On 1/22/2012 9:12 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
Puckdropperpuckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote in
b.com:

Steve wrote in
news

damn. $800 in false trips. More than my saw cost new. Dandy
product you got there. what a joke!


False trips are an annoyance, but it's possible that the cost of the
saw and replacement cartridges and blades might be saved by one real
trip. You can be extremely careful in the shop (and should be) but
one moment of stupidity or one action messed up could result in
permanent injury.

I'm usually in the extremely careful camp, but made one mistake and
fortunately the push block paid for it.

I likewise consider myself in the "extremely careful" camp, but made one mistake a few years ago,
resulting in a trip to the ER for what the doc called a "remarkably superficial" injury. Even so, it was
quite painful, I'm now missing a *very* small portion of the tip of my left thumb, and there's a little spot
that's permanently numb.

I've left the blood splashes on the wall, as a reminder to be more careful in the future.

And unfortunately it takes this type of accident to make one realize how
foolish the thought is that being careful and knowing the rules is all
you need to do. We are only human after all. ;~)

Then factor the actual cost of the er trip, especially one that might
involve bone, and the occasional false trip brake and blade replacement
cost of $200 is simply not much worth mentioning.