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A New Table Saw Design

A New Table Saw Design

A New Table Saw Design

(OP)
I gave some thought to posting this in the Reliability Forum or the Structural Forum or one of the Mechanical Engineering Forums, but this is probably the right place. If you haven't seen this demonstration of a new table saw design, you are in for a real surprise.... take a look at this and tell your friends....

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=E3mzhvMgrLE&NR=1
 

RE: A New Table Saw Design

So, am I to assume that the price of a finger is $60.00?

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
Motto:  KISS
Motivation:  Don't ask

RE: A New Table Saw Design

(OP)
Well, actually the $60 is for replacing the gears that get wrecked each time you put your finger where it ain't supposed to be.  There is still the original cost of the mechanism, which they don't mention.  Still, it's cheap insurance if one wants to keep all of one's digits.  Just think, James Bond wouldn't have had to sweat it, had this been installed on Goldfinger's saw (I think it was Goldfinger).

RE: A New Table Saw Design

Actually, this has been around for at least five years that I know of.  Saw this demo a long time ago.  I have been wondering when it would catch on.  Originally, I was to understand that practically the whole mechanism had to be replaced after a "save" - which at the time was $700-$800.  The cost of the saw was only around $1,000.  This may have changed since then.

Regardless - this is great technology.  I wonder if it could be adapted to portable saws, drills, trimmers, etc.

I understand the inventor just won a large ($25 mill) patent infringement cases against one of the larger BOX stores becasue they copied (or had copied) it and were selling it.

Hope he gets his money and continues to improve the idea.

 

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