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A lot of DIY’s are sans guards. I’m not a stickler for OEM, restoration or nice paint jobs but stuff has to be safe. On my low brow HF 14” knockoff the upper guard was just a box and was useless because I went from like a 6” pulley to a 14” pulley for the double reduction. So as I always do I looked at the engineering supplies(junk pile) and spied some stainless perforated sheet I’d found on CL and used that and some sheetmetal also from the engineering stock. The knobs that secure it are actually feet off some appliance that were not needed. I had bags of them. They are plastic or rubber with 3/8” threads. I use them all over for knobs. The great thing about your machine is the pattern for the castings would be easy to recreate with like 1/4” plywood if so inclined. My guard is not so artful but works.Although the sheet metal guards that were added are surely practical, they do take away from the 'lines' of this rather handsome machine.