Great new product...honest...

[Larry D. Kage]

http://www.sawstop.com/

Check out the "Hot Dog Demo"...

I could've benefitted from this 25 years ago.

[Steven C. Waskewicz]

Being a woodworker myself for the last 30 years, I've seen this several times before, and was truly amazed.
I had often asked myself why ALL the manufacturers didn't implement this ?
Unfortunately, its taken them that long to engineer this into a whole new line of tablesaws, as the other major players like Delta, Rigid, Powermatic, Woodtek, Jet, etc. wouldn't incorporate the system into their machines due to the additional cost...

The video is really amazing, http://www.sawstop.com/media/Table%2...WMV%20high.wmv

[Steven C. Waskewicz]

And from what I remember, the "thing" gives its life once it trips like that...
i.e. "The standard and dado brake cartridges are single-use components that must be changed if the brake is ever activated."

Still, I'd value my hands and fingers over replacing the thing any day...