It'll help with DC, so let that be your urgency guide.
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Dan,
Congrats on the saw and also for having such a good friend. It's a great saw, particularly the Biesmeyer fence.
Craftsman will have parts for it and so will Steel City Tool Works. Steel City made the saw for Cman through its Orion Division.
Do you have the instruction manual and parts list? If not, PM me and I can get you a copy.
Paul
That's what I was thinking the issue would be. I piece of lexan would probably work too I'd think.
My shop is currently a dust storm anyway, so no great urgency there.
It seems like the saw might actually be decent at dust collection with the cover in place.
I ordered but did not like the B.O.R.K riving knife for this saw model. It strapped on to the arbor arm with a couple of hose clamps. So I returned it.
I now have the Shark Guard from Leeway. Uses the existing splitter slot and seems to be a much better fit. I'm very happy with it.
make sure you make a box about the same size as the cover. that is where the motor tilts into for bevel cuts.
+1 on the Sharkguard for the Zipcode saw. But, you cannot do a 45 degree miter cut because the saw's splitter assembly gets in the way. To do a 45 you will need to grind out some of the bottom of your cast metal table insert