Custom Made Crosscut Sled for Cutting Miter Joints on Boxes

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Custom Made Crosscut Sled for Cutting Miter Joints on Boxes. Condition is "New". Shipped UPS or local pick up.
Up for your consideration is a custom-made jig I have built to be used on your table saw to cut very precise miter joints when you are making a box with mitered corner joints. This was one of my Winter  projects, made while I was staying inside and keeping busy.
This is one of several cross cut sleds featured in Fine Woodworking Magazine, issue 286, Winter 2020/2021. The author is Michael Pecovich, one of their editors and a master designer and woodworker.
Crosscut sleds are used with one’s table saw to hold one’s work precisely for very accurate cutting. The sled rides in the two grooves in your saw’s table top. Errors that might occur while holding work in the miter guide alone are eliminated by the precise holding in the jig and the jig’s precise fitting in the grooves.
Anybody who has made boxes with mitered corners knows the difficulty and frustration of creating accurate and tight fitting corners. Besides having your saw blade set at exactly 45 degrees, the opposing and adjacent sides must be cut to precise lengths. If the opposing sides are cut at lengths that vary by even just a little, the joints will not fit right.
This jig has two flip stops, one for each of the side lengths. Once set and tightened, the stops ensure that each side will be the exact same length as its corresponding partner. The stops are adjustable as to position by sliding in a tee track and being easily tightened in place. Magnets allow for the stop to be up or down. A Bessey hold-down secures each side in place for cutting.
Two miter gauges are attached to the sled by another tee track along the back and can be adjusted to align to the grooves on your table saw. They will fit the standard 3/4" wide by 1/2" deep grooves on most table saws.
This sled is made from birch-faced plywood and solid red oak. It is ready to go.
To make this sled I had to purchase the two miter gauges, tee tracks, brass hinges, magnets, Bessey hold down, and Rockler tightening knobs with bolts that fit into the tee tracks.
Michael Pecovich states in his article that this sled has gone through many revisions and upgrades to become the masterful design that it now is.
Upgrade your box-making precision with this crosscut sled!