"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"HeyBub" wrote

Some years ago, the federal government, in its infinite wisdom, and all
the while thinking of the children, mandated that washing machines come
to a complete stop in just a few seconds (like three).

It shouldn't be hard to transfer that technology to table saws.


They have. Toss a dirty sock into the blade and it stops faster than a
washing machine.


Dont count on it. I experimented with this several years ago using a
canvas/leather work glove. The blade left a clean kerf. There was the
notion that if you used gloves with a TS the blade could catch the glove and
pull your hand in. I do not recoment using a glove BTY but cloth and
leather cut much more easily than wood.