In article b2311670-c21a-4a98-bb64-7b6ad3817270
@d28g2000vby.googlegroups.com, says...

On Oct 9, 12:05 pm, wrote:
On Sun, 09 Oct 2011, -MIKE- wrote:
On 10/9/11 12:22 AM, wrote:

Ever try to cut dampish wood on a saw-stop equipped saw???
Gets real expensive and real difficult real fast.

Everything I've read says it's not a problem.
Even so, here's the real issue. Who's cutting soaking wet wood with a
table saw anyway? There are too many other concerns for me to be using
wet wood before I would even approach a table saw with it. If you're
using wood that's wet enough to set off the sawstop, then you deserve to
pay the stupid tax.

Does not need to be soaking wet. Had one go off at the woodworking
club when a guy had wiped down a peice of wood to accentuate the grain
so he cood see which side he wanted to be "exposed. He wiped it with a
damp rag, put it into the saw, and BANG!!!!!!

That's interesting. That kind of fits in with SawStop's what-I-
thought-was odd instructions to let wet wood dry for only a day. I'm
guessing that the sensor reads surface moisture only. There's no
point in monitoring capacitance/moisture once the blade is halfway
through a finger.

Let's keep talking about it, reverse-engineer it, patent the
rec.woodworking alternative, and we can all buy our own islands. Or
for those who object to making money while doing good, donate your
islands to charity.

No, you'll be battling Gass in court for the rest of your life, because
he's the sort who'll keep the suits going until somebody kills him.