SawStop Chop Saw

[cgrobe21]

Lorena bobit doesn't believe in this machine. Hahaha

[m60man12]

looks like some thing from Saw

[RBuffordTJ]

Wearing gloves while running a table saw is a bad idea as it tends to not only grab but pull violently fast causing your hand to be pulled into the spinning blade before you can react. I have seen many injuries caused by use of gloves in a saw blade, also loose clothing while using that type of tool. A friend of mien severed her arm above the wrist with a chop saw when it grabbed her her shirt sleeve and pulled her into it in a split second.

[lowdown3007]

what if you're wearing gloves???

[RBuffordTJ]

@lowdown3007

If you are smart you will not be wearing gloves while working near ANY spinning blade. The safety equipment is not meant to fix stupid habits but try to help save some fingers.

[YaMustBeKidding]

@RBuffordTJ

I believe then even if you wear gloves, the blade will cut through them and stop at the fingers.

[macbeasty]

@RBuffordTJ

in response to lowdown3007, gloves will still be ok to wear. the saw will hit the glove but it will not detect conductivity so it will slice right through the glove. however, when it gets to the finger inside the glove, it will detect the conductivity of the finger and stop.

[gx1501996]

@RBuffordTJ how is wearing gloves stupid

[ivangutowski]

@lowdown3007 It stops when it gets in contact with your finger. So, obviously if you were wearing gloves it would cut the glove and then stop immediately when it touches your finger.... I reckon I could slap my had flat on the saw and it would be fine.

[thumasta666]

@lowdown3007 it might pull the hell out of your glove, and maybe break a finger or something, but at least your finger won't get chopped off.

[gx1501996]

@lowdown3007 then it will cut thru the gloves then stop

[Octopus941]

@lowdown3007 You cant wear gloves working with saws, they would get caught in the machines.

[dinosaurhunter3]

hot dog is flesh lol

[iChloeParkeri]

why does it stop at hot dogs i thought it said stops in contact with SKIN! or flesh..

[RBuffordTJ]

@iChloeParkeri

It activates at any conducive material such as skin. You can test material first to keep from tripping it accidentally and bypass the safety if needed.

[Octopus941]

@iChloeParkeri Because thats what hot dogs basically are: flesh, or well you can tie that in with it.

[Octopus941]

@iChloeParkeri Hot dogs are meat, skin are meat. Lol

[SuperXmichaelx]

I am thinking some sort of lazer to detect if there where fingers in the way and if the was the saw wouldn't start or if they got in the way the saw would stop.

[MrStaceyw]

I am happy to see they are looking to apply tech to chop saw and like the reverse idea. But using things like crown jigs would not work. Think you need to figure out how this can work using normal top down chop saw configuration. There also has to be a way to detect a finger when it gets "close", not just with contact. Keep up good work. I am saving for a sawstop contractor.

[ericspda]

Normally you'd have about a 100% chance of loosing that finger... So id say a nasty cut would be a far better option.

[negerbaas]

I saw this technique on timewarp (the video of that is somewhere on youtube too), they actually put their finger in there, and it didn't even give them a scratch ^^ so it surely works!

[ingimann]

This brings me great joy to our future carpenters, constantly increasing machine safety and technology for our fingers.

I am most positive that this safety from " SawStop " will be in every machine in the near future, and my fingers couldn't be any happier! :D

[VeryTucker]

it could be faster but it would save a finger.

[marshalmike999]

It cannot detect the finger until it makes contact with it.

[VeryTucker]

didn't you see it took a sec for it to drop like it held the hight for a second

[marshalmike999]

Ya but I guess it can't be perfect, pretty sweet though anyways.

[VeryTucker]

ya why would you need to use a chop saw over a miter saw anyway (production would be faster) but I guess that it's not like a table saw that could use the blades momentum that well but still sweet and it did stop at the hight of the finger so it wouldn't be cut off

[Phattony6969]

it is perfect goto time warp on youtube and look at it there

[Tails9429]

Still, I'd rather get cut than loose a finger

[marshalmike999]

Ya, fingers are always good to have, ha ha.