Mine is removed ONLY for non through cuts. My BT3000 came with riving
knife and blade guard. I've had case hardened wood clamp the riving
knife which was about 3/16" from spinning teeth hard enough to stop
forward movement. It is curved matching 10 blade shape.

On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 02:45:01 -0500, Greg wrote:

Let's take a poll - how many people here like OR use the guard that
with their saw? A show of hands, please...