Crosscut Sled Plan
Crosscut Sled Plan
Crosscut Sled Plan
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CUT LIST RECOMMENDED
RECOMMENDED TOOLS
CUT LIST TOOLS
3/4” MDF
A - (1) : 20” X 16” WOODWORKING TOOLS
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Purple Heart
(Substitute for a dense hardwood) POWER TOOLS
B - (1) : 16” x 3/4” x 3/8” - TABLE SAW
- JOINTER
White Oak - PLANER
(Substitute with any solid wood) - IMPACT DRIVER
C - (1) : 20” x 1.5” x .75”
- DRILL
D - (1) : 22” x 1.5” x 1.5”
- SANDER
- SPINDLE SANDER
- BANDSAW
- MITRE SAW
- JIGSAW
- DRILL PRESS
HAND TOOLS
- BLOCK PLANE
- JACK PLANE
- JAPANESE CUTOFF SAW
- F STYLE CLAMP
- PARALLEL CLAMP
- HAMMER
PARTS LIST
PART DESCRIPTION QUANTITY DIMENSION MATERIAL
Note* - All materials can be exchanged for shop scraps and available materials. Only
suggestions is a dense hardwood on the side grain for the runner. It should expand up and
down not side to side.
1 1/2"
1 1/2"
20”
3/4"
22”
A
20”
16"
16”
B C D
Layout & Pre-Drill For Runner
6 1/2"
Layout the position of your runner on the bottom of your base (A). Then add some
overhang to cut the miter edge at 45*. For my saw this measurement is 6 1/2”.
1"
4 1/2"
A
4 1/2"
1"
Attach Runner & Cut Miter
A
B
6 1/8"
1" 1"
5" 4 3/8"
8 1/8"
1' 1/8"
A
B
1"
Pre drill the bottom of the sled in order to mount the front and back supports. I start by
mounting the back with a 1/2” gap to the edge, using 1- 1/4” screws and the same for the
front. I mount the front flush