"Leon" wrote in message
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"RonB" wrote in message
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On Mar 13, 7:53 pm, "LDosser" wrote:

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"Two of them have been in John Stearns' woodshop class at Amity High
School. Stearns applied for grants to pay for two SawStop saws in
2008, which cost $7,400, about three times the price of other brands.
"I would pay twice as much for those saws to keep my kids from losing
their fingers," Stearns said. "Those two kids walked away without a
scratch. That's amazing. I don't know if I would go back to any other
saw."

I know his intentions are good. But the kids who walk out of his shop
class are not going to be scared enough. It used to **** me off when
my high school shop teacher yelled about safety. I understand now.

I think you are perhaps thinking that knowing that the blade will not cut
your digits off will also not be scary. I highly suspect that the blade
spinning at 100 mph is still going to be intemidating.




By the time I got to shop class, I'd injured myself enough with hand tools
to be leery of anything connected to the power grid. Particularly since I'd
also had a couple electric shocks by then also.