On 10 Jul 2006 12:52:57 -0700, "Devon Miller"
wrote:

Joe Bemier wrote:
Any of you guys have experience with Saw Stop?

Thanks,
J

I think some of the concerns folks have relate to it providing a false
sense of security. You still need to treat with the same respect as any
other tablesaw. It can, and will, kickback with some impressive force.
It's like airbags in a car. You still need a seatbelt. You still need
to drive safely.

People that don't fasten their seatbelts because, "I've got airbags,"
or are careless with their table saw because, "It's a SawStop," are
just accidents waiting to happen. Like Ron White says: "You can't fix
stupid."

That said, I've been running one for about 6 months now and have had no
misfires to date. I consider it a worthwhile investment on 2 fronts:

1) If I should have an attack of stupidity, it should, at the very
least, leave me fixable.
2) It gives SWMBO peace of mind when I'm down in the shop.

One parting FYI, SawStop and Freud dados reportedly do not play well
together. Something like the Freud being a bit smaller than 8" and not
supplying a strong enough signal to prevent false positives. The
SawStop rep said the Forrester dado was known to work, so I went with
that instead of the Freud. This may have been fixed by now, but as I
have a working dado, I have no inclination to persue it.

dcm




Thanks very much, Devon - high value info.