dpb wrote:
On 5/26/2012 8:11 PM, tiredofspam wrote:
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So here's what I do.
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I have never had a problem, the dowel pin I put in the back is enough to
hold it, but I put a board over it off to the side of the blade clamped
down so I can see it poke through. I usualy will use the sacrificial
fence as that board.

I find it safer than trying to hold the plate on top of the existing
plate. That just scares me.
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This isn't rocket science here, folks!

Yes, doing it right is easy. The problem is that doing it wrong is
just as easy! I would do as you suggested below.

I would NOT have expected that holding the insert down with a push stick
could lead to such dire consequences as occurred here.


Just put the fence over the side of the plate clear of the blade by a
safe margin so you don't hit it, stick a shim under it to keep the plate
from climbing and raise away.

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