Shop Made Zero Clearance Insert

[-MIKE-]

Fine, so far. I don't see any reason why it shouldn't last as long as the saw.... or blade at least, unless I'm missing something.

[Larry Jaques]

On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:34:48 -0400, the infamous [e-mail] scrawled the following:

For that assumption to have been even slightly possible, you must have thought you were replying on rec.crafts.metalworking, clare. ;)

-- If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. -- Samuel Butler

[-MIKE-]

[clare]

Yea, what can I say? Nothing in my defence, that's fer darn sure, so I'll just shut up!!

[-MIKE-]

I'll let you off the hook far sooner than the guy who replied to you to debate your point.

wow.

[Jim Weisgram]

I have a fender washer on the bottom back end of mine.

[Bruce]

On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:19:04 -0600, MIKE- wrote (in article ):

I get chips, etc, near where the teeth re-enter. Basically it's from the hammering that occurs at this spot. I know that oak is a bit splintery and was wondering if that is my problem. The multiple plies would seem to reduce this effect, but the softer wood could also help (springier) or hurt (get beat up more).

I suppose the best thing is to just try and see! I should know in about a year....

-BR

[Puckdropper]

Bruce wrote in news:4babff59$0$48218$ [e-mail]:

I read somewhere a suggestion to open up the insert kerf slightly. Maybe about two swipes with a file on either side, just enough to give the teeth a tiny bit of clearance.

Think that would help in this case?

Puckdropper

[blueman]

I would have thought that between thousands of rotations per minute plus the slight wobble & vibrations in any setup that there soon would be enough clearance.

That being said, on my zero clearance insert I do seem to hear a bit of a woosh or whistle or some such sound but I always attributed it to air being forced through a tighter space than with the original wide clearance insert.

[-MIKE-]

Oh, I see. I haven't noticed any of that. But they're so easy to make, I guess I'll just whip another one out, if it happens. :-)

[Bruce]

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:08:04 -0600, blueman wrote (in article ):

Yup, mine tends to get a tad wider on it's own, probably from flexing a bit as I cut various things that tend to side-load the blade a bit (think really thin crosscuts to sneak up on a fit).

I'm going to use my template and knock out a few with some Ruskie BB I have. Being perfectly flat and smooth in these small sizes (plus a use for all that scrap!), I think it may convince me to switch.

-BR