"-MIKE-" wrote in message
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On 8/4/10 3:50 PM, Leon wrote:
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Can laminated hardboard, the kind used commonly for shelving, be used
to make zero clearance throat plates for a table saw.

I've made throat plates from plywood by cutting them to fit and then
raising the blade to cut a slot.

The smooth laminate seems like it would be suitable to make a zero
clearance plate, but are there any reasons not to try this?

Thanks for any advice.

Assuming what you are talking about is Melamine shelving, I doubt it
would
be very good. Typically Melamine shelving is made with OSB and or
particle
board.

Melemine on MDF would be much better.


Yeah, MDF would work great, but definitely not the chip-n-spit boards I've
seen in prepacked garage shelving units.

I wonder if there are standards and/or a reference to such standards for
all the "termite vomit" (LOVE that term) products out there.

Termite mounds are made from termite vomit. You could just about run a Mack
truck into a termite mound and the truck would lose. The mounds also have
central heating and AC. The mounds are also tourist attractions in Oz. So,
way better than chip 'n spit boards.