New safe table saw !!!

http://youtube.com:80/watch?v=7dl1Ba6U6Eo&feature=related

It has been around for a few years. If they are so sure about it's safety why not use their finger?
James

Sorry, I thought I would share. I never saw it before.

You volenteering ? :noway:

Also saw it a few years back, but never saw (!) the video. Looks like when a balloon pops. thanks for sharing H.

That looks pretty cool. I wouldnt use my finger to test it out as it still nicks it some and would still hurt but you wouldnt loose a finger or worse. I like it.

I was at our local WoodCraft store last weekend and their was a guy in there that unintentionally tested his out. It was a minor nick going across three fingers, he most certainly would have lost with a diffrent table saw. I like the technology of the saw, but the cost is incredible on them, with their average saw running upwards of $3000, and many costing considerably more. That doesn't seem so bad as compared to losing digits, but once you test it, the saw needs major repair work, unless in the recent years they have fixed that. I know the original ones, and I believe even the current saws basically wreck the motor when they hit the brakes on them. I have had it described to me as basically jamming a large metal pipe into a very fast, very fragile, rotating wheel. Their is just no way to do it without wrecking the motor.

Jeff

Yea, & that can happen when cutting wet wood also (IE treated), That would be nice.

LK

I was at our local WoodCraft store last weekend ... (Snip)....... but the cost is incredible on them, with their average saw running upwards of $3000, and many costing considerably more. Jeff


If you priced them at Woodcraft, now I understand why they're so expensive :yes: :D

I just can't catch a break in there...... when they have things on sale, they don't have them in stock :noway: I'm not going to drive 35 miles one way every 2 or 3 days to pick stuff up...... I wanted a Delta mortiser they had on sale. I was the 1st one in on the 1st day of the sale and I was told that they didn't have any, didn't have them on order, but I could come back when it came in. I asked about the display model and the manager said, "well, i really don't want to sell it. If I sell it I won't have anything to show people when they come in to buy it" :confused:

bought it from a local tool shop for the same price. I still had to wait but I drove 4 miles instead of 70. :hurray:

Looks CRAZY to me, and I don't care how well it works, NO WAY I would have the nads to test it on my own finger...

Looks CRAZY to me, and I don't care how well it works, NO WAY I would have the nads to test it on my own finger...

No smart individual would do that anyway, they test it with a hot dog. That is a hell of an idea though, got to admit that.

If you like built machinery-cars,saws whatever then this is a machine to like. At the trade show they had hourly timed demo's using the hot dogs... (which didn't seem kosher) just replaced the blade and the stop and the saw worked fine.

We were taught proper safety procedures before we turned any machinery on. There is no protecting the stupid from themselves. The Sawstop when activated destroys the blade and you need a new cartridge. About $200 every time it goes off. I was at a show where they demonstrated the saw. They were cutting pine and it set the thing off. If you can't even cut pine I don't want one. I have been using power tools now for about 50 years and never had an accident with them. Safety first!

We were taught proper safety procedures before we turned any machinery on. There is no protecting the stupid from themselves. The Sawstop when activated destroys the blade and you need a new cartridge. About $200 every time it goes off. I was at a show where they demonstrated the saw. They were cutting pine and it set the thing off. If you can't even cut pine I don't want one. I have been using power tools now for about 50 years and never had an accident with them. Safety first!

I wonder if cutting wet wood (like fresh pressure treated) would set it off too...

I bet there's more than a few wood shop teachers that would have liked that :yes:

You can turn it off for wet wood. Lots of schools are buying them.There are 60,000 table saw accidents a year I don't know how many result in loss of limbs. I would like to have one, kind of like an air bag you never know when you might need it. kickbacks happen I don't care how careful you are.

Saw it before. Cool idea but doubt I'll ever see one in the field.

If osha catches me without the stupid plastic guard on my little cheapo table saw I'm screwed............ but its imposible to do 90% of what I have to do with it on.

The reason they use a hotdog is because it does/ you would get nicked, you would get hurt, but you wouldn't loose your finger.

Most accidents of this type IMO are a result of inexperience or carelessness. The latter often a result of being in a hurry.

We were taught proper safety procedures before we turned any machinery on. There is no protecting the stupid from themselves. The Sawstop when activated destroys the blade and you need a new cartridge. About $200 every time it goes off. I was at a show where they demonstrated the saw. They were cutting pine and it set the thing off. If you can't even cut pine I don't want one. I have been using power tools now for about 50 years and never had an accident with them. Safety first!

True safety first I agree 100% . With that being said, but that's why there called "accidents" not "on purpose's"

It has been around for a few years. If they are so sure about it's safety why not use their finger?
James

So have seat belts, but they don't use humans, they use crash test dummies .......

It has been around for a few years. If they are so sure about it's safety why not use their finger?
James

Perhaps you missed the part where the blade has to make contact first. Who would want that blade making contact with them? Enter the hotdog....

For those that want real human test fingers...so how does that work at a trade show with hourly demonstrations done for several days? The hot dog may not have the gore factor, but its ideal as a prop.

Thomas

I'm missing the end of My left index finger, due to My DeWalt table saw.

Chopping off a piece of Your body is really freaky feelling, let Me tell You.:yes:


But You get over it.:(

I'm missing the end of My left index finger, due to My DeWalt table saw.

Chopping off a piece of Your body is really freaky feelling, let Me tell You.:yes:


But You get over it.:(

Better than chopping off another certain part! :eek: Of course no reason that should be near a table saw... :noway: It is amazing how fast that saw reacts...