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This do it yourself moving crosscut table is the holy grail of table saw devices for woodworkers. This sliding table will give your table saw as much as 40 inches of cross cut ability which is far greater than utilizing a miter gauge or a sled. It's also much easier to utilize than a heavy sled and doesn't lower your blade height like a crosscut sled would. Unlike any produced sliding table, this homemade version has a detachable fence that does not require adjusted whenever you put it back on. This develop is for the serious woodworker and is quite pricey however it still can be found in at half the rate of a produced moving table. Besides a few typical nuts and bolts I already had on-hand every piece of the sliding crosscut table is listed below.
There are no official plans but over on Patreon I've included 40+ in-depth images. In about a month I'll publish a video on Patreon with my ideas and enhancements and I'll try and answer as many concerns as I can.
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Supplies Used (Amazon links are affiliate).
48" Angle Iron:.
Direct Bed Rails 1200mm:.
Baltic Birch Plywood:.
Black Melamine:.
Square Tubing 3/4":.
5' T-Slotted Framing Rail:.
Bonus Slide Blocks:.
Flanged Socket Head Screws:.
Black Laminate:.
Aluminum Fence:.
Aluminum Angle 36":.
Dowel Pin:.
Bearing Sleeve:.
T-Track:.
Inline Stop:.
On/Off Magnet (Voucher 'DAVIDPICCIUTO'):.
HDPE Plastic Bar:.
Turn Stop:.
Adhesive Tape Measure:.
Tools Utilized (Amazon links are affiliate).
SawStop Table Saw:.
Track Saw:.
Center Punch:.
Drill Press:.
Step Bit:.
Welder:.
Belt Mill:.
Router:.
Router Lift:.
Yellow Paddles:.
Milwaukee Portaband:.
Portaband Table:.
Transfer Screws:.
Foredom Rotory Carver:.
Little Bandsaw:.
Angle Grinder:.
Laminate Roller:.
Trim Router:.
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Heard about this on your podcast, and in my imagination this thing didn’t look half as good as in real life. And, it looked dang nice already in my imagination!
Awewome build, David! Pretty sure that if I ever expand my woodshop I’ll be making something similar!
Hi David. Amazing work!
As an engineer that builds similar sliding systems, I have a suggestion for you. Those extra wagons that slide in and out are going to be ruined quite soon. So as an alternative, make two rollers that are going to be at those locations. They do not need to guide the table, they just need to support it. That is why some simple rollers will do.
Other than that, I was amazed by this build. Keep making great stuff, and even better videos!
I was thinking the same thing! In addition, since there is an aluminium v-slot profile at the bottom you could use v-slot wheels with excentric nuts, making it possible to finetune the support and engagement!
Great project. You may want to consider an in-feed support for the right side, given the 40 inch depth and holding larger panels.
Love the idea for the crosscut table! And i think the term you were looking for regarding drilling the beam was “elbow grease” love your content, never fails to entertain!
When you talked about this on the podcast I was excited. I never imagined how freaking awesome this would be. I think you just got me exciting about woodworking again! Thank you thank you thank you.
great build! ive seen a couple of people use linear guide rails for builds now and they always seem to work so great! might need to get in on that myself 😀
also, if you ever need even more capacity, you could also add a fence on the other end of the sled and butt your workpiece behind it, instead of in front of it. thats fairly common on bigger sliding panel saws.
Love it! Also, it’s great watching you figure out the details as you go along. You are a great explainer and it’s insightful to watch you problem solve. Very inspiring and educational. But where is the black walnut plywood for this project? 🙂
Finally! Thank you for this build and sharing all the details. I finally upgraded my table saw but it’s not a cabinet saw, not even close to dimensions of your SawStop has but I’ve always wanted one. Others on YT have made them these sliding tables but there wasn’t enough info on building one or where to find the slides… this is awesome, well thought out and glad you switched out the melamine to ply.
This is awesome, you should check out the sliding table on the wadkin pk or the pp dimension saws, they have common angles engraved into the sliding table and guide pins for the crosscut fence to lock into those angles! I work with the newer wadkin pp and it is a dream to use! Really great video, I am thinking about taking the ideas from this and adapting it for a tennoning carridge for our spindle moulder!
Great project – I used the same linear rails for a router sled. They are great.
First of all Dave thanks for all the videos you’ve done I’ve learned tons and I’ve been doing a Woodworking for 40 years! This is one of the best things you’ve ever done. I’ve always wanted a sliding tablesaw but didn’t want to spend over 1000 for it if you do the plans, I’ll be first to buy them you could make a lot of money.
Plans would be great! Taking it one step beyond…Dave could sell the complete kits with all components included, and still for a lot less than the SawStop sled. There’s a business opportunity here.
I’ve been excited to see this since the podcast. Great idea well executed. Thanks very much for the detailed materials list. Keep on keeping on man. Love your stuff.
Fantastic work, Dave! Really well done! 😃
It’s definitely going to help a lot with bigger stuff! Well done!!!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Nice build, David! Obviously, what’s not included in your estimate is the labor cost related to how many hours you spent building this accessory, but having something built to meet your custom needs is invaluable. For years, I had a Craftsman portable table saw that had a sliding table, and it worked well enough but was not something that I regularly used to make cross cuts. I wish that I had the room in my workshop to add something like this, even though it takes up so very little floor space. Keep up the great content!
Well designed and executed! You sounded so excited on the podcast, and the payoff did not disappoint!
An idea if you decide you want to eliminate the hop: instead of adding extra slide blocks to the bottom of the sled, add one or more transfer ball bearings to the bottom (ball facing up) so that they always support the top without a hop.
David—this is an awesome video; love how you are providing an alternative to the way expensive slider tables!
Future improvement idea, mount the rails to the sled and not the base, that way you could extend the slide out as far as you want and you wouldn’t have to worry about twisting, rigidity, or adding the extra bearings.
YES! This would reduce the cost because I wouldn’t need the extruded aluminum. Brilliant.
I admire your beautiful shop, your craftsmanship, and your editing with a twist of goofy moments. Perfect channel!
This was way too complicated, difficult and expensive for me to build, but this build was very interesting to watch you build. You certainly have a wonderful table saw set up now.
Thanks for the video.