On my website almost two years ago, I reviewed Bosch’s new Smart Guard System for their portable table saw. Bosch was the first manufacturer to release a new guard system. Those are a lot of reasons to set aside a saw guard.įortunately, tool manufacturers-prodded by governmental regulations-are upgrading the guards on portable table saws.
A second portable table saw with a riving knife!Įver since portable table saws first appeared on jobsites, carpenters have been throwing away the guards, and for good reason: They’re difficult to remove and re-install after they’ve been used for a few months, you can’t see through the plastic shroud, so it’s impossible to align the blade with a measurement mark you have to remove the guard to make narrow rips or rabbets and carpenters have always suspected that the splitters cause more kickback than they prevent.
