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Miter saw sled setup that saved a $1,200 cabinet order
I was building a set of kitchen cabinets for a house in Des Moines and the face frames just wouldn't close right because my miter saw wasn't cutting square anymore. After three hours of fighting gaps and recuts I built a simple plywood sled with a stop block and it fixed everything on the first pass. Has anyone else run into a long-term accuracy issue with a slider that a jig solved better than a new blade?
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black.oliver11d ago
Oh come on, is a wonky miter saw cut really that critical for cabinet face frames? I mean @craig.olivia mentioned a buddy ruining cherry because his saw was off a hair, but that sounds like a setup issue not a saw problem. A sled is fine for quick fixes but I'd rather just square up the tool right than add another jig to the pile.
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craig.olivia11d ago
Read a woodworking blog post a while back where a guy had a similar issue with his Dewalt slider and ended up making an MDF sled with a fence that clamped down over the workpiece. He swore by it for getting perfect cuts on crown molding too, which is even trickier (at least in my experience). Your stop block idea makes a lot of sense since the sliding mechanism can drift over time, especially if you move the saw around a lot. A buddy of mine actually ruined a whole batch of cherry before he figured out his saw was off by just a hair, so a jig like that probably saved you from a bigger headache.
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