Tonight I built a sled to aid in cutting guaranteed straight lines. I researched this device for days and decided on a design. My table saw was one of the first power tools I bought for myself, many years ago. I bought it because it was the one I could afford at the time. So, I have a junk ass Craftsman table saw where NOTHING is sized to “standard” table saw sizes. No. And after futzing with a particular piece of my sled for, like, an hour, I discovered that the miter slot to the right of the blade isn’t even the same size as the miter slot to the left! <SIGH>.

Finished sled
I finally got my sled built to satisfactory specs, mounted up my first leg blank … and discovered the friggin’ blade wasn’t tall enough to cut though the blank plus the sled! Seething with frustration and determined to make some good cuts tonight, I busted out two squares and set the miter fence. I also ended up having to remove the rip fence to make use of every millimeter of blade height. It was scary (and dumb), but I managed to not cut anything but the wood. Unfortunately, I didn’t get an after pic of me, but I was totally covered in saw dust. Kris just laughed at me.

One side cut on each blank