John Pollman
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My TS is an early to mid 70's Craftsman and the insert has a fairly wide slot in it. I looked at the wide variety of zero clearance inserts at Woodcraft but didn't have it my current one with me to compare. I got home and realized I had a nice piece of 1/4" masonite sitting around doing nothing so I decided to put it to work. It was very easy to make the blank and get it to fit. Once it fit, it was just ever so slightly above the table. I put a 1/2" rabbeting bit into my trim router and made a pass around the under side of the insert. I took off less than 1/16". I popped it into place and it fit PERFECTLY! I saved a nice chunk of change and things just got a lot safer working with my TS. I think I'll take the $$ that I saved and buy a GRRipper.