SawStop safety table saw

[Horace Greeley]

James,

At 03:24 PM 12/23/2004, you wrote:
>I wonder how many people redo the airbag in their cars once they have fired>?

Considering the percentage of plastic in most modern cars, and the fact 
that the airbags do not deploy until: a.- the car is moving (at least) 25 
MPH; and, b.- the system detects a sufficiently rapid change in velocity 
(usually deceleration), I think you'd discover that in most cases where the 
airbags have deployed, the car itself has suffered pretty major damage, if 
not been "totaled".  So, the answer to your question might very well be 
that they do not redo them, at least not on any regular basis, simply 
because the net result of the conditions in which the airbags deploy mean 
that the car is damaged (for insurance purposes) beyond repair.

Whether or not that might be indicative of what might happen with table saw 
splitter guards and/or blade-stopping devices will have to wait for some 
genius to manipulate enough actuarial tables.

The problem with disabling any kind of "safety" equipment (much of which, 
it seems to me, introduces as much chance for injury as it protects 
against), is that one can wind up uninsured.  That is, if you take off 
and/or disable such a system; and you (or, worse, someone else) is injured, 
your insurance company can call foul, and legally refuse to pay...in CA, at 
least, your actions might be considered fraud, and themselves be criminally 
actionable.  YMMV.

Best.

Horace




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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
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>Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 9:26 AM
>Subject: Re: SawStop safety table saw
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>>A good point Jim. I wonder how many do have the splitter still installed 
>>with the anti kick back fingers too! Truth is that while they were good 
>>ideas they became a pain in the butt to use. I figure this new system 
>>will become a pain in the butt too and then cause people to disable it as 
>>well but not before someone makes their profit on a MANDATORY system. Sheesh!
>>
>>Best,
>>Greg Newell
>>
>>
>>At 07:03 AM 12/23/2004, you wrote:
>>>I wonder how many of us who have table saws still have the 
>>>splitter-blade guard still installed as the saw came originally?
>>>
>>>There must be a cheaper , better way that does not disable the saw that 
>>>cost mucho denero.
>>>Jim
>>>James Grebe
>>>Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair
>>>Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups
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