In an earlier post I had some pictures of a blade guard with dust collection built in. I built it from plans from Shop Notes. The plans call for attaching the rear part of the guard to a 1 1/2" conduit tube that would run down the back side of the table and attach to a mast attached on the right side of my extension table. This is a great Idea unless you want to make beveled cuts and still have dust collection. With the blade tilted it would hit the guard and wreck it. I pondered this problem for s few days and then finally it dawned on me to use the attach point that my original guard used. So I cut out a bracket from 1/8" aluminium and re-built the aft part of the guard to attach to the bracket. Now I have a guard with dust collection with the blade square to the table an with it tilted. I ripped several boards to make sure the bracket didn't interfere with the wood and that the guard's lift assist worked correctly and that it captured the saw dust. Everything worked great. With the blade tilted there was a very small amount of saw dust that managed to escape on the right side of the guard but nothing near what I would get without it. This was a lot of fun to build and it will help me keep the shop clean some of the time. Thanks for looking!

I like the change you made. That is one of those projects on my list. It has hot to get moved higher on the list.

Any changes you would make now that you have given it the maiden voyage?

Great job John! I like it. And the price it right.

Super work Mike very cool design and well built.

Great idea and great workmanship. My biggest dislike about my saw is that the guard goes down the throat plate and is bolted in a nearly inacessable place. It is a chore to remove the guard and put it back.  This usually means that I leave it off. After seeing this, I am going to see if I can adapt my saw to something like this.

Just one question. Does the weight of the hose(flexability too)  and nozzle present a problem with balance and guard operation?

Cool John, I need to do something like that.

Hello John,

Great looking outfit you made and it truly is a safe mechanism for ripping however with the different tasks I perform on my table saw it would be impossible to use your set up. Referring to table sawn raised panels, using the miter sled for exact picture frames etc. I commend you on your knowledge for safety.

Nice job. The tilt bar is just the ticket that makes this a complete project. It's on my list of "to do's" as well. My original guard is a nasty-looking piece of equipment that needs to be recycled at my local steel drop off.

Thanks to all for your comments. Ron the hose doesn't seem to pose any problems but I plan on using it a lot this coming weekend (Tue - Fri). I may make some modifications like extending the aluminium plate forward to act as a splitter and add a hose support if the hose effects the operation of the lift, but for now it works very well but theres always room for improvement.