be kind
of like a sliding table. What are the pros and cons of a design like that?
That would allow me to not worry about a fence on the leading edge but I
would still have issues with the amount of table space there is before the
blade. How would I handle the sled with that much of it hanging off the
front of the saw?

SteveP.