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[email protected] (Larry Fox)

06/05/2004 7:54 AM

Better Blade Guard / Splitter Recomendation

I have a LT Unisaw and I am quite dissatisfied with the factory Blade
guard / splitter and wonder if anyone can recommend a good
after-market one. I am not quite to the point of removing it but I am
getting very close. I tend to err on the side of safety vs
convienience so I would really like to keep some sort of guard and
splitter on the saw.

Thanks in advance for your time . . .

Larry


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[email protected] (Mike at American Sycamore)

in reply to [email protected] (Larry Fox) on 06/05/2004 7:54 AM

06/05/2004 1:38 PM

[email protected] (Larry Fox) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> I have a LT Unisaw and I am quite dissatisfied with the factory Blade
> guard / splitter and wonder if anyone can recommend a good
> after-market one. I am not quite to the point of removing it but I am
> getting very close. I tend to err on the side of safety vs
> convienience so I would really like to keep some sort of guard and
> splitter on the saw.
>
> Thanks in advance for your time . . .
>
> Larry

I have both the Uniquard and the Biesemeyer here at the school, and I
would recomend both. If you have the Unifence on your saw go with the
Uniquard, if you have the Biesemeyer fence, go with the Biesemeyer
quard. Each have a removable splitter and easy to use.

Good Luck,
Mike from American Sycamore

pp

patriarch <[email protected]>

in reply to [email protected] (Larry Fox) on 06/05/2004 7:54 AM

06/05/2004 7:26 PM

Pat Barber <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Here is an excellent article on that subject:
>
> http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/w00130.asp
>
> I have the Biesemeyer guard and splitter... They are both
> excellent.
>
> Larry Fox wrote:
>
>> I have a LT Unisaw and I am quite dissatisfied with the factory Blade
>> guard / splitter and wonder if anyone can recommend a good
>> after-market one. I am not quite to the point of removing it but I am
>> getting very close. I tend to err on the side of safety vs
>> convienience so I would really like to keep some sort of guard and
>> splitter on the saw.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your time . . .
>>
>> Larry
>
>

And I have the $30-ish Delta removeable splitter, which I run without a
blade guard (don't tell the safety police...) in a hobby
studio/shop/garage. My neighbor has the Delta overarm guard, which is the
style also installed at the adult education shop where I take classes. The
guards are more of a pain that they are worth TO ME. You get to make your
own choices.

But, unless there's a sled on my saw, the splitter is in place.

The OEM version is worse than worthless.

Patriarch

PB

Pat Barber

in reply to [email protected] (Larry Fox) on 06/05/2004 7:54 AM

06/05/2004 3:55 PM

Here is an excellent article on that subject:

http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/pages/w00130.asp

I have the Biesemeyer guard and splitter... They are both
excellent.

Larry Fox wrote:

> I have a LT Unisaw and I am quite dissatisfied with the factory Blade
> guard / splitter and wonder if anyone can recommend a good
> after-market one. I am not quite to the point of removing it but I am
> getting very close. I tend to err on the side of safety vs
> convienience so I would really like to keep some sort of guard and
> splitter on the saw.
>
> Thanks in advance for your time . . .
>
> Larry


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