WOW! Now, I'm not selling these saws, have no interest in the company at all. I am just amazed at how they work. Take a look at the hotdog video, then if you are interested watch the main video to see how it works. This is just too cool how we can apply today's technology to solve old problems.

If you guys cut alot of wood on a table saw at work this may be something to bring to the bosses attention.

http://www.sawstop.com/index.htm

 

They are a very nice machine. Went to a live demo at Woodcraft a while back and was amazed.

They are a little pricey for my blood but would love to have one if I could afford it.

 

The high school in our town purchased them about 3 years ago. From talking to the shop teacher they have already saved a couple of kids fingers. Well worth the cost in this case.

 

I've seen those. Heard a lot of first-hand reports of saved fingers!!!! First time that happens, it's paid for itself IMO.

 

I work in the engineering dept of a manufactured housing plant. Lots of cuts from table saws. Amazing that people can come up with something that can detect the difference of the electrical current between meat and wood...

 

That might be the coolest thing I've ever seen.

 

Now that's cool.

 

I wish my dad knew about these before now. He got his hand caught straight on in the table saw about 8 years back and it stalled out on his elbow. Not a clean cut through because the blade was only up about an inch. He's got a nasty scar and no feeling from his wrist to his finger tips but his hand works. Now he pushes everything with another piece of wood. He's been retired for almost 15 years but wood working is his hobby after 30 years as a Chrysler exec. Anything safer makes me feel better cause I just live 1/4 mile down the road from him so I get the call for everything like when he stood on a ladder to change a light bulb 2 years ago, lost his balance and fell, landing on the ladder and breaking his back. Thank God the cleaning lady was there that day and called me right away after calling the ambulance. He's getting more careful and does realize now that he's not in his 20's or 30's anymore but is almost 70.

 

That is VERY impressive.

 

After my grandfather cut his arm when a board kicked back I bought a pusher also.

 

when we were finishing our cabin, my grandfather got his sleeve caught up in a miter saw... it could have been REALLY bad... our cabin is about an hour away from the nearest hospital, they were able to keep bleeding down and the surgeon was able to reattach his tendons. only lasting negative effect is a couple of his fingers won't curl all the way, but still plenty enough to hold tools, etc.

summer before last we stopped by his house in Stillwater on the way home from Colorado, and he had just finished putting a new roof on his shop... a big storm and come through and blew the old one off... he was 87 when he re-did the roof!

 

Gotta love EE's

Very cool, even the wife was impressed (and she doesn't know a table saw from a see-saw)

~Rob

 

pretty cool. my grandpa had cut part of his thumb off on a table saw. at an angle from the tip back so he had a pointy thumb.

ive always hated using table saws for the kickback reasons. in HS i was using one and i ended up getting a pretty nasty kickback...i half expected to look down and see a few fingers missing.

 

A hot dog has electrical current?

Or was it conducting the fingers' electrical current?

Does that mean wet wood wouldn't cut? What about sappy wood?

 

The machine puts a current into the blade. When the body (the guy is holding the hotdog) touches the blade it absorbs some of the current triggering the safety.

I'd bet a wet piece of wood may cause problems.

Still is one of the coolest applications of technology I've seen. I use a table saw a couple time a year is all. I have a ton of respect for those teeth.