I've been wanting to do this ever since I bought my new table saw last year, but haven't had time. I really like the idea of putting Super Glue on the painter's tape to hold the pieces together. What a great way to avoid trying to work with clamps!! I have tons of scrap lumber, so I'm going to try to motivate myself to do this. I hate all the dust left over from my saw even with a dedicated vacuum cleaner installed for dust collection. I don't have a router (yet) or a planer, so I'll have to improvise. Thanks for the great instruction and demonstration!
@@soujrnr Thanks so much for watching and I’m glad you got some good ideas out of it. Although it wasn’t part of the plan, this insert definitely cuts down on the sawdust blowing out of the saw and that was a happy discovery. The painters tape and super glue trick has saved me lots of headaches on many projects. Just be sure to only use a few drops of glue so it doesn’t squeeze out and stick both pieces together. I got my trim router on sale at harbor freight for about $50 and I like using it more than my big plunge router, especially on smaller pieces. You could use a sander to replace the planer and router steps. After cutting the shape close to the pencil outline, sand the edges until you have a decent fit. As far as the thickness, sanding to the correct thickness will be difficult to get perfect, but many table saw inserts are 1/4” thick and using 1/4” plywood for the insert often works.
