All I hear is that you ruined a good blade and have to get a new$70 brake. Damned Sawstops.
All I hear is that you ruined a good blade and have to get a new$70 brake. Damned Sawstops.
Let's see what you would have heard if he didn't have a SawStop.
"Cut my finger off. Rushed to the ER where they sewed it back on. Cost me (and the insurance company) over $100,000 and I still can't feel anything on that finger or move it very well. And it's a little shorter than it used to be."
And that's the best case outcome.
Mike
[To give some cost comparison, I had an accident (not a shop accident) where I split my lip pretty bad. If I had let it heal on its own, I would have had a bad scar. Went to a plastic surgeon who sewed it up. Billed the insurance company a bit over $12,000. I'm sure they didn't pay all that but that was the bill - just for sewing up my lip so that it wouldn't have a noticeable scar. Yep, that's me in the picture below getting my lip sewn up.]
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Last edited by Mike Henderson; 06-02-2016 at 5:21 PM.
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Hi - is the purpose of the short fence to prevent any binding happening past the leading edge of the blade?
I have a Biesmeyer style fence, but I have worked in shops with the Delta Unifence and I recall that it can be adjusted to accomplish what you are describing.
Yes, the short fence helps prevent binding at the back if the blade, thereby reducing kickback chances. You can do this with your Biesmeyer fence, just attach a piece of plywood (or whatever) to the infeed side of the Biesmeyer fence and make it stop ~ 1" inch into the blade.
Here's an example jig.
Mark McFarlane
Glad to hear you aren't hurt.
I have never had a Saw Stop. Been doing woodworking and cabinetry in an industrial setting for 11 years. I run a 5hp 12" saw, had several close calls, all parts in tact, zero hospital visits. But when I say close I mean close.. I almost lost my balls one day!! Literally.... That chunk of wood blew a total of 4 holes in my jeans, 2 holes in my underwear, and a large chunk out of the concrete block wall behind the saw, all in one motion. All because my push stick slipped out of my hand, which hit me in the gut... Moral of the story.. be ready for anything..
I never subscribed to SawStop just because there's an override switch for working on damp material. So basically if I run damp material and I forget to hit the override switch, it costs me $300... Then after you run damp material, you have to worry about employees turning the safety back on. I always figured too much cost and messing around. I figure if I lost a finger it would be on my jobsite saw anyway, cause I don't work quite as dangerously in shop.
Doesn't the Saw Stop have a riving knife? If so, why would you be pushing the board against the fence behind the blade?
I'm still surprised that everytime these threads come up the same old "wet material", "forget the override", "what if I hit a staple", "adjusting the brake for every blade" ideas are still floating around.