Doug Miller wrote:
Bill wrote in :

Woodchucker wrote:

I think if you marry Sonny's and this together you would likely come
out with a nice unit.
You might even marry some pvc into the support arm (along with the
pipe for some dust extraction).

Jeff, I think your idea of using PVC for a dust collecting support arm
has a lot of merit.
Some merit, anyway. I tried that about a year ago; even 2" PVC is disappointingly flexible
over a span of 4+ feet, and requires overhead support.

Well, that is useful to know. I'm becoming sorry I didn't keep the
base from an old halogen lamp. I've got a similar one right next to me,
and it's base seems to be 20 pounds at least. Attaching a 3-foot length
of PVC to that, I might have a structure for a blade guard in short
order. If anyone is worried about safety, please don't, it's too early
for that. I'm just thinking out loud (sort-of).

I have the original equipment blade guard with splitter. But I upgraded
the splitter to a riving knife (and that's how I got to this point).

Bill


One could pick up a few ideas from the support arm of this unit:

http://www.pennstateind.com/library/TSGUARD_ins.pdf
That's what I modeled mine after (except I put the dust port in front where it belongs). I used
PVC mostly for proof-of-concept, and will probably re-do it some day using EMT or RMC.