"Scott Lurndal" wrote in message
.. .
B A R R Y writes:
On 29 Sep 2006 14:50:33 -0700, "tomwalz"
wrote:

Have you ever ripped with a 3 or 5 HP cabinet saw and a real rip
blade? Your hand is typically moving rather quickly while performing
this operation.

And that's what push-sticks and feather boards are for.

FWIW, sans editorial comment, from this months Sawdust Shop newsletter:


Another SawStop Save

Table saw
accidents can happen at any time and to anybody. One of our customers
who purchased a SawStop table saw from us back in March recently made
contact
with the spinning blade with his fingers. The SawStop braking system
triggered,
stopped the blade, and he ended up with just a scratch.

This is our third customer save since we started selling the SawStop and
we
are glad to hear that it prevented a potentially tragic accident.

We are proud to be a dealer for the innovative SawStop table saw.

Ok I do not disagree with the safty aspect o the saw stop . What I do have
is a problem with the above statment ( if it's word for word from their
newsletter) . As I understand it , a blade with 1/8 " kerf give or take,
spinning at X amount of revolutions per minute stops in 0.0whatever seconds
and comes in contact with any body part can leave nothing more than a
scratch. It's to late in the day and I've had more than a few so I'm not
going to do the math on how many teeth will have contacted the flesh on that
body part . Anything 1/8th wide is not what I would consider just a scratch.
A minor cut I can understand but a scratch is what you do with a fingernail
or something you get when you **** off the cat.
Jim