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Default An idiot and his table saw...

On Dec 3, 10:46*pm, "Existential Angst" wrote:
"Existential Angst" wrote in message

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"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
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This guy purposely caused kickback on his table saw to prove a point.


Make sure you watch what happens at 4:20 into the video.


He agrees with anyone who calls him an idiot.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7sRrC2Jpp4


Excellent vid, valuable lesson.
He's not an idiot, he just didn't have the control over the situation as
he expected. ***** happens, even with good intentions.


He proly would not have lost a digit or part thereof (as in a RAS), but he
certainly came close to requiring a lot of stitches, and poss. nerve
damage -- which can be almost as bad as losing a digit.


How does a riving knife work? *Never saw one before this.


Apropos of this, the SawStop:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiYoB...endscreen&NR=1

He claims sumpn like 3600 accidents a year, all severed digits? *I doubt it.
Table saws, iiuc, don't nec'ly sever digits -- RAS's do. *So I'm sure plenty
of people get deep cuts on table saws, but not nec'ly severings.
He may have also been lumping RAS accidents with table saw accidents --
assholes aren't nec'ly careful with stats.

But, this demo was ess'ly bogus. *If the saw stop didn't work, he would have
gotten a bit of a nick (MAYBE), before his nervous system kicked in -- ESP
the way his finger was glued to the table..... *sheeit, I'da done that
WITHOUT a saw stop.... gimme a fukn break with that bull****.....

Now, let him put his system on a RAS, and test DAT with his finger, cutting
in climb.... *yeah, I'll hold effing breath....

Finally, the fuknCOST of this system.... *holy ****.... * God help the home
woodworker if this thing ever becomes mandatory. *Which could happen, given
that they now make crawling helmets for toddlers:http://www.amazon.com/Thudguard-Baby.../dp/B001OWCOTS
Even insufferable Manhattan Yupsters have a tough time swallowing this one.
Trader4 and Terrel would proly buy a crawling helmet, tho....
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EA


Per the video you just supplied, the cost of the wrecked
blade and the SawStop module is $60. And it looks like
a device that could be sold for around that amount. So, I would
not buy a crawling helmet. But your cheap shots at
SawStop and me appear unwarranted. Or are you so
cheap and dumb that you think $60 for such a safety device
isn't worth it?