New Product "Incra 5000 Miter Sled"

	I now adjust an aluminum miter bar in the right hand groove. This one doesn't have to slide as smoothly. It will hold the right hand sled in position and will be locked once set.
As you can see, there are several rows of holes. I place the right side base over the aluminum miter bar using the row of holes that will allow the piece to overlap the saw blade.
	With the blade once again raised, I can make a cut of the right hand sled base letting the aluminum miter bar guide the piece.
With both sleds in place, I now use an Allen wrench to tighten the two adjustable screws of the aluminum miter bar. As I said earlier, this side will be locked in place when ready to cut. It's purpose is to be aligned for cutoffs. The left hand slide smoothly moves back and forth and will hold the workpiece.
	The next step is to mount the 32" flip fence. As with every other step, this is a simple task in that the fence has its own bag of parts.
I adjust the fence so that it is about 1/4" from the edge — where the blade will cut. By the way, remember to reset this when changing the cutting angle.
	I now place a square against the fence and loosen the three screws of the miter gauge. It was easy to move the gauge just enough for it to be square with the right edge of the base and the blade kerf.
With the fence at 90o, I secure the outboard fence lock.
	Now, I am ready to make a real cut. The Incra 5000 includes a T-track and a hold-down for use with it. For this size board, manually holding it would be easy and safe, but I wanted to try this clamp since I know there will be times when the workpiece is small and my hands should not be that close. It is great. It holds the piece positively and my hands are where I want them.
I have loosened the outboard lock and swiveled the miter gauge to 30o. I remember when I first installed the Incra 2000 Miter Gauge, how it allowed me to make some great boxes. Thirty degrees should allow a 6 sided finished piece.
	The hold-down makes each cut a breeze — and safe.
A word of caution to any users, please remove the cutoff piece from the right side of the blade. I use a pencil's rubber eraser end to move the piece and I keep clearly to the right, so that if the piece did catch on the blade, it would miss me.
	It took only a few minutes and 6 cuts to have the pieces cut — and fitting perfectly.
I wanted to cut the pieces this time so that I could get better grain. I used the miter gauge as before, but this time I switched it from 30o in one direction to 30o in the other direction — back and forth for alternate cuts.
	That's more like it. And, what I found out, is that when you swivel the fence back and forth, the calibration stays absolutely perfect.    The Incra 5000 Miter Sled promises to be very useful.
Once the Incra 5000 Miter Sled was completed, I knew that Beth would want to see how it can be used. We have shot the start of the story — which I will publish next week.