No job today so have made this cover from 9mm ply, as you can see the ply fits nicely in the gutter. it protects the blade and guard and also allows storage for the plug and rule and of course allows other stuff to be on top. it took me less than a hour to knock it up.

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have you been just a little bit bored today Paul?

Nice one.....I hope you've given it 2 coats of sbr.

do you think it would be worthwhile tanking it to make it bit more waterproof and durable too?

I would over board that with a 6mm cement board

no, i'm gonna stick a 12mm porc tile on it with tubbed stuff. lol

So that's 2 coats of sbr, cement board (glued and screwed) tanked, then porcelain tiles with satin chrome trim to finish.

You should have it finished by Monday.......(;0)

Can you make me one? But I may need a winch system to lift the thing as well

JOTM entry ?

i could do with one of them if you got some spare ply is it new or is mine really dirty?

Originally Posted by Mike

i could do with one of them if you got some spare ply is it new or is mine really dirty?

If he is going to those lengths to keep it clean, I would guess that it is new

Nice idea. It's a pain in the back side when the guard bends on those and puts force on the tile half way through the cut which can make it go offline. Used to annouy the shreds out of me having a dodgy guard that was messing with the cuts, and my head normally as they often look fine still. lol

Originally Posted by Mike

i could do with one of them if you got some spare ply is it new or is mine really dirty?

Yep its new, well 3 jobs old now!!

Originally Posted by Dan

Nice idea. It's a pain in the back side when the guard bends on those and puts force on the tile half way through the cut which can make it go offline. Used to annouy the shreds out of me having a dodgy guard that was messing with the cuts, and my head normally as they often look fine still. lol

You're right there Dan, i read a post about guards bending and putting cuts off skew some time ago. so hence why i made it coz they don't make one.

it's a good idea as there's little room in my van and i always end up putting gear on top or if i stand it up it falls over and bends the guard . i may well make one when i got a bit of time

dragons den?