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- zadatak, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25That's all good and well, but what if you want to cut hotdogs?
- mogdor, on 10/12/2007, -6/+28When someone says "this is old", what does that really accomplish? Why waste the effort typing those words in, do you get some kind of prestigious feeling from it or what? Something that may be old to one person is new to someone else. I swear, this is the most annoying thing people say here and each person that says it thinks they're somehow special for knowing something before other people. Who gives a flying $#@%, get over yourself.
- mikeyG9x, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I work in aviation (a business jet completion center) and our cabinet shops have at least one of these saws per shop since last spring
This is NOT fake, these saws do exist. Skeptics just cause they can't understand. Anything sufficiently advanced appears as magic and all.
A person can cut conductive materials (aluminum) with the saws but the safety mechanism is locked out (shut off).
We have replaced a few of the cartridges and they run about $60 per. Very cheap even if triggering the thing was a mistake.
If some of you would spend a little more time reading the website you would find out that the creator of the saw has stuck his finger into a spinning blade, guess what, the blade stopped and he was left with a nick only.
When the inventor of this saw was demoing it to my company, he actually did stick his finger into the blade (no hot dog when you want to make the sale). The blade stopped, dropped out, and left him with a minor nick only. He made the sale. - albel65, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Why does this video make me hold my crotch so?
- DenDen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I guess none of you nerds watch HGTV, they highlighted this thing at the international tool trade show last year. It's not fake.
- russau, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4i wouldn't tell high-school kids about this feature - because some joker is always going to 'test it out'!
- Kev585, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This would have been good at my high school's wood shop we had 6 people lose fingers or pieces of fingers in one year.
- Luuvitonen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2While the invention has been around for a while there's one flaw to it. When the blade brakes it breaks the brakes (now say that again fast :P) and they have to be replaced. Wonder how much do they cost and how many schools, for example, would buy them for kids who like to play with their wieners even if it's safer? Yes I ment the sausage.
On the other hand I would buy one for myself if I could use bigger blades than 10". - rockyrobins, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That's cool. Now, if they could only make it work for lasers, Mr. Bond.
- Dragular, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ok, I don't even own any power tools bigger than a dremel and a small drill, but I'm digging this simply because I watched the video seven times with my jaw on the floor at how fast the blade disappeared lol.
- JohnKappa, on 10/25/2008, -0/+1I wonder if they've actually tested it on a live human hand. Now that would impress me!
- BradGalliford, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1LOL!! My brother cut 3 of his fingers off in shop class on monday, i sent this story to him. I bet he wishes he would have used that saw!
- freedompower, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Can I cut any material with my SawStop saw?
Any material that is electrically non-conductive can be cut with the SawStop saw. This includes woods, plastics, laminates, etc. If you want to cut aluminum or other conductive materials, the safety system has a key-activated bypass feature that can be used to disable the brake while cutting these materials. - RobMackenzie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1DAMN! that's freaking awesome! Don't care how old that is, that would totally save a finger!, and them things are a might usefull
I just wonder how many times it would trip accidentally with knots/wet wood/other materials... - eastshores, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1oh btw.. I've been on digg a while.. I hope there is soon a way to block comments of the goons that spout how old something is.. move along people.. nothing to see here.. aka.. stfu it made the front page. so your ridiculous comment is already out-ranked whether you feel superior or not.
- cpirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If it detects the "large inherent electrical capacitance and conductivity" of a human body, how does it detect a hot dog? Must be made from electric eel meat.
- Toiling, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1you still get cut, but it's better than losing a finger!
- FJR1300, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"What if the wood is damp?"
A woodworker would never be using damp wood. A skilled craftsperson doesn't use his/her table saw in the rain either.
I remember seeing this saw on TV a while back, can't see the video, so don't know if it's the same film. I just thought, "WOW!". I bought a $200 portable saw from Home Depot though. Ripping 2x4s usually doesn't tend to draw the hands near the blade. - mancat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you think it's fake, then take 30 extra seconds out of your extremely busy and important schedule to watch the slow motion videos.
http://www.sawstop.com/how-it-works-videos.htm - mushoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"A woodworker would never be using damp wood. A skilled craftsperson doesn't use his/her table saw in the rain either."
Some people need to work with pressure treated wood while it is still somewhat damp. But then again they won't be using a cabinet saw.
Although I agree that this is old news and has been on digg before, the post deserves merit because back then it wasn't available for purchase.
I don't remember anybody bitching about all the optimus keyboard stories. - domokunt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"i wouldn't tell high-school kids about this feature - because some joker is always going to 'test it out'!"
