Only $175 (not including saw and dust collector) but a nice set up.
I found a blade guard at the local restore for $4.00. After a little hacksaw work and a trip to the local metal suppliers scrap pile ($1.00) I took it to a welder and here is what I got.
Now all I have to do is rig an attachment for the dust collector already located overhead. Total so far $22.50.
Weather perfect outside so I'd better get to work.
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Looks good so far. That plastic guard looks wide enough on the sides to accomodate a vac hose fitting on the left side. That way if the hose is flexible enough, it can stay attached and still tilt and move when the workpiece comes sliding along under the front end.
Otherwise you might have to start over with a wider plastic enclosure that would be wide enough to let the blade tilt while it is all the way up. But then it would get complicated if you still needed a splitter.
Here is a version I built from plans from this guy on You Tube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PDT9bqgrIg
It's mostly for dust collection and it does that pretty well if the workpiece covers the bottom edge all around.
But there is also a drop down plate on the left side that helps stop the dust from flying out the left edge when the left edge of the shroud is not touching the workpiece.
Right now I have built a sort of "n shaped frame over the saw table to support the dust hood. But as I found out today it needs to be able to swing out of the way on short notice if you are doing wide and long workpieces.
Earl White
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