| Project by GSwoodworker | posted 143 days ago | 667 views | 5 times favorited | 6 comments |  |
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I built this with my kids in mind. I would love for them to show interest in wood working someday. The original gaurd was limited and well you know a pain. The frame is made from 2” square steel tubing welded together. The horizontal piece of wood is ash with a steel insert (painted white) where the adjustment knob screws down on it. The vertical piece painted white is also steel that connects the main arm down to the gaurd. This is the original plastic gaurd. I used a small piece of ash that runs horizontal to connet the vertical steel leg. It connects to the table saw with one knob and only takes a minute to remove it. Draw back are that it can’t be used if I tilt the blade. I also added a shop vac hose over head which I connected using 2 clamps and a piece of wood using 2 small elastic bungee cords. This was a afterthought and I will improve in the near future. The dust collector comes out through the bottom. I hope someone gets I idea to make or modify there gaurd and hopfully prevent a injury.
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Durnik150
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posted 143 days ago
Well done. I hadn’t thought about adding something to my TS in that fashion. I like it. I especially like the versatility it gives you for keeping the safety gear in place and bringing the dust collection right down to the cutting surface.
Thanks for sharing.
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loupitou06
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posted 143 days ago
Very intresting,
I was wondering why you selected to place the DC in the front of the blade. Do you find this setup efficient for dust collection.
By the way, I would not worry about being able to tilt the blade. All you have to do is build a wide plastic cover out of lexan for example. That’s what commercial system look like anyway.
Any particular reason why you choose to run the DC hose on the other side of the arm. I would probably have run mine on the same side so that If you come up with a hinge mechanism on the arm, you could easily fold in in place/out of the way.
Thanks for the idea, I am going to sketch mine now :)
Pierre
-- 100 fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage
Dusty56
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posted 143 days ago
Very nice …helps to keep the sawdust out of the eyes and the air : )
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ratchet
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posted 143 days ago
Excellent piece of engineering in action there GSWW! Very clean and usefull.
Favorited for future consideration.
Well done.
Splinterman
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posted 143 days ago
Simple and effective….well done.
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jockmike2
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posted 143 days ago
Very good idea, thinking of the kids. They are always interested in what we are doing. My grandson can’t wait to get into my shop.
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