I have asked around elsewhere and didn't get far, so I thought I would ask here as well. I have an older Craftsman table saw. It's good, reliable, accurate, and old. It was made by King-Seeley, now Emerson, for Sears in the early 50's. Emerson, Sears, and Craftsman have no clue about this saw. I have only the original throat plate and would like to make a zero clearance and dado blade throat plates.

This is the saw
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This is the opening
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Notice the small and shallow ledge the plate sits on.

It is held in by two spring clips on the back.
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But I think I might be able to make some type of set screw and wing combination to achieve the hold down on the new plate since I don't have any clips.

And worst of all
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The plate is only 0.087" thick (87 thousands or less than 1/10th of an inch)

So I'm open to suggestions on how to make a new one.