Sawstop Zero Clearance Throat Plate. Reduce tearout on wide cuts by making a zero clearance throat plate for your table saw. After you use it for a while it has greater than zero clearance and you have to replace the wood insert. While there are many different throat plates or inserts as they are also called, there are also a variety of ways to make replacement ones.
To do that, i first made a 1⁄4 hardboard backer about.
There are some manufacturers that are similar but it seems most all make their own versions. So i had some thin plywood and plastic laying around and decided that if i clamped a piece on the table saw top it would support the thin wood and. Sold by buckeye tool supply. Some table saws have thin throat plates, which require simple modifications to the inserts we show.to tell if your saw requires shallow inserts. A practical solution might be to build your own. Very impressed with the zero clearance throat plate. I made the zero clearance plates for my craftsman saw ( old style 1/8tk plate ) out of 3/8thick hickory from a pallet. Positioning screws ensure a solid and precise fit in the table.
