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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

Given the general caliber of the people working in HD, I find it pretty
scary that they even have a RAS at all.

There is plenty of industrial equipment which requires that you operate two
"start" buttons at the same time, each one hidden under a guard, and
several feet away from each other. All this to make sure both hands are
away from the business end of the machine when you turn it on.