Go to Post Go fish, dude. - Bill Gold [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > Technical > Technical Discussion
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
 
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #12   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 08-09-2006, 11:34
Ben Piecuch Ben Piecuch is offline
Bengineer
no team
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 2000
Location: Providence, RI
Posts: 336
Ben Piecuch has a reputation beyond reputeBen Piecuch has a reputation beyond reputeBen Piecuch has a reputation beyond reputeBen Piecuch has a reputation beyond reputeBen Piecuch has a reputation beyond reputeBen Piecuch has a reputation beyond reputeBen Piecuch has a reputation beyond reputeBen Piecuch has a reputation beyond reputeBen Piecuch has a reputation beyond reputeBen Piecuch has a reputation beyond reputeBen Piecuch has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Article on Skin sensing table saw

If you download the user manual, it goes into great detail about replacement of the brake system.

First, you have to understand how the brake works, then you can understand why it's a bit more complicated that just replacing a fuse or resetting a spring. The brake is basically a piece of aluminum that is forced into the teeth of the blade. When the system senses a step change in the control voltage, this curved aluminum block gets rammed into the blade. The blade embeds itself into the block and is stopped in a few milliseconds. (The slo-mo video is wild to watch...)

So, what needs to get changed? The entire brake system, which looks to be one complete module. However, since the blade is being forced into the aluminum, they recommend changing out the blade as well! So, can the blade and module be changed out in 5-10 minutes? Probably. The toughest part is probably extracting the blade from the aluminum block, nothing a block of wood and a hammer can't take care of.

So, is the extra money and the time delay worth a finger? That's up to you. Would I recommend a product like this in every school system that has a woodshop? You better believe it! A trained woodworker should have the experience and the know-how to protect himself. Unfortunately, I can't say that about most students, or even myself.

BEN
 


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
pic: 1141 gets under 379's skin CD47-Bot Extra Discussion 2 06-04-2004 09:27
AOL Instant Messenger Skin! Gadget470 General Forum 16 31-10-2002 00:03
What's Your Winamp Skin? Ryan Dognaux Chit-Chat 23 27-10-2002 15:34
Customizable Winamp3 Skin for Teams... Clark Gilbert Computer Graphics 3 07-10-2002 19:57
Who saw the FIRST article on wired.com? archiver 2001 6 24-06-2002 02:34


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:26.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi