When properly adjusted, the adjustable fixed barrier guard will not ride up, or climb over the work piece or, more importantly, your fingers, providing excellent protection from the blade. The clear shield is firmly suspended over your work in either a cantilever or tabletop mount, and the anti-kickback mechanism can be retracted for working with soft materials or veneers. Each guard is OSHA and ANSI compliant and also includes a splitter.

Customer Reviews Average rating - 4.0

Rating - 3 Date: 2008-12-28
Content: The guard is a great safety device that protects you from the blade but is not hard to remove,raise or lower.

It stands head and shoulders above a stock blade guard.

The anti kickback device is a bit lame with only two points to hold down the workpiece.

You will need to drill holes in your saw table to mount the blade guard's raising and lowering device.

I ordered a thin kerf splitter that cost over $20. A rip off.

I ended up building my own splitter from hard wood.

The guard is pricey at ~$200.

Overall, the guard (even with it's shortcomings) is an excellent safety device.
Summary: good for a blade guard, poor wood splitter, pricey

Rating - 4 Date: 2008-10-23
Content: This blade guard is absolutely top quality. I am not giving this product 5 stars because the directions are absolutely laugh out loud funny. You are completely on your own. Good luck. I might call the company and complain about the directions for installing this.
Summary: A very excellent blade guard

Rating - 2 Date: 2008-09-09
Content: You are totally on your own with these directions. Some of the assembly is intuitive; some is not. It just takes persistence--lots of it. Mounting this guard to your table is an epic. Once in place, which requires a machinist's skills, it works fine.
Summary: Worst directions ever

Rating - 5 Date: 2007-10-24
Content: After replacing the Powermatic 66 standard blade guard and anti-kick back with an after market Biesemeyer T-Square Anti-Kickback Snap-In Spreader, I quickly realized that I needed some additional protection from the blade and the wood chips flying in my face. After doing some research I came up with 3 possible options:1) Biesemeyer T-Square Table Saw BladeGuard System, 2) HTC 10A-M50 Brett-Guard Table Saw Guard or 3) HTC 10A-L Brett-Guard Table Saw Guard. As it happens I have a router table on the right side of my saw which eliminated the first 2 options. I went with HTC 10A-L Brett-Guard Table Saw Guard which is mounted on the left of the blade screwed to the extension wing.

Here are some of the good points:
1) Easy to install once you figure out the directions, which were not very clear.
2) Easy to mount and unmount from the table.
3) Easy to use during cuts
4) Nice suction hole on top for dust extraction (this option is the model with a "P" in the model number such as HTC 10A-LP<<<
5) No more dust/chips in my face
6) Hands are forced to stay clear of blade

Not so good points of the blade guard and installation:
1) Instructions not very clear even after 3 readings
2) Missing parts (screws to mount dust cover to bars and screws to mount to saw extension)
3) Needed to file the holes in the mounting base plate to receive the positioning pins, because the pins were slightly out of alignment.

In summary, the HTC 10A-LP Brett-Guard Table Saw Guard is a very good product that will keep your fingers safe and saw dust and chips out of your face. Instructions could be better, but if you spend some time with them you will figure it out. Finally make sure you have all the parts, before you start to assemble, otherwise you will be making an unscheduled trip to the home center.

Summary: Goot tool and easy to use!

Rating - 5 Date: 2007-03-16
Content: THE BRETT GUARD WAS INEXPENSIVE AND EASY TO INSTALL. IT PROVIDES TWO
ESSENTIALS FOR TABLE SAW SAFETY. 1. YOU CAN EASILY MOVE IT OUT OF THE WAY FOR MEASUREMENTS AND 2. EASILY MOVE IT OVER THE BLADE TO PROTECT YOUR FINGERS FROM BEING INJURED. A MUST FOR HOME SHOP WORK.
Summary: A SAFETY MUST