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Is anyone using the Saw Stop Table Saw? If so what do you think about
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wrote in message ups.com... Is anyone using the Saw Stop Table Saw? If so what do you think about the quality of construction and performance. Never heard of the Saw Stop. Is it an accessory you add to your saw? What does it do? I'd be interested if I can add safety for 20 bucks or so. |
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On Nov 7, 11:06 pm, "brianlanning" wrote: wrote: Is anyone using the Saw Stop Table Saw? If so what do you think about the quality of construction and performance.I'll take pity and answer your question real quick. It's an expensive saw. But it's good quality. Yes it works. Sometimes it misfires. It destroys the blade and needs a new $80 cartridge when it fires. It can't cut pressure treated wood, green wood, or hotdogs without misfiring. There's a switch that turns it off to cut these things that you can forget to turn back on, or forget to turn off in the first place. The man who invented it is an ass-hat. He tried to get the other saw companies to license his technology for a ridiculous fee. They all turned him down. Then he try to get it's use mandated by law creating the ass-hat status. That failed, so he started the sawstop company you see today. What would be really funny now is if you asked whether left tilt or right tilt was better. 220 or 110 ? |
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brianlanning wrote:
wrote: Is anyone using the Saw Stop Table Saw? If so what do you think about the quality of construction and performance. I'll take pity and answer your question real quick. It's an expensive saw. But it's good quality. Yes it works. Sometimes it misfires. It destroys the blade and needs a new $80 cartridge when it fires. It can't cut pressure treated wood, green wood, or hotdogs without misfiring. There's a switch that turns it off to cut these things that you can forget to turn back on, or forget to turn off in the first place. The man who invented it is an ass-hat. He tried to get the other saw companies to license his technology for a ridiculous fee. They all turned him down. Then he try to get it's use mandated by law creating the ass-hat status. That failed, so he started the sawstop company you see today. What would be really funny now is if you asked whether left tilt or right tilt was better. brian It is more expensive than a non-protected saw .. .. my employer just took delivery on one .. $4,000 including 5 extra cartridges, long fence rails, side table, 3ph 460v motor, shipping & tax. We did 2 demonstrations for the guys who would be using it and for the Plant Manager to see what he bought. In each case, the cartridge, of course was destroyed .. .. but NOT the blade. We were able to tap the teeth loose from the cartridge in both cases with no apparent damage to them. In the event that effort failed, only 3 teeth would have had to have been replaced .. NOT the whole blade. The replacement cartridges are $59 .. NOT $80. The saw WILL cut green and/or pressure-treated wood WITHOUT triggering .. the saw will stop and flash a code on it's LED's letting you know IF it detects a condition where it MAY trigger falsely, giving yo the option of stopping that cut or by-passing the safety temporarily. The saw WILL, in fact cut a hot dog neatly in two as I found out in one of my demonstrations .. .. I placed the hot dog in a v-notch cut into a 2"X4" and proceeded to pass it thru the blade. Everyone was astonished when the hot dog was cut in two. A few seconds later, I realized that I was not touching the hot dog, and it occurred to all of us that the hot dog, by itself didn't have the capacity to draw the charge off of the blade fast enough to trip the safety. I reset everything, placed my finger on the end of the hot dog, and tried it again. As predicted, everything went as expected. The test was even more impressive than the factory video in one respect. I did the test with a blade ground with ATB. Examination of the hot dog after the test revealed that only one tooth of the blade came in contact with the hot dog, and that was a very shallow "nick" which would have easily been covered with a band-aid. I retired from that company last week and on my way out, both the Plant Manager and the Maintenance Director thanked me personally for having made them aware of this wonderful device. They said that one visit to the Emergency Room for stitches would have cost more than the saw, the cost of a re-attachment of a severed finger would have been at least 10X that amount, not to mention the pain & suffering of the amputee and the time lost from work, etc. I firmly believe in the SawStop, and will have one in my own shop, hopefully before too long. As to the point about the by-pass switch .. once activated in by-pass mode, the saw stays in by-pass UNTIL it is shut down in any way and when it is turned back on, the full-protect mode is automatically enabled. |
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__ Bob __ wrote:
We did 2 demonstrations for the guys who would be using it and for the Plant Manager to see what he bought. In each case, the cartridge, of course was destroyed .. .. but NOT the blade. We were able to tap the teeth loose from the cartridge in both cases with no apparent damage to them. In the event that effort failed, only 3 teeth would have had to have been replaced .. NOT the whole blade. When I spoke with the reps at the wood show they said that the whole blade would need to be replaced. Due to the stress of the sudden stop there may be hidden damage to the teeth that could result in them flying off if the blade was re-used. The replacement cartridges are $59 .. NOT $80. Dado cartridges are more. Chris |
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brianlanning wrote: snip turn off in the first place. The man who invented it is an ass-hat. Ass-hat!?!?! HaHaHaHaHaHaHa!! .... he said ass-hat... |
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Thanks for the reply.
