SawStop blade guard and riving knife thickness difference

Call Sawstop Their customer service is phenomenal.

-- Bruce, Boise, ID

I agree call Sawstop…...

I have an older PCS and have no problems changing between the riving knife and blade guard and never had any issue with the clamp.

Weird that 0.03 mm or 0.001 inches would make any difference.

I had never looked at the adjustment for this, but it doesn’t seem to be made to accommodate different thicknesses. I did check both my blade guard and riving knife, and they are both labeled as 2.3MM (one year old ICS). My guess is they changed the riving knife over time. Calling them may get you an updated riving knife for nothing that will match the blade gaurd.

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Mines a couple years old, and my two are a hair diff. I have my adjustment to be tight on the splitter, and it’s a normal pressure on the overarm guard. Not an issue at all and never had a prob. You can adjust the tension of the handle that applies the pressure easily.

I was bummed that they did not have a thin kerf option. I was told that they did many years ago, but dropped it. I had to sell my thin kerf blades and replace with regular kerf ones.

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I ordered and received a thin kerf riving knife from Sawstop for my contractor saw. Just got the saw this spring.
I have the blade guard and 2 different thickness riving knives and can interchange any without changing anything on the clamp.

-- Bruce, Boise, ID

Thanks to all who have replied. I had sent the same information to SawStop but have yet to receive a response from them. Unfortunately this is consistent with my prior experience with SawStop customer service. When they do reply the information is good, but the failure to reply is common. This time I decided to call on the Lumberjocks community. Thanks for your help.

Thanks to all who have replied. I had sent the same information to SawStop but have yet to receive a response from them.

Have you ever tried CALLING for information? ;^)

I like email too, but in the woodworking industry a phone call can often resolve the problem very quickly and on the first contact.

Yes, I have tried calling. I have never gotten to the right person and my calls have never been returned, perhaps because I live in New Zealand. (The local SawStop rep is useless.)

That’s really a shame. I normally don’t contact companies by e mail, but Sawstop is one of the few that have answered my e mails, both with an e mail and then calling me! I’ve phoned them twice and it worked even better. Really hope you get some help form them…

-- Our village hasn't lost it's idiot, he was elected to congress.

I ordered and received a thin kerf riving knife from Sawstop for my contractor saw. Just got the saw this spring.
I have the blade guard and 2 different thickness riving knives and can interchange any without changing anything on the clamp.

- johnstoneb

They must have brought it back! Cool. I’m fine with regular kerf anyway. Cheers.

-- Sooner or later Liberals run out of other people's money.