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Default Competition for SawStop ?


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:51:43 -0800 (PST), "SonomaProducts.com"
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At some point, sawstop will do an official fast feed rate demo video or
one from a show will pop up on youtube.


bout a million on Yuotube. Gotta love it. Here is one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9OLIzMa4Oo


Imagine yourself in front of a saw where the floor had not been swept
and there was sawdust on the top of the saw as well as the floor. You
turn on the saw and slip in the sawdust and are falling into the saw
blade. Your right hand slips off the top and your other flails out to
catch yourself. It goes right into the spinning blade at a very fast
rate, about 30 times faster than the demo cut. NOW what happens?
We've only seen feed rates of 1 foot per minute and one inch per
second. What about 80ips, hmm?



What about 80ips????


What happens is one hell of a lot less damage than if the saw was other than
a SawStop. I'd still be much happier that I got a bad cut than loose a
whole finger, hand, arm, or internal body part.