On 9/16/2015 9:00 AM, dpb wrote:
On 09/16/2015 8:43 AM, Leon wrote:
wrote:
On 09/15/2015 6:02 PM, Leon wrote:
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I cringe at the thought of tripping mthe break on my Forrest Dado
King set.
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Was a sidebar article in FWW a few months ago -- most times it appears
blades can be repaired after a SS crash. I was quite surprised how
little actual damage was incurred the blade in the one shown; the Al
brake material is quite lot soft so it just deforms not causing all that
much havoc and destruction as one imagines will be...I suspect the
laundry bill will still be nearly as expensive after any event

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I too have heard that the brake does not necessarily damage the blade
beyond repair. But considering that, new SS cartridge $80-90. And to
simply sharpen a Forrest II 40 tooth blade plus shipping both ways is
just
shy of $50. Repairs would be on top of that. So in this example, the SS
expense would be $150 minimum.

Considering that, the Bosch wins hands down. But you have to consider
that
the Bosch only uses one line of defense to prevent you from being cut
during a trigger. While both saws use the drop down feature to protect
you if that feature was compromised with perhaps a build up of debris
that
prevented the blade from dropping below the surface the redundant brake
feature might be the air bag thar assists the seat belt.

Not joining the argument but I'd say the likelihood of sufficient to
cause failure of the trip mechanism is miniscule at best and likely not
physically possible to accumulate sufficient mass of material in places
it would have to be to have caused same.

The far likelier issue w/ either is a sensor failure on demand I'd suspect.

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That is possible too. But debris build up could happen with a stray
chunk lodging in there somewhere, these mechanisms are pretty
complicated under the hood compared to a saw with out the safety
feature. But like you said it is unlikely for that to happen but if you
are paying a premium for a safety feature redundancy might be an advantage.