On 1/31/2017 8:10 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:

A piece of MDF or plywood should work if you have a scrap laying around.

It be the saw.

Here is the 1/2" MDF:

http://i.imgur.com/Sjicndm.jpg

I tried 2 different blades and I tried both with and without the hold
down clamp. The groove might be ever so slightly shallower without the
hold down clamp, but it's still there.

That sucks..I don't have a slider but is it common practice to stop the
blade while in the kerf?