| The idea behind this sled is to use one sled for several different BT3X specific jigs. There is no slop in this from side to side. What it does is take the already extremely accurate and solid rip fence of the Ryobi BT3X tablesaws and tranfers this capability to a lot of different jigs that you might want to use. For this particular jig, I used 5/8" (1.7cm) hard maple stock. It is very strong and works very well for jigs and such. Any hardwood should do good. Plywood would probably do well. I don't think that MDF would work as well for this type of design, because of the screws. I wanted to use the screws so that I could release the pressure on a perfect fit in order for it to slip with very little friction. You could use biscuits and glue, but you would really have to get lucky to get that perfect fit. I used coarse threaded drywall screws that were 1 1/2" long for the sled and 3/4" long for the UHMW. You could make a sled longer, but I think this is just about the optimal size for stability and friction concerns. |  |
