Brian Elfert wrote:
I was walking through a Home Depot the other day and came upon the RAS in
the lumber area. It had some fancy new jig on it for crosscutting lumber.
It was a monstrosity. There is basically no way of getting anywhere close
to the blade.

The lumber is slid in and a handle pushes the lumber up against the fence.
No hand is required to hold the wood and they even have a resting spot for
the free hand. The blade slides through a slot with a blade guard
covering the blade 100%.

This seems like safety taken to the extreme. Only someone brain dead
could possibly get hurt.

Brian Elfert

Never underestimate the power of the consumer to get injured in spite
of these safety devices. Then, nver underesstimate the power of the
consumer to remove these devices, get injured, then blame the
manufacturer for a) failing to design a safe device; b) failing to
forsee that the user would remove the safety device and plow a body
part into a spinning blade; and c) anything else a sharp lawyer could
come up with to earn a buck.