__ Bob __ wrote: brianlanning wrote: wrote: Is anyone using the Saw Stop Table Saw? If so what do you think about the quality of construction and performance. I'll take pity and answer your question real quick. It's an expensive saw. But it's good quality. Yes it works. Sometimes it misfires. It destroys the blade and needs a new $80 cartridge when it fires. It can't cut pressure treated wood, green wood, or hotdogs without misfiring. There's a switch that turns it off to cut these things that you can forget to turn back on, or forget to turn off in the first place. The man who invented it is an ass-hat. He tried to get the other saw companies to license his technology for a ridiculous fee. They all turned him down. Then he try to get it's use mandated by law creating the ass-hat status. That failed, so he started the sawstop company you see today. What would be really funny now is if you asked whether left tilt or right tilt was better. brian It is more expensive than a non-protected saw .. .. my employer just took delivery on one .. $4,000 including 5 extra cartridges, long fence rails, side table, 3ph 460v motor, shipping & tax. We did 2 demonstrations for the guys who would be using it and for the Plant Manager to see what he bought. In each case, the cartridge, of course was destroyed .. .. but NOT the blade. We were able to tap the teeth loose from the cartridge in both cases with no apparent damage to them. In the event that effort failed, only 3 teeth would have had to have been replaced .. NOT the whole blade. The replacement cartridges are $59 .. NOT $80. The saw WILL cut green and/or pressure-treated wood WITHOUT triggering .. the saw will stop and flash a code on it's LED's letting you know IF it detects a condition where it MAY trigger falsely, giving yo the option of stopping that cut or by-passing the safety temporarily. The saw WILL, in fact cut a hot dog neatly in two as I found out in one of my demonstrations .. .. I placed the hot dog in a v-notch cut into a 2"X4" and proceeded to pass it thru the blade. Everyone was astonished when the hot dog was cut in two. A few seconds later, I realized that I was not touching the hot dog, and it occurred to all of us that the hot dog, by itself didn't have the capacity to draw the charge off of the blade fast enough to trip the safety. I reset everything, placed my finger on the end of the hot dog, and tried it again. As predicted, everything went as expected. The test was even more impressive than the factory video in one respect. I did the test with a blade ground with ATB. Examination of the hot dog after the test revealed that only one tooth of the blade came in contact with the hot dog, and that was a very shallow "nick" which would have easily been covered with a band-aid. I retired from that company last week and on my way out, both the Plant Manager and the Maintenance Director thanked me personally for having made them aware of this wonderful device. They said that one visit to the Emergency Room for stitches would have cost more than the saw, the cost of a re-attachment of a severed finger would have been at least 10X that amount, not to mention the pain & suffering of the amputee and the time lost from work, etc. I firmly believe in the SawStop, and will have one in my own shop, hopefully before too long. As to the point about the by-pass switch .. once activated in by-pass mode, the saw stays in by-pass UNTIL it is shut down in any way and when it is turned back on, the full-protect mode is automatically enabled. |
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That was a question in my mind - any heard of carbide teeth getting launched
due to the sudden stop? "Chris Friesen" wrote in message ... __ Bob __ wrote: We did 2 demonstrations for the guys who would be using it and for the Plant Manager to see what he bought. In each case, the cartridge, of course was destroyed .. .. but NOT the blade. We were able to tap the teeth loose from the cartridge in both cases with no apparent damage to them. In the event that effort failed, only 3 teeth would have had to have been replaced .. NOT the whole blade. When I spoke with the reps at the wood show they said that the whole blade would need to be replaced. Due to the stress of the sudden stop there may be hidden damage to the teeth that could result in them flying off if the blade was re-used. The replacement cartridges are $59 .. NOT $80. Dado cartridges are more. Chris |
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__ Bob __ wrote:
brianlanning wrote: I firmly believe in the SawStop, and will have one in my own shop, hopefully before too long. Thanks for the post. This is probably the best and clearest info I've seen on the sawstop so far. brian |
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"brianlanning" wrote:
wrote: Forgive him group... he knows not what he asks. I'm gettin' the popcorn. This reminds me of the time I asked the RV newsgroup if I had enough tow vehicle for a particular trailer. brian LOL! "let's You and Him Fight!!" |
