After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate safer table saws

Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by nemothekid on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @06:22PM (#39984959)

The actual contention isn't whether an actuator-based solution would work, its if an actuator-based solution could stop the saw without damaging it (and therefore not give credence to the claim that SawStop is intentionally designing a poor solution in order to sell more blades).

As far as I can tell, REAXX also damages the blade.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by diggernet on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @07:25PM (#39985381)

REAXX retracts the blade inside the table and lets it coast to a stop. It does not damage the blade.

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Re:After years of trying, the U.S. government may mandate sa... by happyopossum on Tuesday April 09, 2024 @09:59PM (#39986237)

>and therefore not give credence to the claim that SawStop is intentionally designing a poor solution in order to sell more blades

This is the most asinine argument I’ve heard yet, and I am not a fan of this regulation.

Blades are typically cheap and the ones that aren’t are often repairable after an activation. Also, Sawstop barely sells any blades - I don’t know a single woodworker or cabinet shop that runs their blades.

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