zero-clearance insert for old Delta TS

If you have your original insert then just use it as a template to make a new one out of some plywood. Trace the outline, bandsaw it close then double-stick tape the insert to the blank and rout it with a template bit. It's about as easy as it gets.

Mike

You could easily use a plastic cutting board. They come in various thicknesses and can tooled with little effort. The overall effect would be the same but at a substantially lower price.

Other materials work, too: plywood

"Mike in Mystic" wrote in news:7oCMb.56147$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com:

That's what I wanted to do, but the original insert is waaaaay too thin -

Try planing it down to the thicknes you want. Can use hardwood or plywood. I have had some success with plywood in the planer. Planed down a piece this summer to fill a hole in my floor before re-laying the hardwood.

John V

Look *carefully* at your existing insert. it's thin metal across the expanse of the top of the insert. With a _deeper_ 'edge' down to where it sits on the supports in the table. _That_ depth is considered the overall depth of the insert.

Zero-clearance inserts are typically solid stock, so they are listed by that 'deeper' thickness across almost the entire insert. They _may_ have a hollowed-out section on the bottom side, in the area where the blade will cut through.

Yawp. that's the appropriate id. identifies it as the "budget" Delta saw.

I have a model 34-600. Not sure how close that is to yours, but it takes a

I did something really radical with my Delta Contractor's saw. I have an extra rip fence, and I cut about 1/4" off the bottom of the part that slides over the saw table; there's a hollow space in there like on the bottom pf a steel door that allows you to do that and get away with it. Now I can lay a big piece of 1/4" plywood over the table and the fence slides over it, I just crank the blade up through the new plywood while running it, and have a smooth, solid surface with zero clearance to work with.