Jeff Horton
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I have been looking for a guard for my Unisaw for a while now. Really wasn't so impressed by the new ones that I would turn loose the money they were asking. Trying to find a old guard wasn't that easy either. I would occasionally find a typical guard with the basket and splitter that every one hates. I figured it was better than nothing but they go high when they come up.
Thing is, a couple of times I have scared myself. Noticed my hand a little closer to the blade than I cared for. So the search was on.
Then I stumbled on this Uniguard that looked pretty shabby in the photos. Emailed with the seller and he answered my questions. Enough to convince me to put in a large bid. Surprisingly I got it for half what I was willing to go.
It came by UPS about 3 hours ago. Opened it up and checked it out and it was as promised. It was missing a couple of set screws but that was no big deal. I was waiting on glue to dry so I started cleaning on it.
I was surprised at how easy it cleaned up. Before I knew it two hours had passed and I had the thing installed and guarding that blade!
The thing I like about this guard is that can be easily swung out of the way. Each basket is independent. So if you have the fence close to the blade you just swing that basket back out of the way. You can still make dado cuts with it. And if you need you can loosen the bracket and the whole guard can swing back under the table. Of course that won't work with the extension table and I now I have to finally make myself cut new slots. Cause the arm hits it.
Jeff
Thing is, a couple of times I have scared myself. Noticed my hand a little closer to the blade than I cared for. So the search was on.
Then I stumbled on this Uniguard that looked pretty shabby in the photos. Emailed with the seller and he answered my questions. Enough to convince me to put in a large bid. Surprisingly I got it for half what I was willing to go.
It came by UPS about 3 hours ago. Opened it up and checked it out and it was as promised. It was missing a couple of set screws but that was no big deal. I was waiting on glue to dry so I started cleaning on it.
I was surprised at how easy it cleaned up. Before I knew it two hours had passed and I had the thing installed and guarding that blade!
The thing I like about this guard is that can be easily swung out of the way. Each basket is independent. So if you have the fence close to the blade you just swing that basket back out of the way. You can still make dado cuts with it. And if you need you can loosen the bracket and the whole guard can swing back under the table. Of course that won't work with the extension table and I now I have to finally make myself cut new slots. Cause the arm hits it.
Jeff