Holy crap!

[herb fellows]

Did anyone see the NEW sawstop video on Youtube? Yep, Steve Gass finally went the whole nine yards!
Both the sound and video are a bit off, but there's no mistaking what he did!

heres the link:

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...rch_type=&aq=f

[LinuxRandal]

For a more direct link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHrmvQKevfI

So he got enough test fires down, that he finally did it. I figured he would in time.

[Russianwolf]

???? the riving knife didn't drop ????

So I'm guessing it's not attached to the blade carriage, so it could conceivably get out of alignment.

[Alex Franke]

holy cr*p is right!

[LinuxRandal]

???? the riving knife didn't drop ????

So I'm guessing it's not attached to the blade carriage, so it could conceivably get out of alignment.

That is a very valid point. Is this a true riving knife, or some kind of hybrid (does it raise and lower with the blade). I understand that the reason it doesn't drop, is the blade brake needs to hit the blade, but how is it disconnected?

Most of the sawstop videos, they aren't using a riving knife.

[just started]

I saw it on high def TV last night (actually EARLY this morning) and they showed it over and over in super-slow motion and it is fantastic to see. They also had the interior of the saw showing the action in super-slow (slow enough that you could actually see the progress of the spark from the fuse link).

[poolhound]

OMG - even though I knew what it was going to do I still felt my heart in my mouth as he put his finger into the blade.

[BobSch]

That was on Discovery Channel's Time Warp last night. Two guys and a couple of hi-speed cameras that can stop just about anything. They also did a bit on pneumatic nail guns. It's a bit frightening to see in slo-mo what a nailer can do.

[smorris]

Seeing someone, no matter why, put their finger into a tablesaw blade made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

[shoottx]

holy cr*p is right!

+ 1

YUP I am a believer now!

I can't believe they ask him to do it!

[pelligrini]

It made me uncomfortable watching that too. I wonder how much bigger of a nick it would have taken if he moved his finger in quickly.

[crokett]

Wow. Even if I had invented it I am still not sure I'd have the courage to stick my finger into the moving blade. Actually seeing work on his finger is impressive though.

[OpaDC]

It made me uncomfortable watching that too. I wonder how much bigger of a nick it would have taken if he moved his finger in quickly.

Made my Homer Simpson hair jump too. I was also wondering about his finger speed. Don't know anyone who cuts wood so tentatively. I was thinking he was going to do it the same way as the hotdog. That being said. NOT ME!!!!!

[gjat]

Actually, I saw it too and was real impressed until I was talking about it at work. One of the electronic guys said that he never touched the blade, as is proven in slo-mo. He said the way it's wired up, the sensor will register his capitence (the conductive finger) as it get's very close. He said you would have at least should have seen a tooth indent the finger a bit.

I'm still impressed, though.

[pelligrini]

Someone needs to send him a set of brass balls so he can set a pair on his desk too.