On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:20:26 -0800, DonkeyHody wrote:

Here's the question: Is there any good reason not to offset the sled to
the right side of the blade? I'm thinking about having the left side of
the sled about even with the left miter slot. That way, only a few inches
of the sled is left of the blade, while the much larger portion is on the
right side of the blade, where it will support most of the panel with only
a little hanging off.

You could get a problem with a long offcut dropping such that it might
contact the back of the blede. I've seen others build the sled offset as
you want to do, but they had a spare piece of the sled material to lay on
the left for long offcuts.