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!
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.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?
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.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.
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...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!)
Why do we have to drag out our dicks to prove every damn point in the world?Challenge to the inventor :
Will he put his dick instead of the finger if he is so confident of this invention ???
I bet No