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- From: davek@informix.com (David Kosenko)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: Re: Need dado insert for old Rockwell table saw
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.210725.9091@informix.com>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 21:07:25 GMT
- References: <1993Jan18.202502.23119@astroatc.uucp> <4890256@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com> <1993Jan20.141649.15732@ulysses.att.com>
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- Steven Bellovin writes:
- >
- >That's not always feasbile. On my father's Craftsman saw -- over 35
- >years old, and still purring -- the throat plate is (as I recall) 1/8"
- >steel. That's very thin for a home-made wood version, especially since
- >most (all?) of the support is at the ends, not at the sides.
-
- Horsehockey, Steve! I have what I'll bet is the same saw (the
- description of the plate fits to a T) and made a perfectly serviceable
- plate out of 1/4 inch luan, with a routed lip to get it flush with the
- table. Works just fine. Where there's a will, there's a way!
-
- Dave
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