# safe saw? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 5, 2007, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391 "2007-06-05T08:03:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/1 "2007-06-05T08:03:59Z")
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**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/2 "2007-06-05T08:09:20Z")
wow that is pretty neat ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/3 "2007-06-05T08:10:53Z")
too bad every misfire costs you 100+ dollars but it’s kind of cool. ---
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/4 "2007-06-05T08:12:34Z")
just keep your fucking fingers away ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/5 "2007-06-05T08:13:37Z")
Great. Now how the fuck am I supposed to cut a hot dog? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/6 "2007-06-05T08:14:13Z")
lol. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/7 "2007-06-05T08:17:58Z")
I read about this about 6 months ago. Amazing to see it in action though. I’m not sure if it will ever take off though, at least in the sue happy US, because of the huge legal liability. Picture the lawsuit the first time some moron chops his finger off because the brake fails and he wasn’t paying attention because he thought the saw was “safe”. That, and it looks like a one time use failsafe, since that light aluminum block got destroyed by the blade. Unless they can guarantee the only thing that would cause the emergency stop to engage is human skin (not wet wood, metal etc), that could become a huge PITA on a job site. Tearing the saw apart to replace that aluminum brake because it just saved your finger is no problem, but doing it a couple times a day because you were trying to cut some legit material that just happened to pass the electrical current would suck. ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/8 "2007-06-05T08:20:28Z")
[quote=“newman,post:3,topic:30391"”] too bad every misfire costs you 100+ dollars but it’s kind of cool. [/quote] Granted chances of cutting your finger off is cut down considerably when proper procedure is followed, I would gladly pay $100+ to save my finger/hand/leg that one time. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/9 "2007-06-05T08:24:32Z")
[quote=“JayS,post:7,topic:30391"”] I read about this about 6 months ago. Amazing to see it in action though. I’m not sure if it will ever take off though, at least in the sue happy US, because of the huge legal liability. Picture the lawsuit the first time some moron chops his finger off because the brake fails and he wasn’t paying attention because he thought the saw was “safe”. [/quote] “My client, the paraplegic Mr. Jones, who is both blind and deaf and suffers from Parkinson’s disease was using your saw in the dark on a small raft during hurricane Katrina. Shortly after his adopted 500lb father-in-law resumed sodomizing him with a baseball bat my client, who has a remarkably comprehensive health insurance policy, received an injury that took no less than zero stitches to close as a result of a faulty braking mechanism on your so called ‘SafeSaw’. As a result, we feel that Mr. Jones is entitled to no less than 50 Million Dollars” [quote=“JayS,post:7,topic:30391"”] That, and it looks like a one time use failsafe, since that light aluminum block got destroyed by the blade. Unless they can guarantee the only thing that would cause the emergency stop to engage is human skin (not wet wood, metal etc), that could become a huge PITA on a job site. Tearing the saw apart to replace that aluminum brake because it just saved your finger is no problem, but doing it a couple times a day because you were trying to cut some legit material that just happened to pass the electrical current would suck. [/quote] this is exactly my issue with it. ---
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/10 "2007-06-05T08:24:49Z")
[quote=“num482,post:8,topic:30391"”] Granted chances of cutting your finger off is cut down considerably when proper procedure is followed, I would gladly pay $100+ to save my finger/hand/leg that one time. [/quote] ive never used my tablesaw with my leg. how does that work? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/11 "2007-06-05T08:25:40Z")
[quote=“num482,post:8,topic:30391"”] Granted chances of cutting your finger off is cut down considerably when proper procedure is followed, I would gladly pay $100+ to save my finger/hand/leg that one time. [/quote] yes, but what if the saw misfires all the time. I’d rather be safe than replace the whole mechanism once a week or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/12 "2007-06-05T08:29:13Z")
I’d prefer to rely on myself to not shove my finger into the blade than rely on a safe-saw to retract. Besides, unless there are unusual circumstances like a board that kicked that could jam the saw anyways, as soon as your skin touches the blade you’re going to pull your arm back just as fast as that blade retracts. Maybe. I dunno. For now I’m going to continue pushing boards with a safety hot dog on my old fashioned table saw. ---
