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Questions on Powermatic blade guard

gol4

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After a long wait for a decent band saw I was lucky lucky enough to score a Powermatic model 143 off CL. Is a bit rough around the edges but everything works. Table polished up decent and I have some blades ordered. I will be cleaning the rest up over the next few days.
There are 2 items missing as far as I can tell. One is the upper blade guard and the other is what I believe would be for the dust port.

I should be able to fab up the upper guard but I don't know for certain what it should look like. I found a guard on e-bay that says Jet-Powermatic but I am not certain that it is the correct one.

I know there are others who have this same model and I was hoping someone could post up a decent image of the guard and the dimensions so I can attempt to make one.

also images of the dust port or what ever is supposed to be under the table would be appreciated as well.

Sorry for the poor quality dark pictures.
The saw.
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The missing guard
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missing dust port??
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This might help, Nice saw, if it won't go into low gear take off the belt and spin the gearbox pulley until it pops in.Can get you more info if needed.
 

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gol4

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Thanks Fury 9. That is exactly what I needed for the upper guard. Looks like one quick bend and weld on a bracket.

This goes into both gears fine. I still plan to change the oil in the gearbox. I do have to spin it sometimes to get it to go.

I ordered some 95" blades but can get 93 1/2's a whole lot easier because they fit Delta. I know this one says from 94 to 96 have you ever tried 93 1/2" blades to see if they would fit?
 
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