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Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"Kevin Craig" wrote in message

I really don't care to be bitten by 12 teeth, and don't see any
particular safety advantage to a SawStop-equipped saw vice a standard
saw. Third of a revolution, full revolution, ten revolutions... any
would do serious, perhaps irrepairable, damage to a digit or hand.

A lot of unknows come into play here. I agree that falling from the 29th
floor or the 32nd floor is not going to make a huge difference in the
outcome, but 12 teeth versus a full speed blade may be the difference of a
slicing afinger or lopping off a whole hand.

Unless they're using a clamping/braking system, that 1/3 of a rotation
*will* be at full speed. Any type of pin or tooth-catching pawl will
stop the blade instantly from the moment it's inserted into the
appropriate hole. A brake will slow the blade with decreasing
velocity.

I understand the SawStop system causes an instant stop, but there is
naturally some delay between trigger and stop. Between those two,
there's 1/3 of a blade rotation at full speed.


I've not studies table saw accidents so I don't know the probability of the
various injuries and what may be prevented. Do you?

No I don't. Neither do the folks at SawStop. Maybe God does, but the
rest of us don't have the gift of omiscience. No one can predict the
many variables that might be in play when a blade contacts skin.

Kevin