Duane Bozarth wrote:

dwright wrote:

Duane,

The brake works whenever it touches your blood stream

Doesn't have anything to do with "touching your blood stream". Touching the
side of the blade will also trigger it I understand.

regardless of
whether it is also cutting wood at the time. In fact, the standard
hotdog demo that SawStop runs at trade shows is with the dog perched
on top of a piece of 3/4" plywood. The plywood is being cut at the
exact same time as the hotdog is sensed and the blade stops &
drops. You could be churning through 12/4 rock maple under enormous
feed pressure straining your 5 HP 3 phase motor to the max, happen to
run your finger across the top of the blade, and the brake would still
work. The sensing system is independent.


Well, that's fairly impressive if it actually works...

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