On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:51:53 -0500, Greg Guarino wrote:

Do you use this in lieu of a guard? Sorry for the stupid question, but
it certainly looks like you couldn't use both, except perhaps when
cutting wide stock (when you might not need it at all?)

You must be thinking of the type of guard that comes with most low to
medium price saws that combines guard and splitter. No, you can't use
one like that. But you can make or buy an overarm guard that works quite
well. And it's much less of a PITA than the guard/splitter combo.

The overarm guards that you can buy are expensive. But some even come
with dust collection.

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