I have looked around and I don’t find much in the way of people building their own saw guards. I just bought a jet hybrid off e-bay and it did not have one. Also I want to put an extension table on it and it would just get in the way.
Many factors make me want to build my own
1 – I don’t move my equipment so ceiling hung might be the best for me
2 – I know $200 is not much money for safety/dust collection, but I have already spent $200 here/there/everywhere and the its just $200 adds up real fast.
3 – Why spend the money when I can build my own to meet my own needs.
I am getting the Penn State replacement guard to start with
http://www.pennstateind.com/store/tsguard-dh.html
and then I plan on mounting it to the ceiling myself.
Have any of you done similar things? Is there a reason people don’t do this themselves that I am not seeing? Any helpful hints? If people are interested I will post the finished product when it happens.
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I made this many moons ago. I suspect most on this site purchase one because of the limited plastic and metal work involved and have the why build it when I can buy it mentality. Same as the I'd never buy a used machine, never know where it's been.
Moves verticaly, side to side 3" and swings to the right out of the way when not needed. It's 3.75" wide and can be used when the blade is tilted.
DJK
There should have been two attachments.
DJK
I did exactly what you are planning on doing. If you want excellent dust collection from the Penn stat dust hood make sure to enclose the back. I used a piece of rigid foam insulation 1/4 inch thick, I cut a slot in it for my splitter and the dust has disappeared. The only downside is for ripping thin pieces and proximity to the fence. You will have this problem with any guard though.
I work slow and spent about a 1/2 day on the project. I am starting to look at that $200 and thinking I could be making gifts instead of guards and the net effect would be the same..........
May I recommend the plans at the following site: http://www.woodcentral.com/bparticles/blade_guard.pdfThese are the plans I intend to use when I get around to building mine.
Joby,
Excellent question! Wished I'd asked it before I started building what I'm planning on using now.I'm currently building a blade guard system that's featured in the current Shop Notes magazine, with a few modifications. the one submitted by LoydBowman on this thread seems a little nicer and more convenient. Although I believe the Shop Notes design is a little easier to build and less expensive. I spent less than $40.00 not including the wood, as this was scrap. I like the thinner design of the Shop Notes,but the higher visibility of the one submitted by Loyd. I'll let you know how it works when I've completed it.
Danny
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