"Jay Pique" wrote

So I guess I have no real point other than to say that I think safety
in the shop is at least 95% using good commone sense and keeping your
eye on things. Feeling how the wood and the saw are responding is key
for me. Proper technique and feed rate are key. A splitter is
absolutely a great thing. Guards? I'm just not a fan.

I was about like most people when it comes to TS guards, in that they take
them off. When I started teaching high school students, liability concerns
dictated that I had to use the guard.

After a while, I came to realize that the guard was really not a problem,
for most operations. When there are cuts that need to be made and a guard
can not work, I come up with another shop built guard to protect hands and
fingers.
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Jim in NC