The struggle for people like me is that I currently can’t afford a new saw, and I don’t like the idea that the way Sawstop works is that it ruins the blade in addition to saving your fingers. A cheap trade when it works as intended but not cheap at all when it goes off because you forgot to disable it before cutting some treated lumber.
Like, at least 5$.
Am I wrong for thinking that if you’re at risk of losing a finger to a table saw, you’re using it wrong?
No, you’re not, but you are wrong if you think anyone is capable of using a tool correctly 100% of the time.
I suspect none of you own a table saw. As someone who does, some cuts require you to remove guards and safety parts. Even pushing the wood through the blade too quickly can cause kickback and injury. It is very easy to injure yourself when operating a table saw.
I only got injured on a table saw once and it was kickback on a saw I don’t own. Not certain, but I think I was not used to the high rotation speed of the blade. Minor injuries but I am very very careful when using my table saw…to the point that I will not use it at all if I think I am too tired.
SawStop tried to give away this technology (no upfront costs, 3% royalties) and nome of the major manufacturers would take it.
3% royalties is not “giving away”. Now they’re trying to force it by law while also patent trolling to stop manufacturers from making similar systems on their own. They’re not concerned with safety, they’re after profit.
sounds like a threat to me, “nice fingers you got there, would be a shame if something were to happen to them”
That’s essentially the table saw motto, which is why sawstop is such an amazing piece of technology.
Still for-profit assholes, but they did solve a very real problem that’s always been there.
