Lower Saw Guard for about $5

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:20 pm

Y'all notice the 'new improved Avatar'?:D

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:23 pm

Y'all notice the 'new improved Avatar'?:D

Not 'Mine', Kameljoe21!:rolleyes:

judaspre1982 · Post by **judaspre1982** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:36 pm

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nllaeder · Post by **nllaeder** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 5:53 pm

Wow, that's awesome. I need to do that too. The lack of a lower guard bothers me every time someone walks into my garage.

shipwright · Post by **shipwright** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:17 pm

All done and the price is up by more than double. The can of paint was over $7.

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This is a close up of the ABS reducer

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It's very solid and even collects dust well.

Paul M

mickyd · Post by **mickyd** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:41 pm

Looks just as good as a company manufacture job. Excellent craftsmanship Paul. Gotta be proud of that baby!!

Could you explain the process you used to connect the pieces together that establish the width? I don't see any apparent mechanical fasteners.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:44 pm

mickyd wrote:Looks just as good as a company manufacture job. Excellent craftsmanship Paul. Gotta be proud of that baby!!

Could you explain the process you used to connect the pieces together that establish the width? I don't see any apparent mechanical fasteners.

Do you think maybe pop rivets maybe(then covered with filler).

shipwright · Post by **shipwright** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:26 pm

Actually the parts are assembled with a high strength rubber cement and sheet metal screws. When the glue cured I pulled the screws and judiciously tried to pull it apart. I didn't apply huge force because it will not be subjected to much destructive force in use. I did however pull hard enough to convince myself it was well stuck. Mike, you've seen the pics of my first attempt. I used epoxy on that one and when the thinnish metal flexed a little the dust chute popped off. The rubber glue definitely won't do that. The Indented lid on the stock pot allowed me to have a good 3/8" overlap for good bonding surface. Then a quick putty up with JB quick and paint.

The challenge is to keep the guard short enough that it doesn't interfere with the table trunions. The reason you see so much room behind the blade is that this 500 came with a 510 blade arbour (is it arbor here?)and I wanted to make it so it would work with either.

Paul M

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Lower Saw Guard for about $5

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