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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
But I don't think that argument should be used to naysay a safety feature. If a power tool can be made more benign when simple diligence is trumped by accidental circumstance, I consider it a good thing.
The point of inventions like this is to make systems more fail-safe. That means they're more safe when existing practices fail -- which they obviously do.
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i can relate to this because i have personal experience with the said table saw. my school's shop has one and i was in the cabinet making 1 class last year. our teacher was not the least bit less concerned when we used the saw stop. usual precautions were always taken not matter what.
still, i gotta say that i somehow felt safer while using the sawstop. that quick "stop and drop" feature was like an angel over my fingers. most of the other students in my class prefered it over the old table saw we had, too. though we didn't need it, the technology and safety was more relaxing condition to work under.