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Havent recieved the kit yet, its in the mail BUT here is the info:
From Mark V
Serial # 169324
Mfg Date 1984

Complete with:
Includes both Inner and Outer guard
Lower Saw Guard Assembly (#513484)
- Retail price $138.40
Lower Saw Guard (#515290)
- Retail price $18.93

i APPRECIATE YOUR HELP!!!

I would like to comment on having a TV in the shop. Picture this: You have the Superbowl on. It is near the end of the game. Your team is ahead. You are ripping a board. While looking at the board you hear the announce yelling "He's going all the way. No one can stop him". This player is on your favorite team. So you look up to watch him score the winning TD. THE END> I hope your story had a happy ending.

Hi,

Now picture the saw ripping, the dust collector collecting, and your 20 Db ear protection on... say what????

I don't have a TV in the shop, I do have a radio on sometimes but I never have it loud enough where any power tools use will not overwhelm it.

Keep it simple, trying to do to many things at the same time is not always a safe choice.

Ed

navycop wrote:I would like to comment on having a TV in the shop. Picture this: You have the Superbowl on. It is near the end of the game. Your team is ahead. You are ripping a board. While looking at the board you hear the announce yelling "He's going all the way. No one can stop him". This player is on your favorite team. So you look up to watch him score the winning TD. THE END> I hope your story had a happy ending.

I am staying completely out of this discussion. I thought I would never quit hearing about it the last time!:rolleyes:

BTW, this thread started way back in January 2008 and the subject was lower saw guard.

I'm not sure what I have for a model. The SN on the motor unit is 96052. It has a metal lower saw guard. From what I've been seeing here, I would have thought it should be plastic. In addition, for whatever reason, my brother had added about a 2" piece of wood to widen the case.

When I tried removing the wooden piece, the face of the guard came microns from touching the blade, which is most likely what prompted the additional piece. Can anyone tell me what I've got? The list of serial numbers states that the number is the date. This number may indicate 5-2-1996 but I'm not sure. Someone had stated that the plastic lower guards came out about 1982. Could I be using the wrong guard and the one on the machine is for another attachment?

BigEd

It looks like your Mark V was made around mid 1981.

Hi,

The metal guards, both top and bottom were what my machine came with in 1976. According to the catalog the newer plastic guards started with serial #222396 which means your machine has what it came with.

The bottom guard wasn't to bad but I really hated the top guard. When the upgrade came out I got one right away. That turned out to not be such a great deal as they soon came out with a new version to fix the problem with the dust port of the bottom guard. I then had to upgrade again...

The upgrade requires you to do some drilling on the tie bar but is a lot better then the old metal one. Due to the size restrictions of the 500 design the guard only works with the 10" blades and required you to buy the disc sander dust chute for that application.

The metal guard did require a spacer for operations like cutting dado's. Please check:
http://www.shopsmith.com/academy/tblsaw ... /index.htm
Figure 3-23.

A 500 has different length saw arbors, disk sander hubs and carriage stop ring just to name a few. Make sure you take the effort to make sure your brother didn't mix and match 500 parts like those mentioned with 505/510/520 parts.

If you have not done so make sure you get the PTWFE (Power Tool Woodworking for Everyone) book that shows your machine and read and understand all the safety instructions.

Ed

BigEd wrote:I'm not sure what I have for a model. The SN on the motor unit is 96052. It has a metal lower saw guard. From what I've been seeing here, I would have thought it should be plastic. In addition, for whatever reason, my brother had added about a 2" piece of wood to widen the case.

When I tried removing the wooden piece, the face of the guard came microns from touching the blade, which is most likely what prompted the additional piece. Can anyone tell me what I've got? The list of serial numbers states that the number is the date. This number may indicate 5-2-1996 but I'm not sure. Someone had stated that the plastic lower guards came out about 1982. Could I be using the wrong guard and the one on the machine is for another attachment?

BigEd