Mike Marlow wrote:

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Drill a hole in a large square block of wood to fit the dowel.
Insert, and use the wood block as the guide against the miter guage to
run it over the raised [just enough] table saw blade so as to take a
cut out of both. You'll need a block on the table as a guide if the
cut is well along the dowel. Otherwise drill the hole just deep
enough. Rotate the dowel in the hole as you are cutting. not the
best, but relatively safe and will do the job. Measure on the outside
of the dowel to move in and out to cover the 3/4" width.


Close to what I was going to suggest. I'd forgo the wood block though.
Simply lay the dowel in the front of the miter gauge and pass it over the
blade, rotate it at the high point of the blade. Of course, it does depend
on how long the dowel is. Too short and this idea doesn't work.


Just do it on the dowel before cutting it to length...

I'd use a guide block though simply to make it simpler to keep from
moving at an angle away from the face of the miter gauge...probably
simpler than the above would be simply a tubafore w/ a 45 whacked off
one side clamped against the gauge for the dowel to sit in....