Amazing saftey technology: Man stops a sawblade with using his own fingers! Must see
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I suspect it's because the saw blade, and possibly the machinery are ruined when the safety mechanism engages.
That might raise the cost of the machine, which may drive away customers!
I would be happy to replace the machine if it was ruined because it saved my finger. It would same me money in the long run. No time off because of injury and just as important, no nightmares.
No, there is an aluminum cartridge that is consumed during an incident, and probably the saw blade itself is a goner, but I think the cartridge is under $100, and a good saw blade is around the same. So for $200 give or take, you could save a finger. Sounds good to me. Why don't we ask someone who's lost a finger on a table saw if that sounds like a good price?I suspect it's because the saw blade, and possibly the machinery are ruined when the safety mechanism engages.
That might raise the cost of the machine, which may drive away customers!
I'm talking about the average consumer, who is cheap and stupid.
The machine companies want to sell the machines, and are betting that the consumer will be turned off, if they think they're going to have to keep buying supplies for it.
Perhaps, but one commonly used marketing ploy is to scare people into buying your product. For example, toilet bowl sanitizer. Why the fuck do you need to sanitize something you're gonna shit in? You don't, but those commercials showing kids playing around the toilets scare thousands into buying that particular brand of toilet bowl cleaner. Surely it's not too much of a leap to imagine marketing that will convince people that a few hundred bucks is money well spent if it saves a finger.
However, this makes me think of another reason this product isn't available: lawyers. I'm sure the legal departments at the major saw manufacturers brought up the very valid point of what happens if the device fails and a customer actually loses a finger anyway? The lawsuit would be devastating, and any disclaimers that came with the device would negate it's perceived value.
The question is not what the "positives" are, but what the "false positives" might be: how often does the safety mechanism engage when a finger is not at risk. If it costs you $500 because the blade stopped five times in situations that just annoyed you, you'll be less than pleased that it would also stop if your finger was about to be cut off.
I didn't lose the tip of my finger in a saw... But I did in a lawnmower... (Long story... I was 11 yrs old at the time...) My father lost the first joint of his right index finger in a jointer when I was 4 yrs old... do these 2 instances qualify me as one that has a viable opinion?
I could not watch the part of the video where the inventor used his own finger. I stopped it after the hot dog part... a testament perhaps to the fact that I cringe almost from phantom pain at even the thought of such things. Also, during cold weather- my "short" finger is more susceptible...
Having seen this... I am EXTREMELY surprised this invention wasn't IMMEDIATELY made a standard feature on ALL power tools. It is worth the price at twice the cost! (OR MORE!)
I could not watch the part of the video where the inventor used his own finger. I stopped it after the hot dog part... a testament perhaps to the fact that I cringe almost from phantom pain at even the thought of such things. Also, during cold weather- my "short" finger is more susceptible...
Having seen this... I am EXTREMELY surprised this invention wasn't IMMEDIATELY made a standard feature on ALL power tools. It is worth the price at twice the cost! (OR MORE!)
I passed out just as the hot dog was goin' through...missed the rest. Great Danny McCaskill video CG. Passed it onto my friends. Now that I could watch...a few times...
The system uses an electrical capacitance system to register when something like a finger hot dof etc gets into the blade. Milliseconds later the lock clamps down and the blade drops into the carrige of the saw.
Its basically a disc brake it locks onto the saw blade and the momentum fromt he locking drops the saw blade and cartridge into teh saw body.
After cleaning out your underwear you have to pull the cartridge and blade out , the cartridge usuallly welds itself to teh blade so you need to replace he blade and the cartridge. The only real issue is will you ahve a spare blade and cartridge available when it trips? There have not been a lot of false trips over the life of the thing I can only think of a couple reported and its been around for more than 10 years.
The systemis not to teh best of my knowledge available as a retrofit to existing saws so you ahve to buy on of their models which costs more ( almost 2X) than a standard saw, the quality of the mnachine is very high so you don't lose on the machine but the extra cost is not small.
Its basically a disc brake it locks onto the saw blade and the momentum fromt he locking drops the saw blade and cartridge into teh saw body.
After cleaning out your underwear you have to pull the cartridge and blade out , the cartridge usuallly welds itself to teh blade so you need to replace he blade and the cartridge. The only real issue is will you ahve a spare blade and cartridge available when it trips? There have not been a lot of false trips over the life of the thing I can only think of a couple reported and its been around for more than 10 years.
The systemis not to teh best of my knowledge available as a retrofit to existing saws so you ahve to buy on of their models which costs more ( almost 2X) than a standard saw, the quality of the mnachine is very high so you don't lose on the machine but the extra cost is not small.
i suspect the reason that they did not adopt the tech is because you will have a lot of people test it out with winners etc and then come in for warranty claiming it jammed on its own. Therefore they have to give them a free one under warranty. They are scared of possible financial consequences most likely
Could not watch the video where the guy tests the break with his finger either.
This safety feature would be good if you are only cutting clean dry wood. Wonder if the safety would trigger if the wood was wet, or contaminated with some conductive liquid. It would trigger if you tried to cut aluminum or some other metal. The safety feature is a nice idea, but it would be triggered too often to be practical.
This safety feature would be good if you are only cutting clean dry wood. Wonder if the safety would trigger if the wood was wet, or contaminated with some conductive liquid. It would trigger if you tried to cut aluminum or some other metal. The safety feature is a nice idea, but it would be triggered too often to be practical.
Couldn't he have just touched the side of the blade to make it stop, instead of the toothy part??
