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Over the summer, I've added an overhead blade guard to my Uni-saw. I never installed the stock blade guard and chose to just use a Delta splitter instead. That system worked well and I never found myself getting so near the spinning blade that I felt I was doing something stupid or dangerous. Actually it seems like an open blade provides a visual reference and keeps me aware. However, I am slightly allergic to sawdust. (especially oak and cedar) That has led me to wanting to improve dust collection above the blade. I chose a Shark guard. For overhead use it comes with a guard and bracket only with none of the struts for mounting.
It is up to each individual user to fabricate the mounting hardware to use the guard overhead. I don't have many metal working tools or a welder, just metal cutting blades for my woodworking tools, files grinder etc. The struts and hardware were all items that I picked up from Lowe's and the entire assembly was bolted together. I wanted to be able to do all of my normal cutting operations with the guard in place so it was important to me to design a system that would allow me to adjust the guard side to side as well as up and down. I have retained the Delta drop in splitter and anti kick back pawls as the Shark Guard fits over it.
Here is a picture from the rear.
If necessary it can be removed quickly and hung from the mount.
Steve
Over the summer, I've added an overhead blade guard to my Uni-saw. I never installed the stock blade guard and chose to just use a Delta splitter instead. That system worked well and I never found myself getting so near the spinning blade that I felt I was doing something stupid or dangerous. Actually it seems like an open blade provides a visual reference and keeps me aware. However, I am slightly allergic to sawdust. (especially oak and cedar) That has led me to wanting to improve dust collection above the blade. I chose a Shark guard. For overhead use it comes with a guard and bracket only with none of the struts for mounting.
It is up to each individual user to fabricate the mounting hardware to use the guard overhead. I don't have many metal working tools or a welder, just metal cutting blades for my woodworking tools, files grinder etc. The struts and hardware were all items that I picked up from Lowe's and the entire assembly was bolted together. I wanted to be able to do all of my normal cutting operations with the guard in place so it was important to me to design a system that would allow me to adjust the guard side to side as well as up and down. I have retained the Delta drop in splitter and anti kick back pawls as the Shark Guard fits over it.
Here is a picture from the rear.
If necessary it can be removed quickly and hung from the mount.
Steve