Way back in 2009, when I worked for a living, I made two of these Mariner Lamps.  All the pieces are tapered to give it the right look.  Being in a hurry I didn’t think I had time to make a taper sled, so the tapers were cut on bandsaw and cleaned up on jointer. Would have been faster to make a taper sled.

Now I got asked to make another Mariner lamp. Being retired I have more time to stop and think of what new tools or jigs would help me do a project faster/better/safer.  So searched around of a taper sled and found some good ideas but no sled that had everything I wanted. One important thing, for SawStop users, is no metal clamps anywhere near the blade – I have made that mistake once already.  The tapered pieces for the Mariner lamp are quite thin so toggle clamps as used on most taper sleds, are excluded.  Here is the sled design I came up with, and it is working well.  https://youtu.be/ZPvOOIRFEQc