On Mar 12, 6:11*am, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:
wrote:

Breaking the blade, if done in the right place, might work. *Baring
that, a wrench in the gears would do a lot. *Remember, the tool
doesn't have to survive.

Well..... you're close Keith. *How about "braking the blade", rather than
"breaking the blade"? *Forcing an instant reversal of the motor direction to
stop the blade? *Or clamping a brake on the pulley or on the arbor.

Sure, there are ways of stopping the blade quickly but Allen thought
that braking the blade would break it. ;-) My point was that this
might not be a bad thing, if done in the right spot (or at least not
the wrong one). I also wouldn't think a band saw would have to be
stopped as quickly as a table saw to minimize damage.