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They can certainly have fun & play, and learn about falling, without falling off a roof. The same way they can learn about the hazards of sharp things without
by sliverstorm 10y ago
They can certainly have fun & play, and learn about falling, without falling off a roof.
The same way they can learn about the hazards of sharp things without playing on a table saw.
- DannyBee 10y agoJust to point out (because hey, why not :P) Table saws are a bad example in some cases. My saw stop will stop the blade in <5 milliseconds of contact. It equates to basically scratching your finger or better (blades move at 3000-3600rpm, so it calculates out to about 1/4 revolution of the blade, max.) As far as i'm aware, they've literally never had a brake activation failure. It's pretty much the safest thing in my shop. Of all the things i'd never let kids play with in the shop, it'd probably be chisels. Which is ironic, because people think they are a good way to introduce kids to woodworking, when they are probably the sharpest and least safe thing due to how sharp and easy to cause severe injury.
- dzdt 10y agoI have only used old table saws. How does the saw stop tell a finger from a board?
- lfowles 10y agoConductivity. You're not supposed to use them with damp boards or metals (I guess you can, but then you're replacing the saw after it brakes)
- DannyBee 10y agos/saw/saw blade/ ;) I actually miter cut aluminum the other day and it didn't trigger, it depends on how electrically isolated your metal is.
- mikestew 10y agoIt's a corporate site, but should give you an idea: http://www.sawstop.com/why-sawstop/the-technology/ http://www.sawstop.com/why-sawstop/the-technology/ Summary: kind of like how your capacitive touchscreen can tell that a finger is touching it.