Safety Paddle - Mitre Saw Metabo EN 60825-1

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The original safety paddle on these saws seems rather fragile. I borrowed the saw from a friend, and within 5 minutes the paddle broke (I think it was already fractured). When you look up the saw on the internet, the first part proposed is this one. So I decided to create a stronger one. I took a photo and loaded it into Fusion 360 as a canvas and traced its contours as a starting point. I used Cura to slice the model, and for the portion between the flat paddle and the rest of the part (where it broke), I used a support blocker to set the infill to 85% to make it really strong. Perhaps this will be useful for for someone else who owns this saw.