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Well Glass the inventor of Saw Stop finally did it, he stuck his finger into a turning saw blade.
wow!
Check it out
http://youtu.be/eiYoBbEZwlk

Ed in Tampa wrote:Well Glass the inventor of Saw Stop finally did it, he stuck his finger into a turning saw blade.
wow!
Check it out
http://youtu.be/eiYoBbEZwlk

Yup. He finally did it. Almost four years ago. Video is from April 2012.

Ed in Tampa wrote:Well Glass the inventor of Saw Stop finally did it, he stuck his finger into a turning saw blade.
wow!
Check it out
http://youtu.be/eiYoBbEZwlk

Wow! Are you just now seeing that demo for the first time.

He has actually put his own finger into the blade now. With trepidation but he did it. I'll just keep my fingers where they belong, thank you.

I was just recently buying some band saw blades at a saw shop and they sell this unit. When speaking with the owner he called,one of his employees up front and he showed me his finger. He had a very small cut on it. He had delivered one of the and was showing and setting up the unit when his finger got in the way. Only a very minor cut. The man in the video is a better man than I Gunga Din.

With all the angst and derision he has caused in the woodworking world, I wish he tried with his tongue.
Yes, the idea of safety is great, but his methods of trying to control everyone to his style of benevolent dictatorship has "in my humble opinion", set the industry back years.
I'm still waiting for Bosch to release the REAXX. I was at the traveling show a few months back. Inquired about their saw and was told I could order one with an opened delivery date, and that was for the job site saw. No guesses by the demonstrators on the release date of the hybrid saw.
Sorry for the rant!

I had never heard of Saw Stop before, I thought that was kinda amazing (since I'm not in the hobby yet, just getting ready to jump in). Some of my (probably dumb) thoughts/questions- how accurately can the unit tell the difference between my finger and damp wood? Painted or treated wood? Fiberglass or other nonwood that might be cut on a table saw? Static electricity in the winter if your shop is in the basement and you have forced hot air for heat? I'm wondering all this because from watching how the unit works, doesn't seem like you'd want too many false activations. Don't get me wrong, certainly would rather replace a table saw than a finger, just wondering if the accuracy is there.

I have no idea how many "false positives" the Saw Stop system undergoes. I know others have mentioned them in the past. It might be a small price to pay to save a finger in the case of a slow controlled feed into the saw blade. However, I keep thinking the more likely finger-eating accidents happen much faster, like in a kickback. With your hand moving as fast as that, I'm thinking you'll be lucky to keep your finger even with a Saw Stop.

artman60 wrote:Don't get me wrong, certainly would rather replace a table saw than a finger, just wondering if the accuracy is there.

Don't have to replace the table saw. Just the blade and triggering unit.

davebodner wrote:I have no idea how many "false positives" the Saw Stop system undergoes. I know others have mentioned them in the past. It might be a small price to pay to save a finger in the case of a slow controlled feed into the saw blade. However, I keep thinking the more likely finger-eating accidents happen much faster, like in a kickback. With your hand moving as fast as that, I'm thinking you'll be lucky to keep your finger even with a Saw Stop.

You'd be surprised. There are YouTube videos of people slamming a hot dog at a very fast speed into the blade. The hot dog gets only a tiny cut that you'd probably put a band aid on and forget if it were your finger. Here's one such video.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqvXYUBjCKw[/youtube]

Politics aside, there's little doubt that the technology can really reduce the severity of table saw injuries.