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Bandsaw Sled

Jim

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Spent this afternoon making up a Bandsaw Sled, it helps when cutting up segmented blanks to glue back together.

I used a UJK Technology mitre slot bar as these fit perfect In my bandsaw slot ..

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I used 18mm MDF for the sled with a 38mm overhang on each side of the table. Size marked out ready to cut.

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Once the sled was cut i marked out where the mitre slot bar was to go ..

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I didn’t have any screws to fit the pre-tapped screw holes so i retapped them and fasted the bar to the sled ..

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I then planed down a piece of rough Mahogany i had laying about to use for the push bar ..

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I screwed the push bar on to the sled, then screwed another piece of MDF to the front of it .. This protects the push bar and can be replaced when needed.

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Then fitted a straight edge to the opposite side to the slot bar to help keep the sled square when in use ..

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Jim

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This picture shows the blank pushed up to the block which allows me to cut the same thickness each time ..

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Vic Perrin

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Great idea Jim but we don't get that much snow here in the Midlands so I don't think my bandsaw would get that much use out of a purpose built sled !


:thinks:Vic:thinks:
 

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Great job Jim I must get around to making one myself.

What is that funny contraption in the fifth picture:devil::funny::funny::funny:
 

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Interesting project Jim. I was in the process of making something similar based on a video I saw below.
Might have a bit of a rethink now. Especially the mitre slot bar which I presumed you picked up at Axminster. I was going to try and make the bar. Did you manage to identify the thread on the bar before tapping.

 

Jim

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Did you manage to identify the thread on the bar before tapping.

I didn't Mark, but i tapped it out to fit a 6mm .. I have made the slot bars myself in the past but have found once i have screwed them in position it creates swelling and no matter how much i sand i still get a small area that seems to make the sled catch ..
 

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I didn't Mark, but i tapped it out to fit a 6mm .. I have made the slot bars myself in the past but have found once i have screwed them in position it creates swelling and no matter how much i sand i still get a small area that seems to make the sled catch ..

If it made for the seppo market it will be 1/4-20 threaded holes.:thinks:
That is what the ones sold in Aust are.
 

Jim

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My first cuts with the sled today .. :ciggrin:

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