On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 19:54:29 -0500, "G. Ross"
wrote:

Bill wrote:
Lew Hodgett wrote:
"Edward A. Falk" wrote:

Hi all; I was using a sliding miter saw at a community woodshop the
other day, and one of the docents (or whatever you call them there)
stopped me and told me that for safety reasons, I should let the
blade
come to a complete stop before lifting it out of the material.

Is this standard practice? I'd never heard of stopping a power tool
with
the blade in the material before, and I'd always avoided doing it.
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It's what I was taught.

Lew

That was suggested in a recent issue of FWW, as it would yield a better
cut (because the moving blade won't then contact the edge of the work on
its way back out/up). So far, I have to remind myself to wait! : )

Bill


It is easier to wait if the saw has electric brake when the trigger is
released.

Don't they all now? Even my HF SMCS has a blade brake (thought it was
a requirement). I'm really surprised that table saws don't have them.