I'm moving my shop and preparing to install an old Delta 12/14. The saw is missing the splitter and blade guard so one will need to be purchased and installed. I have a splitter-mounted Shark Guard on my Grizzly 1023SL and it works great so I'm leaning heavily to going that route again for the Delta. However, the Shark Guard has to be removed for all non-thru cuts so I am wondering if there are any drawbacks to using a floating guard that would not require removal to make those cuts.
What are the pros and cons of the floating guards versus the splitter-mounted guards (besides the obvious need for having to remove splitter-mounted guards for non-thru cuts)?
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