On 1/21/11 6:03 PM, Larry W wrote:
In articleT_idneE6G4_BM6TQnZ2dnUVZ5sCdnZ2d@giganews. com,
wrote:
"Larry wrote:
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I'd choose the saw which didn't have the asshole attorney attached to
it, the Whirlwind licensed machine, of course.
OK, I'll go with the SawStop. Now we are going to shove our hands up under
the guard as fast as we can like we are playing hand ball. We'll see who
has the bigger cut. Better yet, you can do yours with your saw turned off,
I'll let the SawStop run to give you an advantage, maybe.
IIRC the Whirlwind blade simply stops, the speed of your hand will probably
produce a pretty good cut when it hits that stationary blade. The SawStop
blade of course instantly stops spinning AND drops below the table.
A- hole attorney or not, I am going with what offers ME the most protection.
The Whirlwind will make all of this type technology become more reasonably
priced but so far it's a "me too" that does not offer the same amount of
protection.
I see pros and cons to both the Sawstop and the Whirlwind designs, I'll
leave that decision to their potential buyers. But in fairness, if the
Sawstop is NOT running, it's blade won't drop either. I don't see either
having an advantage when it comes to contact with a stationary blade.
I don't see many pros with that whirlwind thing.
It brakes the blade (rather slowly, IMO) when it senses human digits
under the saw guard. I'm sorry, but one main purpose of a saw guard is
to tell you, "Hey, don't put your hands here!" If you run your hands
under a saw guard and your own brain doesn't warn you, then you should
lose part of a finger as a life lesson. :-)
What that whirlwind won't stop, is a hand slip (from whatever cause)
into the blade. For that reason, and the fact that it has a giant
attachment arm on it, and it only works with the guard, it is worthless.
I think if this thing had come along *before* the sawstop, people would
be blown away by it. But now, it's the equivalent of inventing the CB
radio after the cell phone.
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