My next silly question. Riving knife with sleds and such.

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  • Dedpedal
    Established Member
    • Feb 2020
    • 255
    • Palm Coast Florida
    • One BT3000 in use and one for parts. Plus a BT3100
    #1

    My next silly question. Riving knife with sleds and such.

    With my new to me saw and box of goodies there is the knife part of a blade shield. Has anyone ever cut it down to use with cross cut sleds ? If so, how?
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    • twistsol
      Veteran Member
      • Dec 2002
      • 2902
      • Cottage Grove, MN, USA.
      • Ridgid R4512, 2x ShopSmith Mark V 520, 1951 Shopsmith 10ER
      #2
      The short answer is yes, and a description of how it was done with pictures is in the thread linked below.

      Blade guard mod - The SawdustZone
      https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/discussions/bt3x00-related-discussions/52834-blade-guard-mod
      I've been bugged about the relative chore of installing and removing the stock blade guard on my 21829 (BT3 clone) when switching between ripping and using my crosscut sled. I wanted the ease of removing the guard and having the Riving Knife stay put, a la Sharkguard, but already had a spare RK unit so decided to modify it and
      Chr's
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      A moral man does it.

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        • LCHIEN
          Internet Fact Checker
          • Dec 2002
          • 20996
          • Katy, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 vintage 1999
          #3
          Yes I use the stytooner style cut down knife and shark guard all the time. Mostly just the knife.
          Loring in Katy, TX USA
          If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
          BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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