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--What he said.. I've had one in my shop for over a year now;
finally triggered the cartridge the other day, when I did something stupid. I had built a metal fixture that I knew would get nicked on the first cut and I could have turned off the sensor but it just never crossed my mind. That's the clue: sometimes I forget stuff and it's great that this wonderful tool "remembers" for me. Sure, I triggered the cartridge and I *did* destroy the blade (it tore 3 carbide teeth off of the blade; nothing left to reattach them), but it was a lesson I was pleased to learn the easy way, instead of the hard way. A good wake-up call. --And the saw is incredibly well detailed, in terms of the little things that really matter when added together, like the magnetic latch on the internal door on the dust chute and the added hinge that lets the whole door be removed for easier blade and cartridge changing. I like that there's a bracket to hold the T-square, too. Many other little details, but none come to mind at the moment. Well worth the investment. I'm waiting 'til they've got something I can retrofit to other tools in my shop.. -- "Steamboat Ed" Haas : There's never a tachikoma Hacking the Trailing Edge! : around when I need one! www.nmpproducts.com ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words--- |
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brianlanning wrote:
wrote: Forgive him group... he knows not what he asks. I'm gettin' the popcorn. This reminds me of the time I asked the RV newsgroup if I had enough tow vehicle for a particular trailer. brian and Will and Lon probably went to town over it. You are right popcorn time Chris |
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"brianlanning" wrote in message oups.com... wrote: Is anyone using the Saw Stop Table Saw? If so what do you think about the quality of construction and performance. I'll take pity and answer your question real quick. It's an expensive saw. But it's good quality. Yes it works. Sometimes it misfires. It destroys the blade Sometimes. and needs a new $80 cartridge when it fires. It can't cut pressure treated wood, green wood, or hotdogs without misfiring. Wrong There's a switch that turns it off to cut these things that you can forget to turn back on, or forget to turn off in the first place. The man who invented it is an ass-hat. You have met him? He tried to get the other saw companies to license his technology for a ridiculous fee. Reeeeeealy... They all turned him down. Then he try to get it's use mandated by law creating the ass-hat status. That failed, so he started the sawstop company you see today. Damn., The guy that was responsable for providing electricity to all of America must have been a member of the ass-hat club also. |
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wrote in message ups.com... Is anyone using the Saw Stop Table Saw? If so what do you think about the quality of construction and performance. Thanks DG Typically your answers will be favorable form actual users and non favorable from those that do not own or use one. There are a lot of urban myths already about the saw. For your best information you should contact owners and the manufacturer for valid answers to your questions. |
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steamer wrote: --What he said.. I've had one in my shop for over a year now; finally triggered the cartridge the other day, when I did something stupid. I had built a metal fixture that I knew would get nicked on the first cut and I could have turned off the sensor but it just never crossed my mind. That's the clue: sometimes I forget stuff and it's great that this wonderful tool "remembers" for me. Sure, I triggered the cartridge and I *did* destroy the blade (it tore 3 carbide teeth off of the blade; nothing left to reattach them), but it was a lesson I was pleased to learn the easy way, instead of the hard way. A good wake-up call. --And the saw is incredibly well detailed, in terms of the little things that really matter when added together, like the magnetic latch on the internal door on the dust chute and the added hinge that lets the whole door be removed for easier blade and cartridge changing. I like that there's a bracket to hold the T-square, too. Many other little details, but none come to mind at the moment. Well worth the investment. I'm waiting 'til they've got something I can retrofit to other tools in my shop.. -- "Steamboat Ed" Haas : There's never a tachikoma Hacking the Trailing Edge! : around when I need one! www.nmpproducts.com ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words--- $4000 for a table saw?!?!?! Holy cow, wish I had your budget... Hell, I lost the end of a finger on my $500 saw. Surgery with insurance was nothing, few co-pays on visits, 9 fingers to go, I still think I'd come out ahead;+} -Jim |
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jtpr wrote:
