This blew my mind.

I'm a Journeyman Cabinetmaker. I've seen that device years ago. As effective as it is , there's some people that feel it gives a false sense of security. It works on micro-electric current from organic objects which shut down the motor ( utilizing an electric brake) when the blade is touched.
I've seen a lot of guys get chewed up over the last 25 years , so any safety device that prevents injury is a good thing.
 
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im a master architectural furniture maker, and had these installed in my saws a few years ago. and it is awesome. i tried the hot dog thing its crazy. it only cost me 100$ to replace the mechanism once deployed.
 
peter r said:
im a master architectural furniture maker, and had these installed in my saws a few years ago. and it is awesome. i tried the hot dog thing its crazy. it only cost me 100$ to replace the mechanism once deployed.
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Thats much more reasonable than I thought it would be after watching the video. Very cool technology!
 
Gotta admire the guy for even thinking that something like this was possible...
 
that truly is amazing
Its too bad that it ruins it, but there is no other way else to do it.

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"im a master architectural furniture maker, and had these installed in my saws a few years ago.."

So these can go in any saw?


this is very cool technology indeed!

Peace Out. :cool:
 
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First time I saw that, wow. I work with a guy who lost his finger up to the first joint on a table saw. I will show him this and expect to be punched shortly after:D.
 
I have seen these a few years ago, they look like they are more refined now. Very cool video! This should be the standard in all table saws.
 
That is one very inspired design!
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The video is truly remarkable!

I was at Motorcycle Tech College with a guy that lost half his thumb in a metal guillotine (ironically, he was cutting steel rungs for a safety/escape ladder at the time!).

The absolute degree of safety for the relatively low cost should make this a mandated requirement, building in during the tool manufacturing process would reduce costs.
 
I worked with something similar to this over the summer, the guy I was working for said he preferred the ones without the brake, he claims it is harder to change the blade, but also that the blade adjustment was harder to get at the right distance from the fence.

His other argument against them was that it teaches you that you don't need to pay attention to what you are doing, as you know you won't get cut. This results in shoddy work and more expense as you need to replace the whole mechanism each time.
 
awc said:
I worked with something similar to this over the summer, the guy I was working for said he preferred the ones without the brake, he claims it is harder to change the blade, but also that the blade adjustment was harder to get at the right distance from the fence.

His other argument against them was that it teaches you that you don't need to pay attention to what you are doing, as you know you won't get cut. This results in shoddy work and more expense as you need to replace the whole mechanism each time.
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Easy way around that, tell all the guys that the boss disabled them. :) Say its too expensive to remove the mechanism but that its just turned off because of the expense. Those are the sort of mind games that most working bosses I have would play. Hard to put a dollar sign on not installing them just to save some cash, quality of work wise, I know plenty of guys who would give their left thumb to work for a guy interested in using these. :D
 
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