Bob Engelhardt wrote:
Steve B wrote:
...

How many of you use the guards, or do you take them off and put them
in a drawer?


I used to have mine off. Then I stuck the end of my thumb into the edge
of a running .045 cut off wheel. When I got the bleeding stopped, I put
the guard back on.

YMMV,
Bob

Why didn't you sue the mfr for making a machine that you could take the
guard off and hurt yourself?