Shimming a riving knife...

[Harold Burrell]

So...since I haven't posted a dumb question here in at least a few days, I thought it might be time.

I have a Grizzly G0661 table saw. My riving knife is out of line. I think the last time I removed it I lost a shim or two. Any ideas on what I could use to shim it???

[Jesse Busenitz]

Depends on how much you need to move it, but pop cans, and tin foil are my go to shims.

[Mike Cozad]

I bought this at my favorite store. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00065...b7L&ref=plSrch

I quit using pop cans because as the ironer tooling on the can making press wears, the thickness changes. Since a typical can line has 6-10 ironing presses, you can have quite a bit of thickness variation in a case or even a 6 pack of cans. And since I tend to be a neanderthal, (not hand tool user, more like a monkey fist) I can never seem to keep the dang foil flat.

[scott spencer]

Just about anything that will stay in place and fill the space.

[Keith Hankins]

I'd go to Harbor freight and buy a set of feeler gauges and get the exeact size you need. When you find the one you need, throw a tad jbweld to it and boom never loose it again. (make sure it's right though)

[Robert LaPlaca]

Go to your local hobby shop, usually a decent hobby shop has a K&S Metals display... K&S has brass sheet shim stock in all kinds of thicknesses from .001 up

[Alan Schwabacher]

If you remove the riving knife frequently, you might want to use some kind of tape as the shim.