<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ya' know...they didn't mention that = when the safety feature is actually fired, you must replace it and the blade.  The = heat generated by the friction literally welds the blade to the = stopper.  I don't know about you, but if this thing mis-fired, that could be rather pricey.  My blades usually run about $75 bucks each, and dado = blades are about $300 each set.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm not complaining, I'm just making a = minor point.  I would have no problem paying $300 to keep my fingers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mike Bratcher</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=741662027@theshusters.org = href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 22, = 2004 12:44 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> SawStop safety table = saw</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Speaking of table saws, have any of you heard of = this product?  I heard about it on NPR radio.  Using electric = current, it can detect in thousandths of a second when a finger touches a blade -- = and stops the saw before there's barely a nick!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A = href="http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/h00117.asp">http://= www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/h00117.asp</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>