How to Make a $7 DIY Zero Clearance Insert for your Table Saw

A short video describing how I used $7 worth of epoxy to make a zero clearance insert out of the throat plate that came with my table saw.
A note: Grizzly sells a zero clearance insert for this saw, but it is $40 and is rarely in stock. I’m cheap and impatient, so I made my own.

[@akfred6018]

Like your hack. I was going to order 2, one for dado and one for reg blade. Cost more to ship than it did for the inserts, so I will try your hack.
Thanks

[@NotThatMattNagy]

You’ll have to let me know how the hack works on the dado insert, I’d be interested to know.

[@russellmccracken484]

Thanks for the tip. I bought this saw missing the splitting but I borrowed one from a friend. Having trouble with attaching the blade gaurd. Wondering if you had this same issue. And yes splitter is an exact copy of the one coming

[@albertqss]

Thanks for the tip! Which tape did you use for no stick? Thank you!

[@ConfiscatedZyra]

packing tape works

[@JustAnotherDayToday]

Grizzly does sell a zero clearance insert for the G0771Z-bought one for mine.

[@NotThatMattNagy]

Make Sure I Win - FT you’re right, and I alluded to that at the end of the video. It costs around $40 to get one to your door, though, and I’m cheap, so I went with a cheap man’s solution.

[@sevenoaksbrewing]

How will you make a beveled cut now?

[@NotThatMattNagy]

Beveled cross cuts: take out insert and use a cross cut sled. If I need to make a beveled rip cut it’s usually a small 45deg chamfer so I use a router.