John wrote:

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:53:41 +1100, "stu" no where just yet wrote:


"cncmillgil" wrote in message
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Wonder if this could be implemented on other machine tools?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3mzhvMgrLE&NR=1

One wonders why they removed the guard that is fitted to nearly all
table saws and why the blade projected so far through the work when
normal practice is to have the blade only high enough to make a clean
cut.

Unless it was in order to sell a product..

John B.

Well, nobody who actually does woodworking with any regularity actually
installs the guards on their saws since the guards are designed by
lawyers who have never used a saw in their lives and have no
understanding of why such guards actually increase the dangers of the
saw.

As for not setting the blade height correctly, and presumably also not
using the feather boards, push sticks and the like that are routinely
used by people who actually know how to use a saw, that is just the
usual marketing distortion trying to sell a failed product.

The big problem is that the developers of these nany-saws are so
emotionally invested in them that they can't understand why everyone
isn't jumping to buy them. They have even tried such corrupt practices
as attempting to get their product to be made mandatory on all saws.
They are basically like religious loons blindly preaching their faith to
those who are smart enough to see through it, or in this case to those
who know how to use a table saw and have no use for nany-crap.

A worse situation is with auto airbags, where I have said from the
beginning that they were a bad idea, it was proven to be a bad idea, but
they tried to redesign the bags, and now yet again it has been shown
that they are a failure and are harming more people than they help.