What a waste of a hot daawwg! - darb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That half inch shift, is the retraction blade handle popping up.
- Sirocco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Table saws honestly scare the ***** outta me, and I hate using them. I don't think anything will ease the stress of having a large spinning blade that close to my hands :)
But it's a start. - Dhalgren, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What if the wood is damp?
- geoboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I can't believe what I just saw!
(pun intended) - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You'd think the instructor would have been fired for not properly teaching safety...
- lenwood, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This isn't fake, as some have suggested. Its the real deal. And for those balking at the replacement costs of the brake hardware, how much would it cost to replace your fingers?
This is old, I first heard of it a couple of years ago. But I digg because this guy came up with an engenious idea, brought it through to completed product, then pitched it to all the saw makers in the US, and one by one they all dumped him. So, he started making the saws himself. This is something worth getting out.
Oh, and the way it works is there's an electrical current running through the blade, if something that conducts electricity (your finger) touches the blad, there's a change in current and the brakes are applied. You saw the demo, all of this takes a fraction of a second.
Truly engenious. - HiddenForce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1From the "How it Works" page:
"This drawing shows the changes in the electrical signal when a finger touched the teeth of a spinning saw blade during an actual test."
What!? You mean they got some fool to actually stick their finger in the blade to TEST it?!? Sorry, but there's no hazardous duty pay high enough for me to volunteer to do that. - purpleacid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.physicscentral.com/people/people-01-10.html
"The capacitance of a hot dog is similar to the capacitance of a finger, but not exactly the same. Gass knew that to prove SawStop worked, he would have to test his machine on his finger. “I can tell you that to touch a spinning saw blade goes against every instinct that you would have,” he said. “When I was trying to reach my finger out to gently touch the edge of the blade, the muscles in my forearm were just spasming wanting to pull my fingers back. It was so hard.” The blade stopped, leaving Gass with only a small, 1/32 inch deep cut on his finger. He put a Band-Aid on the cut and took his SawStop to the world."
One would wonder what if his prototype didn't work as well as he planned. "Hey honey, is that your finger on the floor?" - MrMysterious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow, you see that the brake cartridges are single use and cost $69.00+ for each one? I guess that if you ever accidently tripped it, that would be money well spent.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that poor frank
- rowanjl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If you're going to cut metal, do what a normal person does and wear gloves...
- MrMysterious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow, thats pretty neat....but pricey as all get out!
- dimatt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that's pretty crazy
- vigil, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The company I worked for helped supply some of the back end technology for this...saw it at our tech conference last summer. Pretty damn impressive in person. You should see what it does to the saw blades after the fact.
- scottperezfox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This product is actually about 2 years old. I saw it on HGTV a while back. The inventor is also planning to produce a hand-held circular saw - I wonder if that has come into production yet.
- mailman-zero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Emo Philips in the movie "UHF" is the first thing I thought of when I saw this.
[after losing his thumb in a table saw]
Joe Earley: Can you believe this? Would you look at that? Just call me "Mr. Butterfingers." I think it's on the floor somewhere. Is my face red. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wow.
- Ace2005, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0WOW!!! i want to try it with my finger
- fatalflaw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Not true, too many people like you running loose on the streets, thats why this product isnt everywhere.
- derrickkendall, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0that's badass. I cut my hand on a table saw years ago, thank god I didn't lose any fingers but I still needed 50 stitches in 4 fingers to patch me up.
- Elsidox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0We have one of these saws in our school. Hamilton High School in Wisconsin.
- Fosowp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I saw this guy on Letterman a few years ago. Here is the problem. The saws are really expensive. Does anyone know how corporations feel about expensive equipment vs cheap equipment?
- valkyries, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0AH! finally i can show this video to everyone proving this does exist. :-D
- sp1nm0nkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It seems like it's real. I've worked with DSPs similar to the ones used in the device, and the description of the device seems like it'd work. Check out http://www.qprox.com/
Amazing, just amazing. I was in a shop when I was little when a guy lost a finger on a saw, if this saw keeps that from happening again, it's a godsend. - mesoed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Awesome safety feature on these things. So what if it's one-time use for the brake... Too bad they cost $2800 before accessories.
- antoni, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I would still be too scared to try it with my finger (>.
- BloodyRids, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Back to the ol' drawing board!
- SniperX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0New Tagline?
"Never lose a finger again!!" - WalkerBurgin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That blade dropped in one frame... very impressive
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