Zero Clearance on the Table Saw
I cut a lot of small parts in my segmented bowl making. Lots of these cuts are made at blade angles other than 0 degrees. Operating with a zero clearance insert is desirable but the variety of blade angles makes using one difficult. I would need a bunch. I use a lot of packing tape to hold small parts while gluing and the other day it occurred to me to stretch a thickness or two of the tape over the blade slot with the blade down and then lift the blade to cut through the tape and leave it as a zero clearance overlay. The tape is strong, not very thick and the idea works very well. I am in the midst of cutting a number of small wedge shaped pieces about one-eighth of an inch max and...
