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wessongroup
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| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
The table saw is responsible for many injuries, I lost the end of a finger when a shingle I was ripping kicked back ,and have seen at least a half
dozen serious injuries, including a severed thumb and several severed fingers. The SawStop is a great invention that really works and could eliminate
thousands of workman's compensation claims every year if widely adopted by the construction industry. |
Thanks mono.. working with tools in production is very dangerous and you are absolutely right.. it could save many BILLION'S of dollars in just one
year, carried foreword 10 years.. and the saving would only grow... a safe work place is a productive work place ....
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classicbajabronco
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I wonder what would happen if you put your hand in the blade fast rather than extremely slow like the inventor...i believe then we'd be seeing some
blood. but it's still a heck of a lot safer than a real table saw.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by classicbajabronco
I wonder what would happen if you put your hand in the blade fast rather than extremely slow like the inventor...i believe then we'd be seeing some
blood. but it's still a heck of a lot safer than a real table saw. |
The thought of a table saw drawing even a little bit of blood makes my stomach turn.
Then, my thoughts go to Router. Ohhh Lorrrd...OUCH.
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classicbajabronco
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Dennis,
I hear you....I could hardly watch the guy stick his hand in the blade the first time around....too many gory videos from way back in Shop class.
And a router....that would scare even the bravest terrorist into spilling his guts...especially if they started with his stomach!
[Edited on 5-30-2010 by classicbajabronco]
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When was the last time you saw the guard and kick-back protection being used on a commercial table saw? Of all the on-the-job injuries attributed to
table saws, how many were the SAWs fault.
My favorite hand wringer story is of a former associate who was cutting finger hold recesses in the side panels of bee hives by dropping the pieced
onto a dado blade. Pretty easy to imagine dropping the palm of a hand onto a dado head with 5/8" exposed. The guy was also a chain-smoker which may
speak to his instinct for self-preservation!  A candidate for a Darwin award?
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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classicbajabronco
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When I was younger, I was a Tecnical Rep for Blizzard Ski's a few nights before the Big Demo Days at Mount Bachelor, we were race tuning the skiis up
before we mounted the bindings on the new boards.
One of the guys was running the skiis thru the stone grinder with was set high at 15k rpm(if I remember right...it's been a few years) and one of the
skiis got away from him, shot between myself and the Sales rep who were standing about 3' from each other about 10' away, passed through a sheet rock
wall 40' away, and entered the adjacent office where it went through a leather office chair. The ski was traveling tail first....we were very very
lucky.
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AmoPescar
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AS SOMEONE WHO HAD A CLOSE CALL WITH A TABLE SAW...
I think this gadget would be worth it's weight in GOLD!!
I still bear the scar and shiver every time I think about how close I came to cutting off my right hand at the wrist. In the end, all that happened
was I took off a layer of skin off my wrist. Another 1/2" and it would have been gone. Just a stupid lapse of good sense on my part!!!
Miguelamo   
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