I guess you could have one cut and finished at a machine shop. Use the thin one as a template. Might need to thin part of it down to fit the slot. Personally, I've switched to full kerf blades, they just work better without deflection.
Make your own out of an old thin kerf blade or find a piece of metal the same thickness. Use the one you have for a pattern.Tom, I was using a full kerf also but I was getting a lot of burning while ripping. I then used my ripping blade and the burning was better but not gone. That is when I installed my thin kerf blade it stopped the burning. My saw is a 1 3/4HP and the thin kerf blade cuts easier but I agree a full kerf blade is better.
The oem insert has another slot for the original splitter, you have lots of room there but more to the point with a thin kerf you will want a zero clearance insert anyway so there is loads of room for a slitter add-on.A riving knife is one of those things I'd like to have, but no one makes one for my old Delta. It originally had a splitter, so it isn't that old, but even that was lost before I got the saw. I thought about a micro splitter, but the blade comes very close to the end of the insert when it's all the way up so I don't think there's room for one.
I don't see any extra slot in the OEM insert. This saw is a 34-670, which isn't very big, the table is only 22" front to back.The oem insert has another slot for the original splitter, you have lots of room there but more to the point with a thin kerf you will want a zero clearance insert anyway so there is loads of room for a slitter add-on.
Can you attach it where the splitter attached? Was it one where the splitter was part of the blade guard?A riving knife is one of those things I'd like to have, but no one makes one for my old Delta. It originally had a splitter, so it isn't that old, but even that was lost before I got the saw. I thought about a micro splitter, but the blade comes very close to the end of the insert when it's all the way up so I don't think there's room for one.
I'd think I'd died and gone to heaven if I had a unisaw.Sorry, I was thinking of a 34-450 series (unisaw) that I was dealing with on another forum.
Rob
It's one of those saws that has a threaded rod that protrudes out the back and held the splitter and blade guard. Both are long gone.Can you attach it where the splitter attached? Was it one where the splitter was part of the blade guard?
Herb