Thread
:
CPSC Proposes New Safety Rule for Tablesaws
View Single Post
#
54
Posted to rec.woodworking
Leon[_7_]
external usenet poster
Posts: 12,155
CPSC Proposes New Safety Rule for Tablesaws
On 5/24/2017 6:37 PM,
wrote:
On Wed, 24 May 2017 15:23:56 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:
On 5/24/2017 3:12 PM, dpb wrote:
On 05/23/2017 11:32 AM, Leon wrote:
...
Understood but the author right off the bat indicated that the proposal
was for how high the blade must be when using a stand in, a hot dog, in
place of a human finger.
Another case of never letting the facts get in they way for a fantastic
story. And or not proofing before publishing.
From the CPSC document directly one finds:
"Specifically, the proposed rule would establish a performance standard
such that table saws, when powered on, must limit the depth of cut to
3.5 mm when a test probe, acting as a surrogate for a human body/finger,
contacts a spinning blade at a radial approach of 1.0 m/s."
The FHB blurb is
"The proposal requires that table saws limit the depth of cut to 3.5
millimeters when a stand-in for a human finger ... contacts the
spinning blade while approaching at 1 meter per second."
Can't really blame the FHB person here; the verbiage on cut depth is
identically quoted; just removed "surrogate" as probably being
out-of-depth for the audience...
and threw in the hotdog; it doesn't
show up anywhere in the CPSC convoluted description of a "test probe".
Jeez! You have to wonder why there needs to be a regulation on blade
depth height for demonstration purposes, The brake works at any depth.
I read it as the saw must only cut your weenie to a depth of 3.5mm.
LOL, That is exactly what it said...
Reply With Quote
Leon[_7_]
View Public Profile
Find all posts by Leon[_7_]