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Blade guard · above-table extraction

SawStop TSG-DC dust collection blade guard

The only guard on either half of this shelf — and the only part here that collects dust where the dust is made.

SawStop TSG-DC dust collection blade guard assembly, product photograph

SawStop TSG-DC dust collection blade guard

The only guard on either half of this shelf — and the only part here that collects dust where the dust is made.

Function
Surrounds the blade to contain dust and improve above-table safety and visibility
Lateral guards
Independent, stated to minimize blade exposure and to allow cuts as narrow as 3/4 in — 19 mm
Anti-kickback
Integrated pawls, stated to help prevent kickback
Extraction port
Not published as a size. Above-table collection is the stated purpose
Fitment
Stated engineered for use with SawStop table saws · No saw model is named
Unrelated bullet
The fourth published feature describes precision-ground carbide teeth engineered for use with SawStop table saws, delivering clean accurate cuts on hardwood, softwood and sheet goods — a saw blade's feature on a guard assembly's page
Part number
TSG-DC
Amazon reference
B005VDA3TO
EAN
0733175380577
  • Collects dust above the table, where a cabinet port cannot reach
  • Independent lateral guards, so a narrow rip does not mean removing the guard
  • The fourth published feature is about carbide saw teeth, not about a guard

Best for: A SawStop table saw where the guard currently comes off for every narrow rip

≈ $170
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Specifications

Function
Surrounds the blade to contain dust and improve above-table safety and visibility
Lateral guards
Independent, stated to minimize blade exposure and to allow cuts as narrow as 3/4 in — 19 mm
Anti-kickback
Integrated pawls, stated to help prevent kickback
Extraction port
Not published as a size. Above-table collection is the stated purpose
Fitment
Stated engineered for use with SawStop table saws · No saw model is named
Unrelated bullet
The fourth published feature describes precision-ground carbide teeth engineered for use with SawStop table saws, delivering clean accurate cuts on hardwood, softwood and sheet goods — a saw blade's feature on a guard assembly's page
Part number
TSG-DC
Amazon reference
B005VDA3TO
EAN
0733175380577

Every figure below names its source. Each one is a manufacturer specification read off the listing itself. The judgments are ours.

Dust from above the blade

Which is the half a cabinet port cannot reach.

A table saw throws chip two ways. Most of it falls into the cabinet and is collected. The fine fraction thrown up off the top of the blade goes into the room and into the operator’s face.

A shroud over the blade with a hose on it is the only thing that catches that half.

The dust-extraction pages in this catalog are built on the same argument: the fine fraction is the part that stays airborne, and wood dust is classified a Group 1 carcinogen by the IARC.

This is the part that collects it at source.

Three quarters of an inch, guard on

Independent lateral guards, and that figure is the specification.

A one-piece guard has to clear the fence, so for a narrow rip it comes off — and a guard that comes off for the most dangerous cut on the saw is not much of a guard.

Two guards hinged separately mean the offcut side lifts and the fence side stays down. Nineteen millimeters is how narrow the rip can be with it still fitted.

And a bullet about saw teeth

The fourth published feature: precision-ground carbide teeth engineered for use with SawStop table saws, delivering clean, accurate cuts on hardwood, softwood and sheet goods.

A blade guard assembly has no teeth.

The likeliest explanation is copy from a blade listing in the same range, and it is above because it is published.

What it also does is occupy the place of the figure this page needs most.

Which is the port size

Not published.

Above-table collection needs a hose, and the hose has a diameter — 2-1/2 inches or 4, on the evidence of the extraction-fittings shelf in this catalog, and those are not interchangeable.

Every other claim on this page is a description. The one number that would let a buyer connect it is missing.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $169 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-07. The live price is at the top of the page.

What comes up most often

Why does above-table extraction matter?

Because a table saw throws dust in two directions and a cabinet port catches one of them. Most of the chip falls into the cabinet and is collected; the fine fraction thrown up off the top of the blade goes into the room and into the operator's face. A shroud over the blade with a hose on it is the only thing that catches that half. The dust-extraction pages in this catalog are built on the same argument — the fine fraction is the part that stays airborne, and wood dust is classified a Group 1 carcinogen by the IARC. This is the part that collects it at source.

What do independent lateral guards do?

They let the guard stay on. A conventional one-piece guard has to clear the fence, so for a narrow rip it comes off — and a guard that comes off for the most dangerous cut on the saw is not much of a guard. Two guards hinged separately mean the one on the offcut side lifts while the one on the fence side stays down, and the listing publishes the limit: cuts as narrow as 3/4 inch. That figure is the specification; everything else on this page is a description.

Why is there a bullet about saw teeth?

This page cannot say. The fourth published feature reads: precision-ground carbide teeth engineered for use with SawStop table saws, delivering clean, accurate cuts on hardwood, softwood and sheet goods. A blade guard assembly has no teeth. The likeliest explanation is copy from a blade listing in the same range, and it is printed above because it is published. What it also does is take the place of the figure the page needs most — the extraction port size, which decides what hose connects to it.

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