Check out this extra safe table saw

[OneManEmpire]

A friend of mine sent me an interesting link... about a table saw.

If your a chippy, it's worth 5 mins of your life to see this. Even if your not
it is an awesome invention.
. :idea: .

Cheers

Watch first and last video. http://www.sawstop.com/

[stig]

That's amazing, so quick to react.

[stukes]

Thats unbelievable!!!!!!

Great invention. :idea::idea:

[TommyVTss]

what a great idea but i could see builders removing all the safety on them to save 5 mins a day!

[JezzaB]

That is bloody fantastic! We dont use table saws at work but if we did we would have to get one

[bungrs]

thats a bloody unreal invention. A mate almost lost the top of his finger to one of theses saws

[Avalanche]

good safety device. just one that would stop the blade without dropping it would be good. would it work on all materials? it sorts one safety aspect of saws but there are many others as well. as long as it doesnt make the user get lazy because saws will bite in other ways. i know after using panel saws or drop saws or power saws every workin day for 15 years, its like driving, you snooze you lose. ( a finger or hand that is ) or you smack some one in the head on the other side of the workshop with an off cut . or worse still you bind up that only sheet of laminate you have & it shatters into little pieces & there is no stock for another 6 weeks.:shock:

[chillicatqld]

Thats amazing! Great invention.

I had a mate lose four fingers (at the knuckles that meet your palm) just before Xmas. Although it was not a blade (was crushed off on a road site machine) I can attest to the severity of losing digits.

16 hour operation to put them back on - hopefully they all stay on and he will someday have limited use of his right hand (lucky he is left handed). Plus many many more operations to come...

[C4B]

good safety device. just one that would stop the blade without dropping it would be good. would it work on all materials?

From what I read about it, the safety feature will only work on non-conductive materials (ie. wood). The mechanism works because human skin conducts a current (the saw runs a small current through the blade. When it detects a current dip, the safety feature activates) It is possible to turn off this for when you're cutting conductive materials.

The saw blade isn't mechanically retracted, it retracts because of the inertia when the saw is braked rapidly. They probably could leave it in the cutting position, but it would place a lot more strain on the braking mechanism.

For those that haven't watched the videos on the site, the saw is braked by jamming a perforated aluminium block into the saw blade (with great force). This stops the blade almost instantly. These aluminium blocks are one use only, and the manufacturer claims the blade isn't damaged in the process (although looking at the video, I have my doubts).

[Avalanche]

i thought that was the case with it, only working on non conductive materials. i know metabo had an impact drill the same that switched off if it hit metal pipes etc. jams a rod into the blade to stop it:shock: the $350+ main blade in my saw would get a wobble if you only slightly jammed it, i would hate to see what would happen if i jammed a rod into it.

[C4B]

i thought that was the case with it, only working on non conductive materials. i know metabo had an impact drill the same that switched off if it hit metal pipes etc. jams a rod into the blade to stop it:shock: the $350+ main blade in my saw would get a wobble if you only slightly jammed it, i would hate to see what would happen if i jammed a rod into it.

Now you mention it, our Paper shredder in the office has the same setup. If you touch the chrome shroud around the cutting area it stops.

I emailed the company earlier today and they don't have a distributor out here (yet.... ;) ).

[timbo]

or worse still you bind up that only sheet of laminate you have & it shatters into little pieces & there is no stock for another 6 weeks.

Havent we all been there. No stock for 6 weeks and the job needs to be finished in a week.... Boss screaming at you that you are a ****ing idiot!!!

Its good to see the yanks beginning to use riving knives like the europeans have been for years they make a big difference just by themselves.

[Avalanche]

oh, im hearin you timbo. except......... i was the boss. so after a bit of:cussing: then throw my snap on mallet at the brick wall only to have it come back at my head twice as fast. i decided its easier to take it out on the apprentice:box:

[timbo]

Your apprentice is a lucky bloke!!! You didnt throw the mallet at him you threw it at the wall..... The boss i had would have thrown it at me but he was an angry man.... :cussing:

[VT LS1]

i thought that was the case with it, only working on non conductive materials. i know metabo had an impact drill the same that switched off if it hit metal pipes etc. jams a rod into the blade to stop it:shock: the $350+ main blade in my saw would get a wobble if you only slightly jammed it, i would hate to see what would happen if i jammed a rod into it.


A new blade would be a small price to pay.



I wonder if they have a scribe model, wouldn't sell too well here without it.....
I have noticed before that heaps of yanks use saws with no scribe blade.

[Boom]

Lost the tip off a finger before christmas due to a crush injury. Having had that type of injury and knowing the inconveniences of an injury like this I can only say that it is a great idea. Who gives a flying f*** about the cost of a blade fi it wrecks it? Its a small price to pay to save even the tip of a finger.
My 2c worth.