Brian,
I have that same fine adjustment option on my K3 fence.? I had them install it at the US warehouse before they shipped my saw to me a couple years ago.? Apparently waiting for it to be installed in Austria delays things since it now becomes a custom order.? My sales rep said it's not that difficult to install yourself, but since the guys in the shop already knew how to do it and the labor cost was reasonable, I had them do it for me.
Anyway, I like the fine adjustment option.? It works well, although I always forget which way the fence moves when you turn that knob on the side.? I should probably put a label on there so I can just look to see if clockwise moves it closer or further from the blade.
As for your guard, I use the standard "Saw Guard EURO II" that you're referencing.? It's just okay when hooked up to a shop vac with the hose fed in from above.? Skimming rip cuts are the worst of course, but that's pretty much the same regardless of what solution you're going with.? Miter cuts with tall pieces aren't much better, unfortunately.? My previous saw was just a contractor saw, but I had rigged up SawStop's guard to that and that provided much better dust collection thanks to its design.? I was able to rig that to my K3 and the dust collection was definitely better, but the design of it and how it sits on the riving knife actually makes it harder to use the saw.? So I abandoned that and went back to the stock guard.
I might have to revisit trying to hook my dust collector up to the guard instead to see if that works any better.? A shop vac pulling through that much hose doesn't really work very well anyway, and it's even worse when you consider how far the hose port is from the material on that stock guard.? An overhead mount that allows you to bury the riving knife in the cut is the best option of course, but those only work well if you can get good CFM from your dust collector.? But like I said above, skimming cuts and some other cuts don't result in good collection no matter what.
