OT: Cool Tools
 

Just found this table saw, anyone else seen this? Check out both of the videos on the right - amazing!

https://sawstop.com/how-it-works-overview.htm

There was an aticle about this technology in Fine Wood working magazine, I think, a few years ago. Nice to see that they are actually marketing a saw using it.

lol saw that last year, expensive as crap tho. for an industrial place or a smaller business i could see it, but not for home use, the cost is way to friggin much

Yeah, cost is high but waaay cheaper than increase insurance premiums and medical bills.

Without that saw = $400,000 in medical bills during an injured lifetime

With that saw = a $0.10 bandaid, new saw blade $?.?? and a new block of aluminum for the safety device $?.??

It is cool, but my darwinian sense is tingling ;)

haha yea thats why i said a small business or industrial area, it would save money in the long run, of course i wouldnt tell the employees that they were safe saws cuz hey they might just go try em out everyday:p

...but if you didn't and they tried to cut a piece of metal (aluminum) or something on them that's conductive - BAM! - you're out however much money it is to reset the machine.

I saw this saw tested a while back on that PBS show "Ask This Old House". They did the hotdog test and yep it wrecked the blade and hardly scratched the hotdog.
The saw does have a bypass key to disable the shutdown system for use when cutting conductive materials. I'd think even damp wood may be a problem.