**Author:** ![Treads4Heads](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/treads4heads/32/7416_2.png) [@Treads4Heads](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Treads4Heads)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/13 "2007-06-05T08:38:18Z")
Awesome Technology. A Disclaimed should go with it saying its safe-ER than older table saw models but if your retarded you will still get fucked up. And maybe what can and cannot trigger it, so youd have to buy a regular one for those materials. Still, i think its a pretty neat idea ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/14 "2007-06-05T08:38:30Z")
[quote=“BikerFry,post:12,topic:30391"”] I’d prefer to rely on myself to not shove my finger into the blade than rely on a safe-saw to retract. Besides, unless there are unusual circumstances like a board that kicked that could jam the saw anyways, as soon as your skin touches the blade you’re going to pull your arm back just as fast as that blade retracts. [/quote] We all like to think we’ll just be careful, but accidents do happen. My grandfather is a master craftsman and has been working with power tools since he was in his teens but about 10 years ago he chopped off about 1/2 inch of a finger on a planer. Pretty good safety record considering all the furniture he’s built, but still, that 1/2" of finger ain’t coming back. And I’m calling BS on you reacting fast enough to your finger hitting a table saw blade to only get the tiny little scratch that hot dog received. No way, no how, not within the reaction time of a human. ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/15 "2007-06-05T08:40:10Z")
shit can happen, what if the table saw fell over and clipped your leg? Why would it fall over, I don’t know but lots of things can happen on a job site that you have no control over. One scenario - Your on a job site cutting some wood up in a huge house, guys up on scaffolding painting ceiling or doing what ever. They drop a tool, comes down hits piece of wood your cutting, wood hits you in face, you fall back in return knocking table saw over on top of you. As long as the unit performs like it is supposed to I would definitely buy it. As far as being able to pull your finger out fast enough I highly doubt it. A table saw will cut threw a finger in less than a second. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/16 "2007-06-05T08:49:16Z")
[quote=“JayS,post:14,topic:30391"”] We all like to think we’ll just be careful, but accidents do happen. My grandfather is a master craftsman and has been working with power tools since he was in his teens but about 10 years ago he chopped off about 1/2 inch of a finger on a planer. Pretty good safety record considering all the furniture he’s built, but still, that 1/2" of finger ain’t coming back. And I’m calling BS on you reacting fast enough to your finger hitting a table saw blade to only get the tiny little scratch that hot dog received. No way, no how, not within the reaction time of a human. [/quote] Yeah you’re probably right. Same thing happened to my dad. Got lazy and fucked up, now his finger is 1/4" shorter. Haha as he was sitting there with his bloody stump wrapped in a towel waiting for my mom to get ready to take him to the hospital he looked at me and said “Aw dammit. That’s my trigger finger.” 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/17 "2007-06-05T09:53:14Z")
Interesting idea if you only work with wood, or non conductive materials as I do know someone that has done this for years upon years. Who lost a thumb. If you work with anything even slightly conductive though it’s useless. A misfire on that would fucking blow. ---
**Author:** ![BrockwayMT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brockwaymt/32/5060_2.png) [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/18 "2007-06-05T15:15:44Z")
Well if it works too well then some dumbass legislator will introduce a bill requiring it on all saws. ---
**Author:** ![ImportMuscle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/importmuscle/32/7615_2.png) [@ImportMuscle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ImportMuscle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/19 "2007-06-05T15:22:35Z")
[quote=“JayS,post:14,topic:30391"”] We all like to think we’ll just be careful, but accidents do happen. My grandfather is a master craftsman and has been working with power tools since he was in his teens but about 10 years ago he chopped off about 1/2 inch of a finger on a planer. Pretty good safety record considering all the furniture he’s built, but still, that 1/2" of finger ain’t coming back. And I’m calling BS on you reacting fast enough to your finger hitting a table saw blade to only get the tiny little scratch that hot dog received. No way, no how, not within the reaction time of a human. [/quote] one of my coworkers once told me that to be a true carpenter you have to be missing at least one finger, needless to say hes missing 3 he must be one hell of a carpenter :cjerk: but seriously, i use a woodshop equipment all day long, as long as you remember what the equipment can do too your hands (granted small accidents will happen) youll be good ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391/20 "2007-06-05T15:22:44Z")
[quote=“BikerFry,post:5,topic:30391"”] Great. Now how the fuck am I supposed to cut a hot dog? [/quote] Man, you are just killing today. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/safe-saw/30391.md?page=2)