I guess on a direct drive table saw that can happen. On my Grizzly, belt driven, the thermo overload would protect the motor. I don't know what it would to my power twist link belt. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hodges" <tomhod...@fuse.net> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 3:03 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Table saw injury report.
Wow! That's amazing technology. Trouble is, I use my table saw to cut wieners. Just kidding. I wonder if that system causes damage to the motor, like a bent shaft, mounting hardware, etc. Thanks, Tom From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 11:18 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Table saw injury report. Tom, The SawStop table saw has a feature that if the blade hits something wet and conductive, like, say, a finger, it fires a bar into the blade stopping the blade in some insanely short period of time. The demonstration is always of running a hotdog into the spinning blade and the hotdog is barely nicked. However, it destroys the blade, and requires a new explosive cartridge after it fires. You also need to use an over-ride if you are cutting wet wood. Never-the-less, it is an insurance policy against a time when your judgment or concentration falters for a split second. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links __________ NOD32 4921 (20100306) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com