Tablesaw blade guard with dust collection!

Nice build. Curious as to how heavy it is? Did you use hardwood or ply? I love the idea of using the cushion or couch attachment to get down by the blade….great spot to collect the dust as most blades throw the dust forward.

Thanks for sharing this project.

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cool do you remember what issue of shop notes you saw this in?

Really cool looking. I remember seeing this. Only issue I see is that the splitter is pretty far back behind the blade. If the wood were to pinch it might do it before the splitter.

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great build and i like your approach to the dust problem
catch it at the source

kiefer

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Hi Jason, Good point about the splitter. Perhaps the splitter can be fabricated larger such that the distance between the splitter piece and the blade is shortened.

Good work, Mike, for taking care of your health with this addition.

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Reggie I used Poplar since I have some that is salvaged from an old piano, and the floating part is fairly light. Mike the plan came from Shop Notes Vol 16 Issue 92. Jason I have a splitter built into my other insert plates, I really don’t use the bracket as a splitter.

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cool deal…thanks for posting and thanks for the reply

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Nice, I’m definately favoriting this!
Thanks

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Looks real professional!! maybe you should go into the biz! ;-))

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Looks very useful. Are you getting good results?

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Beautiful work and very smart.

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Thanks for your comments and suggestions. Rex it works very well, it captures 95% of the sawdust that usually flys out of the top. I’m very happy with the results.

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Nice build DC blade guard, and you build it just like Shop Notes design. Very cool solution at the end mounting it.
Very well done

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Cool cool cool. I really like this one. The dust leaving the front tip is a real bugger.
Good job. And you made it all pretty too.

Steve

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ShopNotes Vol 16 Issue 92

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