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Tell that to the kids whose hands are saved. https://www.swnewsmedia.com/shakopee_valley_news/news/education/these-saws-are-saving-one-finger-at-a-time-at-shak

Tell that to the kids whose hands are saved. https://www.swnewsmedia.com/shakopee_valley_news/news/education/these-saws-are-saving-one-finger-at-a-time-at-shakopee-west-middle-school/article_dc03d99b-e265-50b3-82e5-58aefa9398b5.html https://www.swnewsmedia.com/shakopee_valley_news/news/educat...

bsder 5y ago
We have a SawStop in our space for exactly that reason. However, I don't find forcing everyone to have it by law to be particularly palatable. I will tell you, however, that it goes off about once a month like clockwork and, as far as I can tell, it hasn't yet fired because someone was about to get injured (this is a good thing--it means our people aren't being stupid). It's a $100-$200 hit every single time it fires. So, we have an ongoing expense of about $1500 every year for SawStop. That's a new saw every year. Should that really be forced on people?
- LgWoodenBadger 5y ago
  If it’s happening that frequently, and it’s not due to contact with flesh, then you’re cutting material that you shouldn’t be, or you should be disabling the protection feature.
  - bsder 5y ago
    > you’re cutting material that you shouldn’t be, or you should be disabling the protection feature. I will absolutely fight you on this tooth and nail. 1) I don't want anyone to get into the habit of turning off safety features. Ever. 2) If the material can be cut on that saw without the SawStop, it should be able to be cut with the SawStop. If it can't, the fault is with SawStop, not the user. I'm happy to pay the extra money for the extra safety. However, I will NOT allow you to blame the user for the fact that SawStop has not uncommon failure modes.
    - whoknowswhat11 5y ago
      Uhh - the manual will tell you not to cut aluminum, very wet wood etc with sawstop feature on. If you turn off feature you are back to your regular saw - hopefully you use a stick etc in all cases because as you note replacing cartridges is expensive. One thing I like, it'll put feature back on automatically for the next time machine gets turned on.
      - bsder 5y ago
        The user's definition of "wet wood" and SawStop's often differ quite significantly. Hope you're keeping a moisture meter nearby. You also have to wait for the blade to come to a complete stop before touching anything or you will fire the system. This can be annoying when you have the motor turned off, retracted the blade, and start setting up your fence only to have the system fire because it wasn't quite stopped. Was there a sticker on something that was slightly metallic? Oops. I'm happy to have a SawStop on my saws, and I would even recommend it. However, given how often it false fires, I'm not sure I would mandate it by law.
        hellbannedguy 5y ago
        Every piece of wood at Home depot has a staple in it for the upc code.
        whoknowswhat11 5y ago
        Which does not trigger the device unless you are ALSO touching the staple or you cut with staple side down so you ground blade through staple into table.
        slownews45 5y ago
        THIS is actually a great suggestion. Have some lower speed that sawstop does not trigger below. It really does not need to trigger once its (very) slow unless you have a heavier dado blade maybe? Or have a noncartridge saw brake on the saw, when you come off saw for more than 3 seconds put some light pressure on to slow it more quickly. I think a fair number of false fires are from this rather than the "wet wood" worry.
  - Dylan16807 5y ago
    So if we assume people are cutting appropriate material, your statement simplifies to "If it's happening that frequently you should disable it." And this is your argument in support of mandating it??
- dheera 5y ago
  I think it's completely reasonable to require it but also mandate that the health insurance companies pay for it, and all cartridge replacements. It's in their best interest to prevent accidents, and the cost is miniscule compared to even a single ER visit.
  - whoknowswhat11 5y ago
    Especially in SF bay area $18K for a bottle of milk for a baby etc (trauma activation fees are crazy).
- whoknowswhat11 5y ago
  Absolutely not - no where did I say that anyone should be forced to buy the saw. I was merely pointing out that saying you would never buy a sawstop for whatever crazy reason (ie, other companies wouldn't pay them the $3-$10 or whatever) seems a bit ridiculous. If you have a fair number of folks using the saw, have them touch materials to saw first with saw off to get a read on it or list the ones not recommended.

bsder 5y ago

We have a SawStop in our space for exactly that reason. However, I don't find forcing everyone to have it by law to be particularly palatable. I will tell you, however, that it goes off about once a month like clockwork and, as far as I can tell, it hasn't yet fired because someone was about to get injured (this is a good thing--it means our people aren't being stupid). It's a $100-$200 hit every single time it fires. So, we have an ongoing expense of about $1500 every year for SawStop. That's a new saw every year. Should that really be forced on people?

LgWoodenBadger 5y ago
If it’s happening that frequently, and it’s not due to contact with flesh, then you’re cutting material that you shouldn’t be, or you should be disabling the protection feature.
- bsder 5y ago
  > you’re cutting material that you shouldn’t be, or you should be disabling the protection feature. I will absolutely fight you on this tooth and nail. 1) I don't want anyone to get into the habit of turning off safety features. Ever. 2) If the material can be cut on that saw without the SawStop, it should be able to be cut with the SawStop. If it can't, the fault is with SawStop, not the user. I'm happy to pay the extra money for the extra safety. However, I will NOT allow you to blame the user for the fact that SawStop has not uncommon failure modes.
  - whoknowswhat11 5y ago
    Uhh - the manual will tell you not to cut aluminum, very wet wood etc with sawstop feature on. If you turn off feature you are back to your regular saw - hopefully you use a stick etc in all cases because as you note replacing cartridges is expensive. One thing I like, it'll put feature back on automatically for the next time machine gets turned on.
    - bsder 5y ago
      The user's definition of "wet wood" and SawStop's often differ quite significantly. Hope you're keeping a moisture meter nearby. You also have to wait for the blade to come to a complete stop before touching anything or you will fire the system. This can be annoying when you have the motor turned off, retracted the blade, and start setting up your fence only to have the system fire because it wasn't quite stopped. Was there a sticker on something that was slightly metallic? Oops. I'm happy to have a SawStop on my saws, and I would even recommend it. However, given how often it false fires, I'm not sure I would mandate it by law.
      - hellbannedguy 5y ago
        Every piece of wood at Home depot has a staple in it for the upc code.
        whoknowswhat11 5y ago
        Which does not trigger the device unless you are ALSO touching the staple or you cut with staple side down so you ground blade through staple into table.
      - slownews45 5y ago
        THIS is actually a great suggestion. Have some lower speed that sawstop does not trigger below. It really does not need to trigger once its (very) slow unless you have a heavier dado blade maybe? Or have a noncartridge saw brake on the saw, when you come off saw for more than 3 seconds put some light pressure on to slow it more quickly. I think a fair number of false fires are from this rather than the "wet wood" worry.
- Dylan16807 5y ago
  So if we assume people are cutting appropriate material, your statement simplifies to "If it's happening that frequently you should disable it." And this is your argument in support of mandating it??
dheera 5y ago
I think it's completely reasonable to require it but also mandate that the health insurance companies pay for it, and all cartridge replacements. It's in their best interest to prevent accidents, and the cost is miniscule compared to even a single ER visit.
- whoknowswhat11 5y ago
  Especially in SF bay area $18K for a bottle of milk for a baby etc (trauma activation fees are crazy).
whoknowswhat11 5y ago
Absolutely not - no where did I say that anyone should be forced to buy the saw. I was merely pointing out that saying you would never buy a sawstop for whatever crazy reason (ie, other companies wouldn't pay them the $3-$10 or whatever) seems a bit ridiculous. If you have a fair number of folks using the saw, have them touch materials to saw first with saw off to get a read on it or list the ones not recommended.