On 01/08/2010 01:24 AM, Puckdropper wrote:
I'm curious if the SawStop
technology would be effective enough if it would fire and just drop the
blade totally in to the saw rather than jamming it in to a piece of
metal.

It is the fact that the spinning blade is suddenly stopped (by jamming a
chunk of aluminum into it) that provides the energy to drop the blade
suddenly.

If you don't stop the blade, then some entirely different mechanism
would be necessary to drop it quickly.

Chris