New table filter including zero

I have a table of 15 rows with two columns (A+B), where A has values from zero to five (3 rows zero and 7 rows with values=10 rows) but also some blank values (5 rows). I want to create a new table where I filter out only blanks, but including 0-5 using:

1. Table = FILTER (Sheet1, Sheet1[A] <> BLANK ()) - gives me no blanks and no zeros (7 rows)
2. Table = FILTER (Sheet1, Sheet1[A] <> BLANK () || Sheet1[A]=0) - gives me all values including blanks and zeros (15rows)???

I added a column in the original table:

CheckNumberOfNoBlanks =
CALCULATE (
    COUNTA ( Sheet1[A] ),
    FILTER (Sheet1, Sheet1[A] <> BLANK () || Sheet1[A] = 0)
)

which gives me the correct number of NoBlanks (10 rows) but for some reason this does not work when creating the Table?

Any help to get me out of confusing state...