Thread: safety sleds?

There are so many designs to go for and you can easily put some form of perpex cover over it if you want. A well designed one will keep your hands away from the blade as you pass the work through obviating the need for a cover, but that said Ive seen a lot with a cover as well, The sort of work you normally use the saw for would determine if a cover is viable or not i guess.

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Originally Posted by forunna

None of the shots I've found have a safety cover over them.

Mine does

As BJ says its easy to put a piece of perspex over the blade part.

Mine is held on with wing nuts so it's easiy removable if I need to measure blade height.

So does mine.

Mine doesn't but I laugh in the face of danger

Mine doesn't and I wear panty liners when I'm using it.

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You'd be using the winged ones of course, Midge?

No, those specially designed ones for g-strings.

Actually, I lied about the panty liners, I just wear shorts that are easy to clean.

I have a cover at the exit point of the blade, and extensions on the rail so I can't put my thumbs over where the blade will exit, always use it with the blade barely above the work.

I have tried with a guard, but found it too hard to line cuts accurately, and believe it or not, always seemed to be slipping my hand under it for one reason or another (not when the saw was runing)!

It was just too much bother, and I have never felt the need for one since.

Cheers,

P

Mine has cut-outs in the rear fence on either side of the blade where I put my hands. There's no exit guard but it probably should have one. The tablesaw book I've got has a plan for one and his guard is made from Lexan. There are two grooves either side of the blade in the front and rear fences. The guard is just a rectangular box with the sides extending a couple of mm past the top at each end. This forms tabs which slide into the aforementioned grooves so that it can be slid in and out easily. You line up the board and then slide the guard in place. If I was going to put one on, I'd probably do it like that.

What do you do for dust collection if you don't have a guard?

A very good question, Grunt. Glad you asked. Midge?

Nothing.

Hence my question on another thread in a Galaxy far away!

Now that I am using Grr-rippers when I am not using the sled, the blade height is always at a minimum above the work, and I've found that this seems to keep the airborne dust to a managable amount.

I am still going to build an overhead dust port thingy which probably won't do too much, but I'll feel good about having it.

I haven't seen dust collector attached to a sled that is anymore than a compromise anyway, as the blade remains stationary and the DC moves... but anything is better than nothing.

Collection from the sled will be easy with a dropper from above, but when one is running Grr-rippers it would need to be at least 300 mm above the table, AND the saw blade is running in a tunnel anyway.

Someone did suggest a collector on the fence.....

Cheers,

P

Originally Posted by Grunt

What do you do for dust collection if you don't have a guard?

Even with a guard if it dont get sucked by the setup underneath then I do SFA about whats left.

Originally Posted by silentC

There's no exit guard but it probably should have one. The tablesaw book I've got has a plan for one and his guard is made from Lexan. .

Mine is made from a dirty great lump of spotted gum