$4000 for a table saw?!?!?! Holy cow, wish I had your budget... That price was for the industrial 3-phase version. iirc, the normal 220 version is about $3000. brian |
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brianlanning wrote: jtpr wrote: $4000 for a table saw?!?!?! Holy cow, wish I had your budget... That price was for the industrial 3-phase version. iirc, the normal 220 version is about $3000. brian Ooookaaaay... $3000 for a table saw?!?!?! Holy cow, wish I had your budget... |
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Leon wrote:
"brianlanning" wrote He tried to get the other saw companies to license his technology for a ridiculous fee. Reeeeeealy... Yep. He wanted 8% of the wholsale price of the saw. On a $2300 saw (Amazon's price on a PM66), that's $184. Plus, the mechanism itself was estimated to add about $150 to the price, so now the "safe" version of the saw costs at least $334 more. They all turned him down. Then he try to get it's use mandated by law creating the ass-hat status. That failed, so he started the sawstop company you see today. Damn., The guy that was responsable for providing electricity to all of America must have been a member of the ass-hat club also. If it was offered as an option from many manufacturers for $150 over the regular saw, I suspect there would be a lot of takers. Trying to force companies to put it on every saw out there (at 8% per saw going to SawStop) is a whole different story. Chris |
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On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:47:34 GMT, "Leon"
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On 8 Nov 2006 10:32:47 -0800, "bf" wrote:
When the saw stop break engages, it destroys the break and the saw blade, but it saves your hand. Very favorable review. If you are interested, I can find the magazine and issue number. I think it was Popular Woodworking but I'm not going to go check. And yes, it saves your hand, if it was your hand that triggered it, but since tons of people report having it go off accidentally when their hands were not in danger, it gets pretty expensive. There's nothing wrong with the technology if you choose to use it, but when it's close to $200 out of pocket every time it goes off and most people, like me, have yet to cut anything off, just by being careful, it's questionable whether or not it's a good investment. |
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"Chris Friesen" wrote in message ... Leon wrote: "brianlanning" wrote He tried to get the other saw companies to license his technology for a ridiculous fee. Reeeeeealy... Yep. He wanted 8% of the wholsale price of the saw. On a $2300 saw (Amazon's price on a PM66), that's $184. Plus, the mechanism itself was estimated to add about $150 to the price, so now the "safe" version of the saw costs at least $334 more. The $2300 is not the wholesale price. I wonder what every manufacturer has to pay in royalties for the current guards. You might be surprised what you pay for in the products you buy. If you ever bought a Pontiac TransAm, you paid extra for just the TramsAm name. |
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"George Max" wrote in message news On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:47:34 GMT, "Leon" wrote: Damn., The guy that was responsable for providing electricity to all of America must have been a member of the ass-hat club also. Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse thank you for making them members of the "ass-hat" club. I was surprised to learn recently that he ran a big scam to light up America that apparently made the Enron fiasco pale by comparison. Apparently he was penniless and had to go to trial but was forgiven by the jury since he did in fact light up America and ended up broke. |
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Mike wrote:
Ooookaaaay... $3000 for a table saw?!?!?! Holy cow, wish I had your budget... You have to compare it to a powermatic saw I think. It's that level of quality and refinement. Admitedly, not everyone can afford (or wants to afford) a saw that expensive. For me, I have to think long and hard about whether it's better to get a grizzly 12" saw with all the goodies and an overarm blade guard. iirc, their contractor's saw is supposed to be around $1500. Still more than twice what a grizzly would cost. It's a calculated risk that everyone has to decide to take or not. For now, I'll use my dangerous delta contractor's saw the way it is until I can pay for an overarm blade guard. brian |
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On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:49:18 -0500, "__ Bob __"
