Just another bandsaw sled

[Dale Lynch]

Hi everyone,

After finally getting a new motor for my band saw I felt I needed a sled as well.This is what I came up with.The base is 3/4" composite shelving material with a track guide of the same material glued to the bottom using titebond3.I scavanged an old mitre sled and positioned the backer on center of the cut line.Drilled a hole for the pivot pin to rest in and another for the hold down nut.It gives me 120 degrees of pivot in 1 degree incraments.

 

[fernhills]

Neat idea, i love the sled on mine, you can do some real nice cuts with it that you otherwise would not be able to do. I will have to incorporate your style onto mine. How are you going to stop the blade from running into the miter gauge. On mine i have a block glued on to wood fence high enough so it hits the blade guard which stops the forward movement. Nice idea on yours. carl

 

[Dale Lynch]

The mitre gauge makes contact with the knobs keeping it from running into the blade.Perfect for inlay work.If I wan to go deeper I just use some sacrificial lumber.

 

[sbwertz]

Cool! Now what did I do with that old bandsaw miter?

 

[stonepecker]

Very Very Nice. (Now what did I do with Sharon's old bandsaw miter?) LOL

 

[philipff]

Can you tell us about the smoothness of the cut edges and what blade you are using? Could we see a pen or two that you made? Thanks, Philip

 

[navycop]

That's thinking outside the box. I was going to make one and mount a board at 45 degrees. It makes sense to put the miter on it..

 

[Dale Lynch]

Can you tell us about the smoothness of the cut edges and what blade you are using? Could we see a pen or two that you made? Thanks, Philip

It cuts as smooth as a bandsaw can I guess.I'm using a Olsen 1/2 6tpi blade.I'm working on a blank now 14 inlays with at least 10 to go.we'll see how it turns out later, I got to finish up a flash light first.

 

[hobbyist2013]

Wish you luck on the process! Are you using bi metal blade?

 

[Dale Lynch]

I don't know.It's just a standard Olsen bandsaw blade from Menards.