I swear I tried that same thing, but the guard didn't act like it would slide. There was a backet holding the guard onto the housing. Maybe some trick to lowering the guard and then sliding back. From the design it looks like something like that was intended.
I d> Don't know about the DW but on my Bosch I have to loosen the bolts for the
guard and move the guard to the rear to access the arbor nut. It is a PITA
> but then I don't remove/change the blade very often unless I am doing a lot
> of cutting on something that builds up a lot of pitch.
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>>Chopmaster blade arrived (see other post for my opinion). Wanted to try
>>it. Murphy stole the manual. Couldn't find the manual on the dewalt
>>website to download.
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>>Does anyone know if Dewalt really expects the user to take the blade
>>shield off the saw when they want to change the blade? That's the only
>>way I was able to get the bolt out and get the blade off. Not that it's
>>a terrible or lengthy process. It just looks like the shield shouldn't
>>have to be taken off. I'd like to change blades FREQUENTLY to keep the
>>chopmaster in good condition. At some point removing the shield is going
>>to start gettting annoying.
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>>Thomas
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