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Originally Posted by Tim Hancock
How about hacksaws and kitchen knives?..... one can never be too careful.  |
Hey man, don't knock it. Its a great safety device. You don't have to use it or buy it. Use your cast iron pre war table saw with poor dust collection. Is alright with us but don't knock technology. When its mandatory then you can take it off yours. I run good old Powermatic 66 saws from the 70s and the 80s. In the shop. We also have a German sliding table saw and one of those really old 50s Oliver 14" saw that's build like a tank (It sits in the corner now) and a great saw. I tell you what, that German, Altendof, is so superior in every which way that you wonder why did anyone made one like this before. Dust collection that works. I mwan really works. The European dust collection standard is much higher then ours (at the time). If it wasn't fot that, I don't anyone would have made the saw dust collection better and would have left it alone for decades like it was in the 30-70s.
Becareful with the blade.