Fulton Rail Guide Coping Sled PRO For Cutting Profiles Into The End Grain Of Your Stock | Ideal for Cutting Precise Clean Joints for Cabinet Door and Drawer Fronts
Brand: Fulton
The Rail Guide Coping Sled Pro is an indispensable tool for making precise, square, clean cuts for door and drawer fronts. With a sturdy base and large footed, heavy duty toggle holding your stock in place, you can feed your stock through the cutter with confidence knowing you’re going to produce a great looking joint. When milling or cutting drawer fronts, which on occasion use narrow rails, the Rail Guide Coping Sled Pro keeps your stock from sinking in too deep by holding your stock firmly in its place. The sled also keeps your hands away from the cutter which gives you better control while feeding the stock through. The sled comes with a sacrificial wooden backer block that minimizes tear-rout, at the same time the included abrasive strip keeps your workpiece in place. The Rail Guide Coping Sled Pro features a clear acrylic fence for reference which is offset and raised 2” above the base so there are no worries about cutting into the sled. Using a fence rather than a miter bar mounted to the bottom means that you will always be parallel to the router table fence. This is a distinct time saving advantage as you will no longer have keep re-adjusting your router table fence.
When building cope and stick door and drawer fronts, one of the tasks that must be done is to cut the end grains of your rails. This sounds easy enough, however the narrower your rails are, the more difficult it is to hold the stock firmly up against a router table fence. Our Rail Guide Coping Sled Pro solves this issue and helps you make precise, square, clean cuts for rail and style doors, drawer fronts and most any other type of end grain cut on your router table.
The idea behind the Rail Guide Coping Sled Pro is simple; hold your rails firmly at a 90 degree angle to your router table fence so you can feed your stock through the cutter for the cleanest, squarest cuts possible. When doing drawer fronts which often times use very narrow rails, this sled will prevent your stock from dipping or pushing in too far and also keeps your hands away from harm.
We have included a single sacrificial block with the sled to get you started with your first profile. The sacrificial block helps to prevent end grain blowout at the back of your end grain cuts. Also included is an abrasive strip that is adhered to the adjustable fence. The abrasive strip keeps your stock from sliding or wandering during the coping process. That, along with the heavy duty hold down toggle keeps your stock firmly in place.
Many sleds rely on the miter slot for reference. Our coping sled uses the fence as a reference instead. The Rail Guide Coping Sled Pro features a clear acrylic fence for reference which is offset and raised 2” above the base so you won’t cut into the sled. Using a fence rather than a miter bar mounted to the bottom means that you will always be parallel to the router table fence. This is a distinct time saving advantage as you will no longer have keep re-adjusting your router table fence
This robust, full featured coping sled has a laminated ½” thick MDF base that slides across your router table surface effortlessly. The sled also features a large, heavy duty hold down toggle with a 1-5/8” hold down foot to keep your stock in place. The unit also includes two large and sturdy handles for guiding the sled through the cutter. The maximum stock size is 5” wide by 1 ¼” thick. Full instructions are included.