Safest Table Saw

[Rubycon]

Crazy demonstration! :shocked:

I'm sure if you really thrust your finger fast there would be more damage.

 

[Modelworks]

no thanks. I 'll stick to using common sense.

 

[coldmeat]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
no thanks. I 'll stick to using common sense.

I'll gladly take common sense + this tech.

 

[Oceandevi]

too bad it wrecks. Imagine if it set off on accident. A 60 dollar mistake everytime.. youch!

 

[TheVrolok]

I remembering hearing about that saw.. pretty neat.

 

[Gooberlx2]

I'm muted. How does it work?

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Oceandevi
too bad it wrecks. Imagine if it set off on accident. A 60 dollar mistake everytime.. youch!

The funny thing is, I bet the idea of wrecking a $60 chunk of metal would do a better job of motivating people to steer clear of the sawblade than the idea of losing a finger.

A finger's a finger. But $60? That's money.

 

[Leros]

I would definitely opt for this technology. I've seen a guy cut off a finger with a table saw before. Not pretty.

 

[Kroze]

Originally posted by: Oceandevi
too bad it wrecks. Imagine if it set off on accident. A 60 dollar mistake everytime.. youch!

What if it accidentally saved you a $20k emergency room visit to sew your dismembered hand back together? A 60 dollar mistake i'll take.

 

[BoomerD]

I've seen this before. IIRC, the videos have been available for a couple of years.

VERY cool technology.

 

[l0cke]

Notice how he tests it with his middle finger, just in case.

 

[Ronstang]

I have been using table saws and other tools that can cut off fingers in the blink of an eye for 30 years and have yet to cut any of my fingers. Why do I need this again? This is a tool for dumbasses, or today's youth since they need their hand held on everything so they don't hurt themselves.

 

[Exterous]

Christ - even if I knew it worked I don't know if I could overcome my instinct to not put any part of my flesh against a rapidly moving saw blade

 

[0roo0roo]

yea saw it when it came out. i think later in the segment they show the arrestor device, basically a metal chunk that works like a crumple zone to dissipate the rather large chunk of energy..that bits disposable.

its clever. people make mistakes. ronstang....u can be smug until the sh*t hits the fan

 

[IronWing]

A few years ago I was unemployed for six weeks. I used the time to finish up a butcher block table project that had been languishing for years. A cabinet maker friend allowed me to use his wood shop for the project. He had every power tool a woodworker could dream of including a planer, a jointer, scroll saw, etc. The only toy he wouldn't let me drive was the table saw. He worked in a woodworker supply store and he said that of the various injuries that his customers would sport, the table saw inflicted ones were the worst and the most common. As he pointed out, in the time it takes to jerk your hand back, several hundred teeth have passed by.

 

[BoomerD]

I certainly don't think this device is meant to replace common sense and basic safety precautions, but sometimes, shit happens...saw operator slips, someone else slips and bumps into the saw operator, just so many things that, even with the proper safety precautions, could take off a finger...or more...

 

[randay]

not many are dumb enough to stick their finger into the saw blade, the real damage comes from kickback.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
I certainly don't think this device is meant to replace common sense and basic safety precautions, but sometimes, shit happens...saw operator slips, someone else slips and bumps into the saw operator, just so many things that, even with the proper safety precautions, could take off a finger...or more...

bingo, dude without a hand=disability etc=burden on everyone..
save society money in the long run.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: coldmeat

Originally posted by: Modelworks
no thanks. I 'll stick to using common sense.

I'll gladly take common sense + this tech.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I'm muted. How does it work?

I don't think the video mentioned. I'm guessing it's an electrical contact sensor using the saw blade as the conductor (kinda like those touch sensors for light control etc).

 

[Mike Gayner]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
I have been using table saws and other tools that can cut off fingers in the blink of an eye for 30 years and have yet to cut any of my fingers. Why do I need this again? This is a tool for dumbasses, or today's youth since they need their hand held on everything so they don't hurt themselves.

Fuck it must be awesome to be impervious to accident and misfortune. Also, to be a pretentious fuckwit. Is it as awesome as it looks?

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
I have been using table saws and other tools that can cut off fingers in the blink of an eye for 30 years and have yet to cut any of my fingers. Why do I need this again? This is a tool for dumbasses, or today's youth since they need their hand held on everything so they don't hurt themselves.

I have a mechanic friend who had 30+ years of injury free work experience.

2 years ago he got his finger stuck in a reel grinder and just about lopped it off. A few months ago he got the ends of 3 fingers cut off when someone else turned an engine on that he was working on.

 

[Kelvrick]

The sawstop is cool, but its been around for a while. That video is already from 2008.

That aside, I hear their table saws are built pretty well.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

No need for a table saw at all. I've been using one of these for years.

http://www.eurekazone.com/

 

[Homerboy]

This was on Time Warp (the TV show) one day. Very slick and ingenious for sure.