Initial Ridgid 3650 shark pics.

[Stytooner]

I have a couple Beta testers for this model. They are trying to get things together for some field trials.
Here is an initial image and a couple more here.

[kwgeorge]

Lee, I am wondering if there are many differences in the 3650 from one run to another. My 3650 looks nothing like the one that is pictured.

Ken

[TheRic]

Lee, I am wondering if there are many differences in the 3650 from one run to another. My 3650 looks nothing like the one that is pictured.
Ken

Lee, I think he is saying he wants to be a beta tester for you.

[Stytooner]

Lee, I am wondering if there are many differences in the 3650 from one run to another. My 3650 looks nothing like the one that is pictured.

Ken

Does it still have that aluminum triangular shaped splitter mounting bracket?

[Ken Massingale]

That looks like the old 3612, I believe it was, that preceded the 3650. As far as I can see the mount for the splitter/guard is the same.
Please keep us informed, Lee, and thanks.
ken

[Stytooner]

I think these with no mods will fit the 2424, 3612, 3650 and some Emerson made Craftsman's as well.

[Stytooner]

KW, you are right. Thats not a 3650. Its a TS2424. My bad. Basically the same guard mounts though.

[kwgeorge]

Yeah well me and my saw have been pretty tight lately so I knew something was amiss. To be totally honest I have no guard on my saw and in fact the one that came with it is still in the bag. I know, I know, safety BOB is going to have a cow now. I have been working with a table saw this way forever so I guess it is hard for me not too. The only two kickbacks that I have had on this saw were from running a bowed 12” piece in crosscut mode and while doing a Dado and in that case it was and still is a defective blades fault. I have thought about some type of guard though but more for the dust collection as what the saw has is not very good so maybe with both!

Ken

[zootroy]

I have been running my 3650 with the factory splitter and guard. I just can't get used to ripping anything less than 5" without that guard in place. It gives me the willies. Lee, what advantages does the shark guard have over the factory guard and splitter?

Thanks
Jason

[Stytooner]

This is a post I made to the same question on Woodnet.


The advantages are it's nearly able to stop a speeding bullet. Will still work on a speeding locomotive. Jumping the tall building thing is still giving me problems.

This is easily removable. It does come with three different splitters. One for use without the guard, like with the Gripper. The other two can be used with the guard or crosscut sled without having too be removed. It is toolless to install once initially installed. No more adjustments are needed once it's setup. It retains the settings when you remove or install the splitters.
All you would need is a slot and a small hole in an outfeed table. Excellent visibility and great dust collection. Easiest on/off guard anywhere for setups. PLUS.........I can get orange powder coating.


Actually the splitter/guard that Terry sent me had about .075" thickness on the splitter. My think kerf splitters start out @ .090", then get PC'ed. The standard kerfs I offer are .105" and .120" before PC'ing. Powdercoating adds about three mils.

I think I see from these images that I can add some more meat to both the bottom and the back of these splitters as well. That should also help to stiffen things up.

The shortest splitter is about 1 1/8" tall. Anything less is just too flimsy.

[Stytooner]

I have some more photo's on the Ridgid page on my site now. It's actually on a 3650 this time, although it may be the older model.

Terry has the 2424 and Ken, yes another Ken, has the 3650.

Ken mentioned in some initial thoughts that the guard would deflect fairly easy from side to side. He was only using the thin kerf splitters with the big 8.4 shark.
I knew there would be some deflection, but didn't think it would be a problem.
When I received these Photo's from Ken, I saw why he was getting so much deflection. He has the bushings on the clamp reversed. This will make the shark slip sideways on the clamp easier.
Now it wasn't his fault. I only recently got good enough with Turbocad to do some 3D illustrations.
I did a couple exploded clamp diagrams and finally got them up on the site.
You can see them below and the other one here.





I also have a couple changes to make to these splitters. I will shorten them so that they rest on the table. I will add the max amount of steel to the back of them and I can add some between the table and the mounting bracket. That should make these as RIDGID as possible.