You know I think if you have to replace a $100 blade and a cartridge it may serve better to prompt you to find out what you did wrong than if the blade simply spins down.
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looking at the Saw Stop saws
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Actually, it would make surprisingly little difference in the size of the nick although there could be some. There is only so much work you can do in 5ms. IOW, there is no residual 'wind-down' during which time any further cutting can take place. When that blade is gone out of the path, it is gone. The cutting path recedes backwards and downwards at that speed, you'd have to catch the blade on the way down. SawStop's effectiveness isn't so much in the stopping of the blade as it is in the disappearing act.
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Are you really making those types of rapid movements around your TS? Several feet in a sec? Are you practicing your TaeKwondo or are you ripping a board? When do you ever move several feet per sec at the TS? Around most TS accidents a gradual "push" into the blade?
You are only condisering the type accidents that you are warned about. There are plenty of accidents that happen when the unexpected happens. Say a bee comes in and lands on your hand closest to the blade..... Not likely but I have had that happen. Stay with woodworking long enough and you will come to realize that just being careful is not enough. If a knot explodes and you jump. You never know.
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QFT
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QFT?
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QFUD: QFT is an expression of agreement and support, where the user stands behind you and one of your statements. "Quoted For Truth"
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No it doesn't. If Charlie's wife wouldn't let him go, you wouldn't amend that question by asking "Would you join I for a trip to the movie?"
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And the air bags have killed people and now we have laws that require us to engage in specific behaviors intented to protect us from the air bags.
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As I mentioned here before, I worked part-time at Woodcraft for 3 years and occasionally still do. We've sold a lot of SawStops. A student inadvertently tested it in one of our classes - only needed a bandaid. Several customers have also "tested" it.
A large local cabinet shop has over 20 of the saws. According to their maintenance supervisor, he installs a new cartridge about every month. Running a saw 8 hours a day gets boring, attention wanders, ...
So I'd contend it has been working quite well for a few years. I know we sold some 3 years ago, but I'm not sure about 4. And the store hasn't been open 5 years.
PS: And for those of you who remember my report about my bloody finger, no I don't have a SawStop - not on a retirees budget. BTW, the finger is almost healed but still tender.
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Well that's the point--you aren't intentionally sticking your finger in the blade either. The protective systems are there for when something that you did _not_ intend happens.
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I haven't heard that but I have heard that if you get admitted you "will" attend in the sense that they'll find a way to pay for it if you can't.
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On Fri, 8 Jan 2010 23:41:41 -0800, the infamous "Lew Hodgett" scrawled the following:
My ass. It should be "Charlie and me" there, sir. Try it from an individual standpoint.
"Would you join Charlie for a trip to the movie?" OK
"Would you join I for a trip to the movie?" Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!
"Would you join Charlie and me for a trip to the movie?" Fixed!
Steve's sarcasm was warranted.
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The reasoning behing the You Would Graduate is that you had to be decently smart to get in and they wanted bragging rights that all graduated.
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I believe my eyes. I saw it on the floor at a local retailer.
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Do you recall the model number or which one? Visiting the Saw Stop site no mention is made about a granite top, only cast iron.
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It worked at the local Woodcraft store. They have a classroom (which includes a SawStop) on premises, and the spent cartridge hanging on the wall IS NOT a factory-supplied demo.
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On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 07:20:36 -0800 (PST), the infamous Robatoy scrawled the following:
Did you think that before watching the 3 linked vids?
What, only NA? You haven't seen Europe lately.
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Ooooo a French fatty with hairy legs, oh yaya!!
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You've changed the sentence structure.
("You" is now the subject, not "I").
No cigar.
Lew
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Most of us also have more than the average number of legs, but it's still just sophistry.