Apr 17
I remembered seeing SawStop quite a while ago. Although I was very aware of it's presence and cool factor, I wasn't sure about the rest of you.. so here it is:
The basic idea here is a table saw that senses the electrical current change that occurs when your flesh touches the spinning saw blade. When the system senses this change in current, it instantly applies a brake and retracts the blade.
This whole process takes 3-5 milliseconds. It's fast enough to save your finger, or in the case of the video, a hotdog.
I don't have any hard numbers on the dangers of table saws, but if you ask me, it's a pretty cool technology. Check out the video, I bet you'll agree.
Click Here to see the video.
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