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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: BlckMgk on March 31, 2007, 11:43:27 AM
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A couple months back someone posted a link to some smart table saws that would shut off if someone's finger caught in the saw. Was searching the boards but couldn't find it!
Any help is appreciated!
-Blck
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i'd point to where, but i didn't have one of those saws, either.
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It is called a SawStop
Google it.
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Originally posted by Shane
i'd point to where, but i didn't have one of those saws, either.
:D
Frodo
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dayum shane... there goes the beer all over the place!
The videos they have on the SawStop site are incredible!
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Yup. my sister coulda used one of them herself.
She can still point but wearing her wedding ring on her left hand ring finger is no longer possible
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me no need smart saw, me smart, me know saw hard and sharp, fingers soft.
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That was me that posted about the SawStop (http://www.sawstop.com). Amazing engineering, and on my wish list.
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pfffft.
Girly saws made for democrats.
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Pretty amazing.
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Originally posted by Shane
i'd point to where, but i didn't have one of those saws, either.
I'd point to where...but I dont have any fingers left:rofl
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Originally posted by bj229r
I'd point to where...but I dont have any fingers left:rofl
Yes, you've decoded his joke. Bravo!
This thing is awesome, it's funny that so many of the tool companies aren't interested because of legal liability. One of the many pieces of evidence of how screwed up our legal system is.
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Damn interesting video: http://www.sawstop.com/media/WMV/Main_Program.wvx
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Originally posted by Shane
i'd point to where, but i didn't have one of those saws, either.
Hush, stubby! :)
:D Shane
Regards,
Sun
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Hey, ya'll hold my beer and watch this...
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They are taking the fun outta everything!
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Originally posted by Sabre
That was me that posted about the SawStop (http://www.sawstop.com). Amazing engineering, and on my wish list.
On my wish list too. If I can ever afford to upgrade to a good saw, this is what I intend to get.
One lapse, one error in judgment, one bad luck second and this saw will have paid for itself many times over.
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We were looking at one for our cabinet shop. Even with workman's comp going through the roof, $3500 for a mediocre table saw is crazy.
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I happened to see a middle-aged guy come into the ER crying and screaming because he'd just cut off his finger with a saw. Caused quite a scene. Something tells me he would have gladly paid $3500 to save that finger.
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Man that sounded liberal.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Man that sounded liberal.
:lol
And I think yours was the most conservative thing I've seen you say in quite a while.
Happily not all of us on this board are neo-cons. Some of us are happy to stand somewhere in the middle. ;)
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And some of us think that the whole Left/Right wing one-dimensional line is terribly inaccurate because of all the things it misses:
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html
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Originally posted by midnight Target
We were looking at one for our cabinet shop. Even with workman's comp going through the roof, $3500 for a mediocre table saw is crazy.
I looked one over at our local woodworker's shop. It seemed a pretty well built, quality piece of machinery. Price started at around $2700, and went up from there (table extension, cutting fence, etc.). What about the SawStop did you find substandard? Given the potential cost of a table saw accident, it would seem to be a pretty good investment.
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Actually we have never had a table saw accident. We have had chop saw and radial arm saw and even upright panel saw accidents, but never on a table saw. It is really pretty easy to keep from doing something stupid on a table saw.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Actually we have never had a table saw accident. We have had chop saw and radial arm saw and even upright panel saw accidents, but never on a table saw. It is really pretty easy to keep from doing something stupid on a table saw.
Table saw is the only piece of equipment in my shop that makes me nervous. I respect all of them of course, but the tablesaw is the one I'm most cautious with. Again, what about the Sawstop do you find substandard, MT? As you work in the woodworking industry, I'd like to hear you specific opinions on it.
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I hardly consider what I do the woodworking industry. But in general it was not what we would consider "industrial strength". We cut tens of thousands of boards a week, we can wear out a saw in no time at all.
On a side note... I knew I should have kept my mouth shut. We had a guy cut his thumb today on a table saw.... karma.
Not serious , but still... dam!
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I'd really like to see the SawStop technology available as a retrofit for existing equipment. That might do a lot to address the concerns of folks like MT who already have good, proven tools that work fine except for the whole cutting off the occasional arm thing.