Someplace (I can’t remember where) I saw mention of a SawStop table insert using a magnet rather than a screw to hold it in place. Has anyone seen or used anything like this? Since dropping the screw through the finger hole (fortunately there wasn’t a major accumalation of sawdust so it was easy to find) I have been thinking it might not be a bad idea. I may just drill holes and glue magnets to my inserts. Comments?
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Edited 2/5/2009 3:31 pm ET by DustyGeorge
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mmmm, not a bad idea! I find removing the insert to be an annoying task.
I use a rare-earth magnet to hold the two allen's on my TS fence and it holds like crazy... I'd bet it would work on the insert.
I've been making them for a couple years. Two 3/8" RE magnets in cups really hold the inserts well. I drill a hole in the back of the cup so that a 10-32 set screw will pass thru it. The magnet cup goes into a 1/2" hole in the back side of the insert, just deep enough to hold the cup. The upper part of the insert is threaded for the set screw. When tightened, the set screw pushes the magnet out of the cup to raise the insert in the throat. To keep the cup and magnet in place when removing the insert, I screw a strip of aluminum flashing over them.
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Well, if you have a magnet around it isn't so necessary to have the insert held with one. Illustration: When I had a furnace put in my attic, my son had to crawl up there to refasten the blower. In the process, he dropped two small screws in about 14 inches of insulation. Wow is me, but I went out to the shop and got a magnet and within seconds, I had both screws. I'm glad they were steel. Stick with your idea. I'm just being smart.
Edited 2/5/2009 11:28 pm ET by Tinkerer3
Why not just leave the screw off? The back of the insert can't lift up anyway because it's captured. And you don't need to screw it tight to get rid of play, since there are other adjustments for that.
I've thought of just leaving the screw out but wondered if there was any hazard I wasn't aware of.
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