My Tablesaw has a mustache!

[Larry D. Wagner]

Jeffery

Thanks for showing your guard. If you don't mind I think I will incorporate some of your design into the one I'm going to be working on.

Larry

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Larry,
Be my guest! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me.
cheers, Jeff

[Kent Parker]

Great engineering ! This is one great unit. What is the counter weight? I don't recognize it as a coffee can.

Regards,

Kent

[Jeffrey Makiel]

The counterweight is simply two 2" dia sch40 PVC caps from Home Depot butted together with a small section of 2" PVC pipe in the middle which you cannot see. No glue was used because the dry fit was very snug and allowed me adjust the fill material which was some odd sized bolts I had laying around. One of the caps was drilled to accept a 3/8 threaded rod which was snugged in place with hex nuts on each side. To my surprise, it actually has a factory look!

cheers, Jeff

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Kent,
I should have also mentioned that you can fill the caps with one or two boxes of common nails which are fairly cheap. Just lie or stack them neatly in place. You can also add and subtract nails to get the weight right. And the right weight means that the hood still drops down by itself, but can be raised with the slightest of pinky finger pressure. Also, make sure your duct hose is hooked up when you adjust the counterweight's weight.

cheers, Jeff

[Dan Forman]

Jeff, this is really nice, I'd like to adapt this for a ceiling mount. May be getting in touch for details in a little bit. I love to see elegant solutions to common problems such as this.

Dan