My guard is the curved nose type. I like the splitter on it because I think it helps keep the board straight.
earlier, Dale Leavens, wrote: >There used to be two designs of blade guard, there may still be, I >don't know, I haven't been looking for a long time. One sort, the >earlier type had a slot with a knob through it. You raised the guard >to be just high enough to clear the top of the board being cut then >locked it there. Many users just raised it full height and left it >locked there but it leaves lots of room to run a hand in along with the wood. > >The second sort just drops over the blade and has a curled up nose >which your board is supposed to raise as it engages the guard. They >are supposed to work a lot like the spring loaded sort on hand-held >circular saws. > >One less obvious advantage to the guard is the support which acts >like a splitter or riving knife to keep the saw kerf from closing up >and jamming the saw along with the kick-back preventers and the >obvious value of guarding the blade from accidentally wandering hands. > >I have treated a number of hands over the years injured on table >saws both with guards in place and without guards in place. By the >way, none were blind people so far. > >There are all sorts of hold-down devices out there some better than >others. You probably should be careful about using them much until >your skills require their use for those sorts of tasks requiring them. > >I just bought a load of ball bearings, hopefully I will find time >between Christmas and New Years to construct an outfeed table for my >saw, one I can fold partially down out of the way when I don't need >it. I don't much like trying to capture the leading end of a long >piece on saw horses or roller stands because even a slight dip >causes the end to bump directly into the horse or stand either >arresting it's progress or pushing over the roller stand. > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada ><mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: John Schwery >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 10:37 AM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] tips, tricks, and knowledge > >When I bought my table saw, the guard wouldn't stay up out of the way >because it has a metal strip that prevented it from staying up. I >took pliers and bent that strip so I could raise the guard for >measuring and put the guard down when I am ready to cut. My guard >doesn't flop and stays centered so I don't cut holes in it. > >earlier, Matt, wrote: > > >Hi dale. > >You use the fence, and the pusher, which most sighted people will > throw aside. > >I am not great with large sheets of wood, but they have roller > >stands, saw horses and all that which you can try as props for the wood. > >I have two roller stands which someone gave me. > >I haven't used them enough yet to tell you if they are good, but the > >man who gave them to me is an experienced wood turner and he gave > >them to me because he didn't like them. > >If that's any help. > >You use your fence, and pusher, and you learn to keep your hand away > >from the blade. > >Set up your wood, and bring it up to the blade and figure out where > >you are going to cut and all that before you hit the power button. > >Of course, don't have the wood against the blade when you power on. > >I am on my second table saw now and it has a nice fence which clamps > >onto a moving piece, so that you can roll it or push it up to where > >you want it, then lock it down. > >My first saw had a clamp on piece which was really lousy! > >You can experiment with the blade height. > >I read a good message on here about that already. > >I took my blade guard off, it kept flopping around, and getting > >pushed up, then dropping and things like that while I was cutting > >and it got on my nerves. > >I cut a hole in the first one, because it fell down over the blade > >in the middle of a cut. > >I find it easier to gage my cuts when I am setting them up if that > >thing is not in the way. > >If this is wrong of me, I am open to discussion and slapping it back > >on there though. > >My band saw was more dangerous for me, because the big table saw > >demands respect and the little band saw looks so easy to deal with. > >hahahahah, > >Always respect all power tools I guess! > >Emergency room desk people are not at all funny when you are sitting > >there with a cut finger trying to explain what happened. > >What do they know? > >hahahahah > > > >Matt > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1187 - Release Date: > >12/16/2007 11:36 AM > >John > >---------- > >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1187 - Release Date: >12/16/2007 11:36 AM > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1187 - Release Date: >12/16/2007 11:36 AM John ---------- No virus found in this outgoing message. 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