Saturday, November 22, 2008
Video: SawStop Inventor Puts His Finger in a SawStop
ToolCrib.com Blog: "SawStop inventor Steve Gass decided that a hot dog just isn’t cutting it anymore… So he put his OWN FINGER into the spinning blade on national television…"
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This takes real guts to actually go forward and test this out with an actual human part. I'm sure he had tested it on many inanimate objects, but it's darn impressive. If this became standardized I would be curious to see if future generations have the same focus to not chopping their fingers off or if they will get just a little bit overconfident with the system. Of course it's a bummer that you completely wreck the saw when the Stop engages.
That's faith in your invention if I've ever seen it. I still don't like the idea of having a sawstop on a shop table saw though. I think it takes the carpenters' heads out of the game. If you don't fear and respect your tools you are more likely to get hurt. You're especially screwed if you get used to having a sawstop and then go someplace without one. I just think that proper training and use of tools is better for safety than a false sense of security.
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