Just realized my crosscut sled was off by a half inch

I was cutting some oak trim pieces last Thursday and kept getting gaps that I couldn't explain. Measured the sled again and found the fence was out of square by 0.015 inches over 12 inches. Do any of you check sled square with a feeler gauge or just rely on test cuts?

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the_charles1mo ago

Woof, I found mine with a much uglier test cut and a lot of swearing.

piper91212d ago

Holding it at a weird angle helped me. Made the ugly cuts look intentional somehow.

christopher_sullivan29d ago

@the_charles fair point but I think a rough test cut shows you actually did the work yourself.