Our website would like to use cookies to store information on your computer. You may delete and block all cookies from this site, but parts of the site will not work as a result. Find out more about how we use cookies.

Login or Register

Powered by
Powered by Novacaster
 
Astonishing saw technology
by Bruce Ure at 09:26 19/07/06 (Blogs::Bruce)
What a wonderful idea. A tablesaw whose blade retracts in less than 5ms after contact with flesh, turning a potential multi-finger-loss scenario into little more than a nick.

It works by putting a small charge on the blade, and detecting when it leaks, whereupon it slams the blade into a stop and its momentum carries it downwards below the table level.

Brilliant.

Quick video demo with a hotdog, here: mov / wmv

and the full story here: mov / wmv

All of which are from sawstop.com

--

<< First of 4 killer asteroid hun... Just a quick note of... >>
View Comments (Flat Mode) Printer Version
Astonishing saw technology Bruce Ure - 19/07
    - Deleted User Account - 19/07
       Re: Astonishing saw technology Bruce Ure - 19/07
    Re: Astonishing saw technology Steve - 19/07
       Re: Astonishing saw technology Bruce Ure - 19/07