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I make them of hardwood scraps, current is white oak. It takes 2mn on the disc sander. I consider them as disposable, they wear fast. Personally I do not like aluminium. Another solution is to use a sheet of scrap ply, MDF or hardboard flat on the table against the fence.

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Laurent Brondel
West Paris, Maine - USA
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That's what I do .... a piece of 3/8" ply with a scrap wood slot "runner" glued to the bottom. Just pop it in for a zero-clearance situation, advance it a bit so the blade is cutting a fresh zone, jam a wedge beside the runner to hold in place & done. One will last months.

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Dave
Milton, ON

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Remember this thread Filippo? I can punch it out and measure it if you need the numbers. Made it out of White Oak. Friction Fit. Glad you weren't hurt my friend.

Chris

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Filippo, how about making a sled out of birch ply,
that had guides that fit the grooves in your table.
You could design a movable fence, and use it for many tasks.
I was going to do that, but never got around to it.
Glad you didn't get hurt.

Filippo, like this.

The tiny wedge (you can just see it) jams the scrap "runner" in the table slot. You can make them full size or not. The advantage, apart from 2 min. to make & 2 sec to put in, is the zone is always fresh zero kerf (not degraded by previous cuts so it's no longer "zero"). Use it 'till it falls apart (this one's almost done) then make another!

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Dave
Milton, ON

I turn mine around backwards, so there's no slot in front of the blade. It follows behind. Mine has holes for dust collection like your original, too. I make mine out of some old Bakelite Plastic I have.

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Waddy

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Fantastic - that method worked for me!...and I might turn mine around backwards too!

Chris

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I have found it particularly useful when dealing with little stuff, like shaving a mm off a saddle blank and such. Those things are always getting hung up in the slot in front, if there is one. It just gives a bit of footing right in front of the blade.

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Waddy

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I've always got some 1/8" maple in 2-3" wide and 1-2' long strips that I use as a backup if I'm cutting thin stuff. Set your fence, run a strip partway through and saw your piece on top of the maple strip. Stick a spring clamp at the back and out of the cutting line.