Sawstop video you probably haven't seen

[Tom Slick]

This video is from the TV show "Time Warp" make sure you watch it until the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHrmvQKevfI

[kirkroy]

Ok, wow, that's confidence!

[Salty]

Maybe he was holding a small hot dog that was shaped to look like his finger!

[footprintsinconc]

he took it close to the blade very very slowly (controlled action)... hence no mark on his finger, not a real life situation like the hot dog test. still very brave.

we have one of those saws at work, but people still like using the delta cabinet saw out of 'pride' i guess, dont know how else to explain it. it did save one person finger some 1 year ago.

[crokett]

Slowly or not, I wouldn't want to put my finger in the path of the spinning blade.

[cbrown]

There's a job that has the word "intern" written all over it.

[sparkeyjames]

That sure does demonstrate how sensitive the system is. Shows that he trusts his design. After seeing that I would trust it as well. Now if only that could be installed in any BT type saw. Probably destroy the entire saw but still cheaper than a finger. Would rather pay $400 to $500 for a new saw after the sawstop mechanism chewed it up than the thousands of dollars in medical treatment plus the future aggravation of a lost finger.

[Tom Slick]

you can see how much stress is transmitted to the drive system, look at the flex in the arbor as the system operates. I'd bet it shortens bearing life. still better then shorter fingers though.