On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 01:38:28PM -0800, Lew Hodgett wrote: > <banders...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > That reminds me of the most impressive fast safety device I have > > ever seen > > demonstrated. > > > > It was installed on a table saw. If a finger touched the blade the > > device > > drove an aluminum wedge between the blade and the table so fast the > > blade > > stoped instantly and the finger was undamaged. > > > > It was demonstrated by the inventor on TV some time ago. He first > > used a > > hot dog. Then after replacing the blade and the wedge, he tested it > > with > > his fingertip on the teeth. > > > > It was a riveting demo. > ---------------------------- > These days sold as the "Saw Stop" line of table saws.
That really is amazing. Shoving his finger into a saw rotating at 5,000 RPM... that's really having the courage of your convictions. Really great invention, too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3mzhvMgrLE&NR=1 -- OKOPNIK CONSULTING Custom Computing Solutions For Your Business Expert-led Training | Dynamic, vital websites | Custom programming 443-250-7895 http://okopnik.com http://twitter.com/okopnik _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list Liveaboard@liveaboardonline.com To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to liveaboard-j...@liveaboardonline.com To unsubscribe send an email to liveaboard-le...@liveaboardonline.com The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
