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A simpler Wedgie sled - SceneryMaker - 09-20-2023
If you have been putting off segmented turning because making a Wedgie sled with those curved slots was more trouble than it was worth, look at this one.
A piece of scrap MDF, a miter slot bar made any way you care to, and a couple feet of Tee track are all you need. Both rabbets for the tee tracks and the slots in the fences are straight. You could even get by with one hole and one slot in each fence if cutting two slots is too much work. It really can't get much simpler.
Set it with a cheap drafting triangle from the mart of walls and you're in business for 12-segment rings.
RE: A simpler Wedgie sled - EightFingers - 09-20-2023
We had that same bath mat, it lasted us a long time!
Your sled looks great, may have to copy it
RE: A simpler Wedgie sled - SceneryMaker - 09-20-2023
(09-20-2023, 11:16 AM)EightFingers Wrote: Your sled looks great, may have to copy it
Please do copy it. That's why I posted it. Note there are no dimensions shown because they just don't matter.
RE: A simpler Wedgie sled - Arlin Eastman - 09-20-2023
Thing I really like about it is that it seems the rails do not even have to be exactly parallel. (s)
RE: A simpler Wedgie sled - SceneryMaker - 09-20-2023
(09-20-2023, 03:07 PM)Arlin Eastman Wrote: Thing I really like about it is that it seems the rails do not even have to be exactly parallel. (s)
You're right. They don't. The only critical thing in the whole sled is that the miter slot bar doesn't rattle in the slot.