cliu Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 I recently bought a table saw (a Bosch 4100-09) and it did not come with a blade guard of any kind (it was used and I assume the previous owner lost or broke it). Blade guards seem to be quite costly, so I am wondering if it is safe to work without one. Most blade guards appear to cost over $100 which to me seems a bit exorbitant considering it is just some pieces of plastic and metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jronman Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 @cliu Does it have a riving knife? If it does you should be okay. Many saws come with both a riving knife and a blade guard. Both are riving knives but the blade guard allows dust collection to be connected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Jronman said: @cliu Does it have a riving knife? If it does you should be okay. Many saws come with both a riving knife and a blade guard. Both are riving knives but the blade guard allows dust collection to be connected. +1 If it has the riving knife I wouldn’t worry about the guard. The riving knife does the work, the guard just gets in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SetBuilder Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 My Jet table does not have a riving knife and I do not use a guard on it. I use an MJ splitter on it though https://www.microjig.com/products/mj-splitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboS1ice Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 I don't use the blade guard on my Dewalt, it has a riving knife like everyone else mentioned which is where the real business happens, mine can with an anti kick piece too that attaches to the riving knife but as long as you have half a head of common sense and pay attention to what your doing you don't really need it, maybe on larger stock it will help it out but a decent feather board is easier on the wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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