by Kelly Mehler 
Standard table
saw guard systems in the United States are no good. There, somebody
has said it. Nearly every woodworker knows this, but we all have
to listen
to the experts remind us in books, magazines and on television
to use our guards. They have removed the guards on their table
saws, they tell
us, so we can better see the operations they are demonstrating.
Nonsense. The reason why they and so many woodworkers discard
standard
guards
is because they are inconvenient.
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