Category Archives: Safer Saws FA21

Manufacturers  “There’s about 60,000 medically treated accidents on table saws every year, about 3,000 people take their fingers off, about 10 a day.” – Steve Gass is using a quantitative claim here. By revealing this information, he is effectively encouraging … Continue reading →

Manufacturers: Steve Gass invented the SawStop in response to saw finger injuries that occurred as a result of an accident across the United States. He claims the technology behind this function uses electrical sensors for any flesh detected that would … Continue reading →

Customer Safety Advocates “Roughly 10 people lose their finger per day due to table saws. 3000 a year.” This is a claim that customer safety advocates would jump on instantaneously. Safety advocates would jump on this statement ASAP, less people … Continue reading →

Manufacturers “Within a few thousandths of a second, the blade slammed to a stop.” This quote demonstrates the manufacturer showing how long it took for the blade to come to a complete stop after coming in contact with the hot … Continue reading →

Manufacturers: “It felt a little like a… buzz or a tickle almost.” The manufacturer is telling us what it felt like to put his finger up to the table saw that had the safer saw mechanisms. This is an evaluative … Continue reading →

Manufacturers: “You accidentally run your hand into the blade it’ll stop it so quickly that you just get a little nick instead of maybe taking some fingers off the blade has a sensor the detects electrical conductivity.” The manufacturer is … Continue reading →

Manufacturers Steve Gass, creator and manufacturer of SawStop, demonstrated his confidence in his product by placing his own finger at risk of mutilation in the path of an active blade. After the blade successfully halted milliseconds before disaster would have … Continue reading →

Exultant InventorTwelve years ago an avid home woodworker invented an ingenious device that stops a table saw blade within 4/1000ths of a second of contact with human flesh. The technology could prevent thousands of amputations every year in the United … Continue reading →

Safer Saws Task- HazelnutLatte Posted on March 5, 2019 by hazelnutlatte123 1.Manufacturers: “less than a thousandth of a second.” The manufacturer is explaining how long the machine will take to stop when it comes in contact with the conductivity of human flesh. This is a … Continue reading →

Before You Post to Safer Saws We blog to learn from one another. This course is conducted “in public” as it were to benefit every student with the opportunity to view, analyze, appreciate, learn from, even emulate the work of … Continue reading →