Eddie You are awesome! Lawrence's sled is by far the nicest I've used. I tried to improve on it. But ended up over-engineering and made it too heavy! The other nice thing about a sled. You can add strips of non-skid or sandpaper on the bottom to eliminate traction problems. Some smoother woods or pre-finished woods will have traction problems. Putting strips of masking tape on the bottom of the wood helps improve traction. Another reason I like to use a sled. I made my sled. Then I let the machine measure it. I created a pattern of the sled and use it as a template. When ever I am ready to carve I transfer the project to the sled template in the upper left corner. Then when the machine asks where. I choose place on end, and it only measures it once. Another trick. If you are doing Multiple copies of the same carve. I place a place a 1/6" deep 1/8" dot on the far right of the sled. When the project is carved. It moves the sled all the way to the right to carve that dot. Now I can change boards, without unloading the sled.
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