I tripped the SawStop table saw tonight and pretty happy that I was using a SawStop and not another table saw. I actually have no idea what happened, as I have no marks on any fingers or other body parts. I'm not sure I touched the blade, as I was using a push stick and the blade was not sticking that far above the material.
I was halfway through cutting some wood for my shift knobs, when THUNK!, the room got very quiet and I could not figure out what was going on. The push stick was covering the top of the blade when it tripped.
New cartridge on the left. You can see how deformed the aluminum is on the right. Saw blade is most likely okay, but now has to go back to Forrest so they can true it up and resharpen it.
It'll cost about $200 to buy a backup cartridge and have the blade dealt with. A lot cheaper than the hospital costs involved when you chop of a finger.
