Have you built your own overarm table saw guard?

I was looking to build one myself awhile back, but haven’t gotten around to it yet. Here are a couple I found, during my research.

http://members.aol.com/Alamaral/Guard.html
http://www.woodcentral.com/bparticles/overarm_guard.shtml

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I’ve built the Woodcentral / Badger Pond version referenced above. I’d do it again. Total cost was ~ $85, as the shatterproof Lexan wasn’t cheap. I cut the Lexan with a Jigsaw and finished the edges on a disc sander. Total build time was ~ 3-4 hours.

A photo of mine is at the bottom of this page:
http://www.bburke.com/woodworking/shopmadejigsandtools.html

I attached mine to the ceiling with a detachable mechanism. The unit easily moves out of the way for tall items.

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Mike: have you build your overarm table saw guard yet? i’m also looking at building one but feel I might be too inexeperienced to actually pull it off myself? Is it really doable for a noob :)

Here is one I made about seven years ago works great I even had the printers graphics artist copy the design for biessemeyer on this and I made the fence system too have fune Kindest regards Alistair

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/tybachdai/my%20saw/more_finishing_touches_004.jpg

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Check out John Nixon’s Eagle Lake Woodworking web site. He built one for his Craftsman TS using a dust hood from Penn State. I have the parts on hand and will be building one this week based on John’s design.

Thanks Scotsman. That’s really cool, it looks great but might be a bit advanced. I think I’ll give a go though!