wrote: [snip] I retired from that company last week and on my way out, both the Plant Manager and the Maintenance Director thanked me personally for having made them aware of this wonderful device. They said that one visit to the Emergency Room for stitches would have cost more than the saw, the cost of a re-attachment of a severed finger would have been at least 10X that amount, not to mention the pain & suffering of the amputee and the time lost from work, etc. I firmly believe in the SawStop, and will have one in my own shop, hopefully before too long. If they had any class, they would buy you one as a retirement thank you. -- LRod Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999 http://www.woodbutcher.net Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997 email addy de-spam-ified due to 1,000 spams per month. If you can't figure out how to use it, I probably wouldn't care to correspond with you anyway. |
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"LRod" wrote in message If they had any class, they would buy you one as a retirement thank you. Damn good idea. :!) |
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wrote: Is anyone using the Saw Stop Table Saw? If so what do you think about the quality of construction and performance. Thanks DG Forgive him... he knows not what he asks. He probably saw the reference in Time magazine. -- Sending unsolicited commercial e-mail to this account incurs a fee of $500 per message, and acknowledges the legality of this contract. |
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On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 21:11:27 GMT, "Leon"
wrote: "George Max" wrote in message news On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:47:34 GMT, "Leon" wrote: Damn., The guy that was responsable for providing electricity to all of America must have been a member of the ass-hat club also. Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse thank you for making them members of the "ass-hat" club. I was surprised to learn recently that he ran a big scam to light up America that apparently made the Enron fiasco pale by comparison. Apparently he was penniless and had to go to trial but was forgiven by the jury since he did in fact light up America and ended up broke. There was dirty dealing all around in the effort to "light up America." Edison, promoting his direct current system, charged (sorry) that Tesla's alternating current was dangerous and distributed literature showing electrocuted animals as examples. He conveniently failed to note that electrocution by DC was more than a remote possibility, as well. Note the signs in subway or elevated stations. The trains, in Chicago at least, run on DC, as I recall. Edison's failed campaign, incidentally, eventually led to the development of the electric chair for executions of criminals. -- LRod Master Woodbutcher and seasoned termite Shamelessly whoring my website since 1999 http://www.woodbutcher.net Proud participant of rec.woodworking since February, 1997 email addy de-spam-ified due to 1,000 spams per month. If you can't figure out how to use it, I probably wouldn't care to correspond with you anyway. |
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"LRod" wrote in message ... There was dirty dealing all around in the effort to "light up America." Edison, promoting his direct current system, charged (sorry) that Tesla's alternating current was dangerous and distributed literature showing electrocuted animals as examples. He conveniently failed to note that electrocution by DC was more than a remote possibility, as well. Note the signs in subway or elevated stations. The trains, in Chicago at least, run on DC, as I recall. Yeah, I recall that also. I got a short history lesson from my son's history professor last year during orientation. |
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"jo4hn" wrote in message ... snip Does Lee Valley even sell these things? Inquiring minds bite. twitch, jo4hn Nope - we don't do the tailed stuff.... But we are just about done replacing every tablesaw we have with Saw Stop's.... we'll have 14 or 15 installed when done. Cheers - Rob |
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Leon wrote:
Typically your answers will be favorable form actual users and non favorable from those that do not own or use one. Reminds me of the Leigh dovetail jigs. G |
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"B A R R Y" wrote in message
Leon wrote: Typically your answers will be favorable form actual users and non favorable from those that do not own or use one. Reminds me of the Leigh dovetail jigs. G Gee ... where would the wRec be without opinion trumping experience? -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 10/29/06 |
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jtpr wrote:
$4000 for a table saw?!?!?! Holy cow, wish I had your budget... --Who said it costs $4k?? Not even half that IIRC. Not much more than a Delta: a pittance when you think about the potential downsides.. -- "Steamboat Ed" Haas : Why do weekend projects Hacking the Trailing Edge! : always last a month?? www.nmpproducts.com ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words--- |
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