glenn bradley
08-10-2013, 4:38 PM
I have been using this method for many months and it seems to work well so, I thought I would share. When using the overarm guard, the saw looks like so:
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Although Saw Stop has made swapping the guard for the riving knife and act of simplicity, where do you put the arm when it is not in use? I stick mine on this cleat fixture which I can reach from the saw's operator position:
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But, that leaves the overarm tube open. I used to use a little mini Nerf football to stuff into this hole but, had one of those ah-ha moments. I took a rattle-can top that happened to be sized so that the inner cylinder fit inside the SS overarm tube. I slipped an O-ring over this inner portion and stuck a magnet to the inside of the outer wall.
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Now when the overarm is stored, the cap fits on the tube making a reasonably airtight seal. When not in use the magnet in the cap keeps it stuck to the frame or tube nearby and below the table surface height.
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Stupid-simple but, it has yet to give me any grief when swapping back and forth from over arm to cross cutting or sled use.
268266
Although Saw Stop has made swapping the guard for the riving knife and act of simplicity, where do you put the arm when it is not in use? I stick mine on this cleat fixture which I can reach from the saw's operator position:
268267 . 268268
But, that leaves the overarm tube open. I used to use a little mini Nerf football to stuff into this hole but, had one of those ah-ha moments. I took a rattle-can top that happened to be sized so that the inner cylinder fit inside the SS overarm tube. I slipped an O-ring over this inner portion and stuck a magnet to the inside of the outer wall.
268269 . 268270
Now when the overarm is stored, the cap fits on the tube making a reasonably airtight seal. When not in use the magnet in the cap keeps it stuck to the frame or tube nearby and below the table surface height.
268271 . 268272 . 268273
Stupid-simple but, it has yet to give me any grief when swapping back and forth from over arm to cross cutting or sled use.