Kapex blade guard

[Woodhack]

Im sure the safety police will be shedding tears upon this post but, i live in the real world and work on real jobs and encounter real issues where you have to raise the blade guard manually to get around a specific cut.  Doesn't matter what anybody says I'm doing this anyway I'm just looking to see if there's a more efficient way than I am doing it. This is my biggest complaint ( probably my only complaint) about this saw. I feel this "safety feature" is actually far more dangerous due to the fact that they make it impossible to just scoot the guard up with your thumb, make your pass and drop it like every other saw on earth. Instead Im effing around with various tapes and wires or whatever I can find on the job to try and fasten it in the up position.  Then the real danger starts because I cant just let the guard fall back into place and sometimes my rig fails right in the middle of things. 

Now.. am I allowed to get answers by actual people who do it or do I get lectured and censored by grown men cry babies?

Lets see

 

[Claimdude]

I am anxiously awaiting an answer as well.

Jack

 

[morts10n]

2 obvious questions : when do find it necessary to lift blade guard? (How is it preventing a cut )....
Also, do have all of your fingers still?

 

[ChuckS]

2 obvious questions : when do find it necessary to lift blade guard? (How is it preventing a cut )....
Also, do have all of your fingers still?

I recall seeing a photo posted in this forum a couple of years ago, showing a miter saw with its blade guard raised using a bungee cord. It was taken down afterwards by one of the moderators. I also came across a similar photo (but taken in an outdoor setting) at another woodworking forum, and the photo was removed, too. I suppose no proper woodworking forums want to be seen as promoting or condoning unsafe shop practices. Those images might still exist on the web.

 

[pettyconstruction]

I can’t really answer your question , but
One of the things that bugged me , was the lock that prevents the head to go down.

If you remove the blade , there is a little black “pin” that requires the safety to be depressed before the head will travel down.

I used a pair of side cutters to cut the “pin” and now the saw head/ blade will move down without having to depress the safety.
Now I can lower the blade and the guard goes up , without having to depress the safety.

The saw is still safe , just now I can lower the blade.
Charlie
Btw, I tried to post a picture but it didn’t cone out well enough to post.

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