Re: Anti-Kickback Pawls - Where to buy

[Lawrence A. Ramsey]

>> >> Mike >> I honesty have no clue where you could order the pawls... But I really >> have to ask you WHY >> you even would want to install a pair... > >Especially buying them separately. Especially if they're really, really >expensive and you have to stoop to theft to be able to afford them. I wonder >if that's where the old expression comes from-- robbing Peter to pay for >pawls.... >-- Ernie >

[Lawrence A. Ramsey]

[Lawrence A. Ramsey]

[Edwin Pawlowski]

I'd have agreed with you 20 years ago. With the polycarbonate materials now available, it is not much of a concern. They use it for bullet proof windows. Ed

[timonjkl]

They are not saw proof I had the guard on a 12" PC miter saw come loose and catch on the blade and I was picking little pieces out of my skin for hours thank God I was wearing a face shield or I would have been in trouble. To be bullet proof it is much thicker and duel layered I beleave. To its credit it did take 6 teeth out of the blade I had in there too.

I don't beleave that a blade guard is designed to stop kickback just to try to keep your fingers out of the blade path. The splitter is used to keep the kickback from happening.