There being nothing like a good new problem to take one’s mind off all one’s old problems:
It’s basically the same as the lower blade guide, except coming from a stick of 5/8 inch acetal. A scant 6 mm stem goes into the vertical square rod, with a flat matching the setscrew coming up from the bottom to hold it in proper alignment.
I came within a heartbeat of cutting the slot parallel to the flat.
It worked OK while cutting a chunk of stout aluminum tube: so far, so good!
The impressive chunk of hardware is the OEM blade guide, with the brass tube for coolant flow all over the bearings. It’s mostly intended for use with the diamond blade, so I’ll swap it back in when I finally get around to cutting some slate for base plates.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 