I threw it away!

better do discard unsafe tools than risk someone getting hurt of you have no economical way of fixing it.

-- making sawdust....

You can dis-assemble the saw and sell it for parts on Ebay.

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or look on craigslist for another that is in terrible shape. maybe you could salveage the gaurd.

I’m still thinking about a guy who immediately takes all the guards off every tool he buys. Sounds like a candidate for the Darwin awards.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

turn it into a disk or bobbin sander that can be done succesfully or manufacture your own gaurd from perspex or similar or fibreglass in a mould made from wooden blank and plaster of paris.not too hard if you try.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

I’ve discarded many tools because the plastic on the guards breaks. Check the thickness of the plastic before you buy. Some “quality” tools will not hold up to daily use, especially if getting move all the time. Which will happen if you do construction for a living.

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