I placed my new slick surface on my bandsaw, cut a slot in it about halfway through and then stopped. This will act as a 'zero clearance table insert; like you'd find on a table saw. Now there's no way my work piece will get hung-up on my table insert any longer.
 

I'm going to use four small magnets to hold this board in place. That means I'll need to machine some pockets for the magnets to set in.

I used a 3/4" end mill to produce the pocket that you see here. However, end mills have an angle ground on the bottom of them and will leave a high spot in the center while plunging straight down. To get around this I switched over to a smaller end mill and walked around the pocket, staying away from the sides. This creates a nice flat surface when you're finished. The gray color that you see in the pocket is pencil lead. I colored the entire surface to see where I was cutting because the depth is only a few thousandths.
 

I bought two different diameter magnets to place in the pockets because I didn't know which one would work the best. I ended up using the larger ones, which are 5/8" diameter. The smaller ones are 1/2" diameter and both are 1/16" thick. Side note: the reason the magnets are so far apart is because they're really strong and kept moving towards each other.
 

One other thing I saw while watching that same video was the use of a "Stabilizer". What's a stabilizer? Well I didn't know either until the guy explained it and the more I watched the more I had to try one. A stabilizer is used with very small blades, 1/4" or less, and excel at making a very small radius while cutting. And the first thing I thought of was how nice it would've been if I had this while making that Christmas gift.

Anyways, I started looking for one and found this model made for a Grizzly saw. Cool I thought. However, just because something looks like it will work doesn't mean it will. Case and point: when I first saw this unit with the hex shank and none of the other models had one, I figured it was the right part for my saw. Well that's what I get for thinking!

I was almost ready to send this back but then I started looking at what I would have to do so I could use it. And after a day or two I came up with a plan to give it a try after all.
 

When I was looking at the picture online I saw this hex shank and thought I was good to go. But as you can see the stabilizer's shank is much smaller. Now if it was larger I could've just machined it down but it's not. So now what?