Breaking this out of the “Blade Guard” discussion since that one was a “should I or shouldn’t I” discussion.
One of the items mentioned in the above thread was to replace the crappy american-style guard with a European-style “crown guard”. I’m pretty new to this stuff, and hate my current guard (though I do use it). Can someone post a picture and explain what a crown guard is?
Neil
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You missed it; some pictures of Felder's crown guard were uploaded way back in the discussion right about here. I assume a crown guard is just one that fits over the top or "crown" of the blade.
The Felder photos themselves are these:
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Hmmmmm, that's pretty slick! Wouldn't mind having a set-up like that. Thought about getting the Beisemeyer splitter for my ancient Jet contractor's saw, but since I can't even find the right bolt to hold the blade guard assmebly on, it'd probably be impossible.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Jamie
I remember about the bolt from the other thread. Have you called Jet and spoke to customer service? They should have a part number for
I'm thinking of getting one of these to mount on my own Ryobi riving knife. The nice thing is that you can keep the crown guard on for through cuts, but remove it quickly and leave the riving knife in place for non-through cuts (assuming the top of the riving knife is slightly lowerer than the blade height).
". . .and only the stump or fishy part of him remained."
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Norm
Have you still got your gaurd assembly from the BT. I was looking at the felder closely and I think the plexi could be cut and shaped to modify on your rivver with a removable pin for quick release. Also, did you add thru threaded t knobs to the 2 bolts on the base of rivver for quicker release? Just a thought.
sarge..jt
Sarge, I still have the original blade guard/riving knife, but don't intend on modifying it, since I already have made a couple of cut-down riving knives that work fine. If I can get the Felder crown guard, it should mount easily to one of my shop-made riving knives (below). I've also thought of using thumb-nuts or some other method to speed up the process of installing the riving-knife, but it's still necessary to remove the throat plate first, which I dislike (three screws). In that sense, the new BT3100 has a quick-release throat plate that may help speed things up, but they still haven't provided any kind of quick-release guard assembly.View Image
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Norm
I haven't looked closely, but I was reffering to taking off the stock rivver and inner hardware and cutting the plexi to a similar shape as the Felder. Drill a hole in your made rivvers and attach the plexi to them with a quick release pin.
I also am making new rivvers for both TK and regular blades from old dull standard blades. Grinding down one to 1/32" and the other remains 1/8. Will cut the rivvers from those blanks. Just thought it might be an ecconomical way to go as I think all the hardware will detach. I also like the Felder. Let me know if you can find a source for the Felder plexi. I might go that route also.
sarge..jt
I really hate to nit-pick here Sarge as you I believe you are definitely going in the right direction, but the correct technical term is riving knife. Please stop saying rivver. Now I feel like a heel for mentioning it, but I hope you'll understand. Slainte. Website
Slainte
Nah, you're not nit-picking. My pronuciation is about as good as my spelling. Ha.. Don't mind being corrected. That's one way to learn from mistakes. Thanks..
sarge..jt
bolt. You should be able to order..ROFL..I don't have a clue how that posted b-4 I finished. It was just suddenly sucked into this computer. Ha.. Have tied myself to the chair to make sure I'm not next!!
sarge..jt
Sarge, too funny -- sorta like folding in with the last step of the escalator!!
I've gotten 3 bolts from Jet, but none of 'em fit! The saw is ancient, so that could have something to do with it. I was supposed to call back if the last one didn't fit, but haven't done it yet. Always a possibility there's a squished thread somewhere I guess.
Please notice how early it is. I'm never up this early in the morning, yet here I am!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Jamie
Well, I'm still here this morning. Got up early to do some shop work and go to lumber yard. I did cover the computer with a tarp as I was afraid to go to sleep with it just sitting there.
And what are you doing up so early. BTW, if you have a stripped thread in there, it can be re-threaded. Also, a self threading bolt will probaly work.
I don't usually do malls, so I can rule out the possibly of an attack by an esculator. Come to think of it, another good reason not to go to the mall. Catch you elsewhere..
sarge..jt
Neil,
The American Dental Association's web site has a good article on crown guards...
Actually, I've been at this longer than I care to admit, and I've never heard of one before.
Jeff
Neil, The big yellow thing above the blade is one version of a crown guard. In this case it's mounted directly onto the riving knife, which is the European version of the US splitter. This link (with luck) should take you to an image available at the end of that message. http://forums.taunton.com/tp-knots/messages?msg=8048.30. Slainte.
Neil,
With thanks to Rich Rose, here's a good set of references on blade guarding and saw operation.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-knots/messages/?msg=7392.21
Cheers, eddie
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