I just set up my new Porter-Cable table saw, and got everything adjusted to specification. Maybe 'cause I'm still a novice, but it seems to me that the saw would be safer to use without the blade guard. I'd still want to use the riving knife, as that seems to be a good thing. But, the blade guard covers the spinning blade to your eyesight throughout all of a cutting.... and that just doesn't seem safe to me. I want to have the blade in constant vision and be able to see where my hands/fingers are in relation to the blade at all times during use.

Do any of you experts see a problem with using just the riving knife, but not the plastic blade guard?