Bob Van Dyke’s Essential Stop Blocks
Stop blocks help you cut parts more accurately and more consistently. Bob shows you why you need to use stop blocks more often in your shop.
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I Noticed you have a piece of laminate (?) on top of your cut off box's base & where you place the wood your intending to cut. I am assuming this is attached there to enhance the slide ability of the wood and make less of a problem? Or? The question is what is size to that "extra" piece and is it glued to that cut off box?
I believe it is 1/4in thick tempered hardboard. My guess is he uses it to create a sacrificial zero clearance backer so the small, detailed parts he is cutting with this sort of setup don't tear out or get stuck in the slot between the blade.
That is precisely why the hardboard is there. Bob has an extra-thin kerf blade on so the piece would fall right through the slot on the sled without it.
actually, probably more like 1/8'' or 3/16'' tempered hardboard. And i would assume he just has it attached to the cross cut sled with double sided tape
just get a small sliding table saw. such a pleasure to use, more accurate, easy to rip on.
Great ideas! But always wonder why the sliding table jig instead of a good radial arm saw setup for these types of crosscuts...
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great info thank you
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