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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
If you use your saw every day I can see becoming careless. I got my cabinet saw from a kitchen builder, one of his employees lost a finger on my saw, so they bought a new saw with a saw-stop built in.
If you use your saw only occasionally, I do not see the need for a saw stop. The saw has my full attention when I use it. Short of falling into the saw I'm not about to lose a finger. I guess if you're a klutz or accident prone...
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They call it an "accident" for a reason. Everyone that has lost some flesh and/or bone will tell you that they never thought it would happen to them. I'm one. However, I have never had an 'accident' with a table saw other than a violent kickback that hit me below the belly button. I was black and blue all the way to my balls.
I have met up with a router bit and a 4" circular saw blade, but I healed fine. Of all things I got bit by a high speed squirrel cage fan that removed the pad of my ring finger. That one remains tender a year and a half later, but I only lost the pad. Funny thing, my finger print came back.
That should tell you that the idea of removing or changing one's finger prints for villainous reasons is bunk.