On Mar 12, 9:07*am, " wrote:
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.

Poor choice of words at 10:30 last night, teach me to type half
asleep.

A bandsaw however would have to stop at the same amount of time. If it
was a 3 tpi blade, it would do some damage rather quickly. The only
solution would be either a guard that came up from the table or a
mechanism that would cut the blade then retract both ends away from
the work area.

A braking system, hmmmm, might be an alternative. Then it wouldn't be
destroying a nice blade. But how?

Allen