To SawStop or not...

[Zeke]

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...

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.

[MBAtarga]

Originally Posted by masraum

And a cut, even a bad one, beats the hell out of trying to reattach a finger or piece of finger or dig a finger out of the sawdust at the bottom of the saw.

Which is EXACTLY why I've got the 3HP Professional SawStop model in my shop - purchased about 2 years ago.

[A930Rocket]

Table saws and radial arm saws make me nervous. The sound they made starting when I was young freaked me out as my dad used them.

The closest I came to self harm was when I was standing on a 2x4 wall and cutting a top plate with the saw going down or coming towards me. The blade went through my boot and between my two big toes on right foot. Only afterwards did I realize how close I came to cutting them off. Dumb lucked saved me that day.

[Pazuzu]

Here's the big tooth blade that just went into one of our SawStop cartridges. I've never seen the "post stop" carnage before, look how far those giant freaking teeth went in to make sure this thing stopped. The engineering is nothing but amazing.

[DanielDudley]

If you can swing it, do it. The fact that you are asking says to me you want to.

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

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What's one of your fingers worth?

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Have a great day!