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Offline namvet

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SAWSTOP in TimeWarp
« on: April 15, 2011, 11:33:10 AM »
The good dudes at Discovery’s Timewarp TV show filmed a hide-your-eyes segment about the SawStop, a table saw with an electronically controlled safety brake that uses the inductive capabilities of the human skin to immediately stop the blade. Watch as the saw’s inventor offers to sacrifice his own finger to demonstrate the safety of his creation.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3mzhvMgrLE[/youtube]

not sure if this is available to consumers yet but imagine the fingers and hands it would save.
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Re: SAWSTOP in TimeWarp
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2011, 12:38:42 PM »
Kinda looks like a piece of the blade came off during the stop, but that's a small price to pay for a digit or even a limb.
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Re: SAWSTOP in TimeWarp
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2011, 12:57:02 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on April 15, 2011, 12:38:42 PM
Kinda looks like a piece of the blade came off during the stop, but that's a small price to pay for a digit or even a limb.

IIRC the saw is totally destroyed by the stopping mechanism.
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Re: SAWSTOP in TimeWarp
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2011, 01:05:53 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on April 15, 2011, 12:57:02 PM
IIRC the saw is totally destroyed by the stopping mechanism.

The saw itself, or just the blade?
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Re: SAWSTOP in TimeWarp
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2011, 01:14:20 PM »
60 bucks to replace. beats losing a finger
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Re: SAWSTOP in TimeWarp
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2011, 01:15:42 PM »
Quote from: namvet on April 15, 2011, 01:14:20 PM
60 bucks to replace. beats losing a finger

Totally agree with that. A small price to pay.  :cheersmate:
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Re: SAWSTOP in TimeWarp
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2011, 01:23:34 PM »
Quote from: Eupher on April 15, 2011, 01:05:53 PM
The saw itself, or just the blade?

The first time I saw it on TV, it totaled the whole thing.  But from namvets last post, maybe they improved it.
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Re: SAWSTOP in TimeWarp
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2011, 09:07:09 AM »
I wonder if that kind of mechanism can be applied to other types of rotating equipment?? (Band Saws, Drills, wood chippers, and most everything else like that)

And yes, I've drilled through and ground my hands.  :thatsright:
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Re: SAWSTOP in TimeWarp
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2011, 09:13:40 AM »
Quote from: Thor on April 16, 2011, 09:07:09 AM
I wonder if that kind of mechanism can be applied to other types of rotating equipment?? (Band Saws, Drills, wood chippers, and most everything else like that)

And yes, I've drilled through and ground my hands.  :thatsright:

I would think sooner or later it would be in all types of power tools.
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Re: SAWSTOP in TimeWarp
« Reply #9 on: April 16, 2011, 11:27:08 AM »
Just wait until the government mandates it and the cost jumps by a factor of 10.

Pretty cool invention though.
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