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Post by kings6 on Jan 6, 2024 18:06:16 GMT -5
a guy would spend the price of a custom revolver to buy one of these saws. I was cutting a piece of oak today and had left the saw blade up a touch and as I ran the piece through the last several inches the blade just BARELY touched the skin on my knuckle. It was so slight I did not even feel it, there was no blood and it just went into the outer layer of the skin. Suddenly the saw stopped and the blade had disappeared! I thought "What the heck?" then when I looked at my hand very closely I could see where the blade had just grazed my knuckle. Apparently the contact was just enough to trigger the sensor in the auto brake and stop the blade. Now I know why their demonstrations use a hot dog and it just barely goes through the skin of the dog when it shuts stuff down. Guess I need to order another spare brake cartridge!
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Post by x101airborne on Jan 6, 2024 18:08:52 GMT -5
Better to buy 100 of them than loose a finger. Thankful you weren't hurt worse.
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Post by zeus on Jan 6, 2024 18:15:49 GMT -5
Definitely impressive machines. I’d find a way to hurt myself though.
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Post by iwsbull on Jan 6, 2024 18:17:16 GMT -5
Gotta love it when things work as promised, and I know you are proud you had spent the money now.
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Post by kings6 on Jan 6, 2024 18:38:02 GMT -5
The most important thing is once I showed the brake cartridge with eh blade imbedded in it my wife was even glad I spent the money!
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Post by bushog on Jan 6, 2024 19:27:27 GMT -5
Ounce of prevention… In my line of work…….
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2024 19:47:35 GMT -5
I have a SawStop in my shop at school. Its a lawsuit saver. I popped one break and was not aware I touched it. I sent the brake to Sawstop and they determined it was a flesh touch. They sent a free replacement. I love the saw. Accurate enough for my sculpture shop.
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Post by bigbrowndog on Jan 6, 2024 19:47:52 GMT -5
Never even heard of such a thing, but glad you have!!
Trapr
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Post by blacktailslayer on Jan 6, 2024 22:36:11 GMT -5
Money well spent right there my friend! I was using my tablesaw today myself making a hall table for my daughter. I was telling myself to give the blade lots of room as I don`t have that little innivation on my saw.
Don D.
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Post by junebug on Jan 6, 2024 22:42:44 GMT -5
My brother stubbed the middle finger of his right hand off on and old saw. Cut right thru the big knuckle and cut up a couple more fingers. A few years later he tripped while working with another saw and cut himself again, not as bad the second time. That would have saved him a lot of pain and a finger + other cuts. Spent my life around farm, woodworking, and industrial equipment. They will all bite the hand that feeds them.
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Post by LeverGunner on Jan 12, 2024 13:18:59 GMT -5
Awesome, glad that it worked so well for you, and you weren't injured! I make furniture for a living and have for over 20 years. I've never been cut, but I am extremely careful and mindful. I've seen the aftermath of several others that have been cut though, and I feel for them. I have sanded the tip of a finger on a large belt sander, but the damage repaired itself thankfully.
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Post by revolvercranker on Jan 12, 2024 13:47:23 GMT -5
I'm not sure how many different types of those safety saws they have out, but I think the one I'm talking about is electronic. Seen it demonstrates using a hotdog. It didn't do a thing to the hotdog!
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Post by kings6 on Jan 12, 2024 13:56:28 GMT -5
I believe SawStop is the only saw with this technology. Once the blade touches something like the hotdog or your finger it drops down and jams itself into the brake in .005 seconds if I remember correctly. I went to their website, filled out the report and sent the brake cartridge in and they determined it functioned properly and are sending me a new brake cartridge. Pretty awesome if you ask me. When I bought this one I sold the 3hp Unisaw I had bought from a retired cabinet maker and since I gave him a key to the shop so he could use the shop if he needs it I called and told him about selling his old saw and buying this one. He called a month or so later and asked who I sold his old saw to and I told him a guy in a town about 30 miles away then asked why he wanted to know. Apparently a guy who bought some of his other tools I passed on was using a saw and took off three of h is fingers the day before and Bill was worried it was with his old saw if I had sold it David. He was relived to find it was not the Unisaw just for his own conscience sake. Apparently David was using an old saw with a dull blade and was trying to force a piece of wood through it and his buddy warned him he was going to get hurt then BAM, he lost three fingers. Like I said, well worth the money in my book.
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Post by revolvercranker on Jan 12, 2024 14:22:45 GMT -5
Be nice if they made them for all saws, you know a kit. Another dangerous woodworking tool is a thickness planer. Read where a guy was planing a piece of wood and it shot back out and flew across his shop and knocked everything off a big table. He was luckily standing aside it. That's not to count getting your hands pulled inside it.
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Post by LeverGunner on Jan 13, 2024 13:06:14 GMT -5
I've seen a saw bind and throw a 12"x12" by 2" thick piece back into a man's chest and knock him down. He was 6' and 300 pounds. It left a football sized bruise on his chest. Knocked him senseless for a few seconds.
I've had kickbacks myself, though I've always been prepared for them, standing to the side or using a pusher, and haven't been injured as a result thankfully.
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