Table saw top & guard

[coffee now]

Hi everybody this is my first post.

I have been looking at your forum for a few years off and on now and I think it is great.

Half the time when i am woodworking it,s "what in the hell do I do now ?" or "why is this falling apart" as I did woodwork at school some time far far away.

Presently I have managed to get enough kit together to as I have seen to many of them taken off by saw blade in my line of work) The top is made of chipboard and is sagging, it has a wooden slide through the centre to pass the wood over the blade. Its also belt driven and take note of the spam on/off switch



A few picture for you to see as its worth a thousand words as they say

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[orraloon]

Coffee now,
First welcome to the site.
The photos you posted dont enlarge so not quite sure what information you are asking for. I do notice that the saw has no splitter knife or guard so great care needs to be taken around it.
Regards
John

[blackhole]

You probably want a few larger pieces of timber (or steel) underneath to stop the sag. Something like stud offcuts or a length of angle iron.

I have an old splitter and blade guard from a triton that you can have. It should just be a case of cutting a slot behind the blade and poking it through the table and then supporting it with an offcut and a couple of screws from underneath.

[coffee now]

Thanks for you help blackhole i would like to get in contact with you if that's possible. I'm in brizzy. I can ring or come and see you if your near by :)

[orraloon]

Coffee,
The saw is a `top effort it is just that these days the safety police are on the top of the heap. I started with a makita saw mounted under a ply sheet on trestles. I made a complete kitchen with it and a router. It did have its moments and I was scared a time or two. At the time mainstream woodwork books pointed at this as the thing to do.
Today any table saw should have'' at the least'' a splitter knife and a guard over the blade.
You only have 2 hands and can't afford to take chances. My first job after school was a sawmill and I have seen a lot of guys with bits missing. I ran away to sea so have all didgets intact. There was a matcho ethos in the place that said you are not a sawmiller if you have 10 fingers. I just wonder if those guys think the same now. I am not saying scrap it just look at a few safety features to add to it. Try the table saw section of the site for ideas.
Regards
John

[coffee now]

Thanks John,
I like my digits too.

The last job I went to this old fella had taken the guard off his table saw and lopped off his index finger of his left hand and messed up the others beside it. i went back into the shed and found it sitting quietly on the bench, because it was the last joint of the index, they won't worry about sowing it back on.

Robert