Wait, so is it a one time function? Can the wire be reset?
IIRC you need to replace the brake cartridge and the blade.
CT Scans of New vs. Used SawStop
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#12Wait, so is it a one time function? Can the wire be reset?
AFAIK all sawstop catridges are one time use only and also destroys the disk. This is not really a bug.
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#13Does making tools more expensive really benefit anyone other than the companies which own the patents which make them more expensive? Of these 30,000 injuries per year, how many happen when the blade guards are removed? How many happen when a push stick is not used? How many happen when a person stands in the direction that a piece of wood will be thrown by kickback? Once all those are subtracted are there enough inj…
> Does making tools more expensive really benefit anyone other than the companies which own the patents which make them more expensive?
When it comes to table saws, you only have to make a mistake once to find out. Almost perfect doesn't cut it. (ba dum bum, tss)
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#14Wait, so is it a one time function? Can the wire be reset?
It's sacrificial ... So that your finger is not.
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#15Does making tools more expensive really benefit anyone other than the companies which own the patents which make them more expensive? Of these 30,000 injuries per year, how many happen when the blade guards are removed? How many happen when a push stick is not used? How many happen when a person stands in the direction that a piece of wood will be thrown by kickback? Once all those are subtracted are there enough inj…
> Does making tools more expensive really benefit anyone other than the companies which own the patents which make them more expensive? I would pay thousands to avoid losing part of my hand. The increased price is a very good value, tens of dollars. Look at rearview cameras. Cheap tech. Used to be a 1000+ USD option. Now that they are government mandated the manufacturers figured out how to include them for a couple…
> I would pay thousands to avoid losing part of my hand.
I cut off the distal segment of my right thumb on a table saw in 1995. The initial bill, before I disputed it and received a "professional courtesy discount", was $25k.
So, you can pay a relatively small price to avoid losing part of your hand, or you can gamble that it will never happen, and then pay a high price for losing part of your hand.
Pretty simple choice to me.
ps.
Doctor: what do want to do with the rest of your life?
Me: well, I'm a programmer right now, but I'd rather be farmer
Doctor: I know a lot of farmers with less digits than you still have, and you'll still be able to hit the space bar as-is.
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#16Mostly unrelated, but I don't think SawStop is releasing its patent anytime soon like the article states. That SawStop press release was the CEO saying they would do so if the CPSC rule was passed, but the rule wasn't voted on. And even then they were only releasing one of their hundreds of patents.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Does making tools more expensive really benefit anyone other than the companies which own the patents which make them more expensive? I would pay thousands to avoid losing part of my hand. The increased price is a very good value, tens of dollars. Look at rearview cameras. Cheap tech. Used to be a 1000+ USD option. Now that they are government mandated the manufacturers figured out how to include them for a couple…
> I would pay thousands to avoid losing part of my hand. I cut off the distal segment of my right thumb on a table saw in 1995. The initial bill, before I disputed it and received a "professional courtesy discount", was $25k. So, you can pay a relatively small price to avoid losing part of your hand, or you can gamble that it will never happen, and then pay a high price for losing part of your hand. Pretty simple cho…
In effect, a SawStop system is like a one-time health insurance payment that prevents you from getting injured in the first place, only without jacking up the price because you used the tool in someone else's garage.
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#18Does making tools more expensive really benefit anyone other than the companies which own the patents which make them more expensive? Of these 30,000 injuries per year, how many happen when the blade guards are removed? How many happen when a push stick is not used? How many happen when a person stands in the direction that a piece of wood will be thrown by kickback? Once all those are subtracted are there enough inj…
Why have airbags in your car? All you have to do is not crash.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Does making tools more expensive really benefit anyone other than the companies which own the patents which make them more expensive? I would pay thousands to avoid losing part of my hand. The increased price is a very good value, tens of dollars. Look at rearview cameras. Cheap tech. Used to be a 1000+ USD option. Now that they are government mandated the manufacturers figured out how to include them for a couple…
> I would pay thousands to avoid losing part of my hand. I cut off the distal segment of my right thumb on a table saw in 1995. The initial bill, before I disputed it and received a "professional courtesy discount", was $25k. So, you can pay a relatively small price to avoid losing part of your hand, or you can gamble that it will never happen, and then pay a high price for losing part of your hand. Pretty simple cho…
Good thing you and the doc weren’t on opposite sides of the tabs v spaces discussion.
Ed: The fact that you can hit the space bar with either hand, whereas the tab would require changing your keyboard layout is not a consideration I had previously considered in this debate.
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#20Wait, so is it a one time function? Can the wire be reset?
There is a removable cartridge that stops the blade. It ruins the blade. The cartridge gets swapped out with a new one in a few minutes (the table top of the saw can be partially opened) and costs about $150 .