Last weekend I started a Miter saw build and it is going pretty well. I have a friend who I met on Lumberjocks and he came up and spent the day helping me lay out the Miter sled. I will be posting some photos as the project moves along. We cut out the rough cuts out of 1/2 inch prefinished Baltic Birch Plywood the stuff it dead flat and has a lovely look to it. After the rectangle  was cut we moved to Layout and then Arron took the reigns he was quick and accurate which was a bit refreshing. We then drilled the holes in the sled and then we routed the slots for the Accessories and the hold-downs. After this was done we milled down the wood for the fence I jointed and planed a nice piece of 5/4 Black Walnut to make the fence then we milled out some Rock Hard Maple to make the runners these have to be perfect not to tight not to loose. then we spaced them out so they don't hit the bottom of the Miter slot.Then we attached the runners spacing the screws we used a lot of screws but this was well worth the effort I wanted to use brass screws to attach all the runners and the fence I had learned to chase the threads with a steel screw first and once you have them all in steel you remove them one at a time and replace them with the brass screw be careful with the little brass screws they snap off easily so hand tighten them and avoid the power drill to tighten them down just make them nice and snug and they will be fine. After the runners were done it was time to move to the fences this is where we turn to the lovely Black walnut to contrast the Birch.    I simply love the contrast of the two woods. The leading edge fence was done in a couple of minutes and then it was off to the races for the project. We attached the front fence with no12 x2" wood screws we chased the holes with Steel screws just like we did with the smaller screws we used on the runners. now I did this one a bit different as I installed the right hand screw in steel then i changed it to brass right away. Next I squared up the fence using my best square and the rip I made almost all the way through the sled it is crucial you don't go all the way through the Sled until the fence is finished being squared now you think it would be perfect if it passed the flip test and mine passed this old test and I would have called it good had some friends told me to make sure I follow William Ng's five cut method to test the fence placement. So I watched this Video Well this is where I am so far I will be finishing up the sled and will show off Arrons COS Miter sled in a few days Ng makes a nice sled in the video and it is well worth the build I just liked Aaron's sled with my personal touch a bit more Mine Is simpler and beefier I love the look of the sled and I will be taking photos tonight and tomorrow as I finish up the project.

Today my new neighbor walked up and asked if i could fix his drawers for his kitchen cabinets this blog will take you with me on repairing and upgrading his cheep cabinets.

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