today. I had bought a 1/4" slab to replace the 1/2" thick one on my Stanley 358 mitrebox. I still had some leftover 1/8" x 1/2" flat bar stock, from the 3' I bought to go between the tops of the saw guides...had 22" left over. Picked a couple hex head bolts.....shank was just under 1/2" diameter. I could hacksaw the heads off. I could drill a hole near each end of the flat bar. Tap some threads to match the bolts. Once each bolt was threaded through and tightened down, I could hacksaw off the excess threads....
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I had, I thought, cut the second one long enough....missed it by thank much. No biggie. Grinder to round some edges. Smoothed the rough stuff down with the grinder. Underside is flat, and smooth, should slide nicely in the dados.
I did find out a lot of my metal-working drill bits are a bit on the dull side.....might as well just get a few new ones, just to match the taps I have.
Now, maybe figure out how to fabricate a "tree" for the stop rods to use? Might need to buy a new rod or two, as well.