June 23, 2005
... and this little piggy received a 1/16" deep cut Meet SawStop, a table saw with an innovative safety mechanism. It senses the capacitive and conductive difference between wood and human flesh to determine when to brake the saw, which it can do within 5 ms. At least it seems to work with hot dogs.
Check out the slo-mo videos to see the blade stopping and dropping below the table surface or the braking mechanism in action.
I remember seeing something on this a couple months back, but I was recently reminded of it and decided to check it out a bit further. They're not especially cheap but I would think that organizations with liability concerns like construction companies or high school shop classes would jump at this.
Ok, I wonder what happens if you're cutting wood that's somewhat damp. Or exotic woods. What would be the capacitive and conductive differences of these from, say, fast-growth pine or flesh?
why would you be cutting damp wood? Unless you're pruning trees that's pretty much a bad idea.
I see that it has a switch that you can use to turn off the safety feature when you're cutting conductive things like aluminum, so you might have to do that when cutting damp wood as well.
Big woop, so it protects your wiener from getting cut. HELLO!!! Last time I checked people don't guide lumber with their dorks.
Jease, sometimes I think people are so stupid....
Javelinas right, I mean what the fuck are you supposed to do if you wanna cut wood in a rain storm? Or how about in the pool?
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That's a really good idea. Now only if they had a retrofit kit to put the electronics and braking mechanism on a Delta table saw. That would be a stupendous Father's Day gift... esp. since I can't afford to buy a whole new saw for my pappy.
posted by javelina at 02:49PM CST on June 23