On 10/14/10 1:09 PM, Bill wrote:
On 10/14/2010 1:47 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
The problem with me sharing something about this is that someone might
(conceivably, if they had been drinking, perhaps...) think I know what
I'm talking about. I was just thinking about all of the bicycles I've
seen that had a brake pad on just one side...


That is a completely irrelevant comparison.

Look at the forces involved.
A bicycle brake is dealing with what I might speculate to be 1000x the
force.
200lbs at 25+mph is a lot momentum and those little pads do quite a good
job at it.

A coasting 10" saw blade along with whatever mass is added to it by the
arbor assembly is stopped in a couple seconds by light pressure applied
to the side of the blade with a 1cc section of mdf.
I do it all the time. I could probably use my finger.

Try stopping a bike going down hill with that little piece of mdf
pressed lightly against the wheel. Won't happen. :-)


It couldn't be any good for the bearings (on the motor on the TS), huh?

Bill

The arbor on my Delta is a pretty massive item. In another post, I
stated that I would put the pad closer to the arbor, *just in case.*
However, the arbor bearings that couldn't handle the little amount of
pressure it would take to slow down a coasting saw blade wouldn't last
very long on a table saw in its normal operation.

Grinding wheel arbors and extensions don't seem to be affected by forces
much, much greater than what I've considering.


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