On 7 Mar 2005 06:24:44 -0800, "Jim" wrote:

I tend to remove saw guards, not buy them. While some guards can be
helpful, I've never found one for a table saw that I thought was any
good. Most of them seem a danger to me. I'd rather have the blade out
in the open & practice safety on my own. I've (knock on wood) never
had an accident with a tablesaw by just always respecting it a lot,
taking my time & being careful.
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I tend to agree with you.... However I have been running an Excalibur
overhead guard on my saw for almost 15 years and to be very truthful I
like it... adjusts in less then a second...can be moved 2 foot to the
left or right of the blade in less then 2 seconds.. or completely
removed in a few minutes (I am guessing here as in 15 years I never
had any reason to remove it) ...

Using a saw without a guard is a lot safer then using "most" saws that
have the OEM guard in place... on that I agree 100 percent.

Bob Griffiths