http://toolmonger.com/2006/06/30/save-your-fingers-woodworker-the-sawstop/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:24:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://toolmonger.com/2006/06/30/save-your-fingers-woodworker-the-sawstop/#comment-275145 Gregg Marston Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:09:44 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/06/30/save-your-fingers-woodworker-the-sawstop/#comment-275145 I am an amateur woodworker who has been using a 1956 vintage deWalt for a very long time. I bought the Sawstop cabinet saw about a year ago and it has proven to be the finest piece of equipment I have ever owned (including the overpriced Swiss Watch I received as a gift a few years ago). Everything is straight and true and easy to use. I paired it with an Incra fence and I never need to measure before I cut. I just set it and go. I needed to rip some maple strips for molding the other day and so I locked the fence, ripped the wood and then measured. I found that the end result was within .001 in. The saw has lots of power, the table is flat and accurate and the blades are easy to change. Changing the cartridge from single blade to dado takes about a minute. I highly recommend this saw. I am an amateur woodworker who has been using a 1956 vintage deWalt for a very long time. I bought the Sawstop cabinet saw about a year ago and it has proven to be the finest piece of equipment I have ever owned (including the overpriced Swiss Watch I received as a gift a few years ago). Everything is straight and true and easy to use. I paired it with an Incra fence and I never need to measure before I cut. I just set it and go. I needed to rip some maple strips for molding the other day and so I locked the fence, ripped the wood and then measured. I found that the end result was within .001 in. The saw has lots of power, the table is flat and accurate and the blades are easy to change. Changing the cartridge from single blade to dado takes about a minute. I highly recommend this saw.

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2006/06/30/save-your-fingers-woodworker-the-sawstop/#comment-85041 Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Back In The Day: A Year Ago This Week On Toolmonger Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:35:18 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/06/30/save-your-fingers-woodworker-the-sawstop/#comment-85041 [...] And we discovered the famous/infamous hot-dog-saving SawStop table saw. [...] [...] And we discovered the famous/infamous hot-dog-saving SawStop table saw. [...]

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2006/06/30/save-your-fingers-woodworker-the-sawstop/#comment-63012 Toolmonger » Blog Archive » Toolmongers’ Tools: Old Tools, New Recommendations Wed, 09 May 2007 17:25:22 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/06/30/save-your-fingers-woodworker-the-sawstop/#comment-63012 [...] Mel recommends the Sawstop, a table saw that actually stops fast enough to avoid damage when you get your finger caught in the blade.  It works by measuring capacitance and conductivity, and it actually works.  We were blown away when we originally wrote about it, and we later followed up with an interesting link to Sawstop’s alleged “battle against the industry.”  It’s all great reading, and it appears to be a truly valuable product. [...] [...] Mel recommends the Sawstop, a table saw that actually stops fast enough to avoid damage when you get your finger caught in the blade.  It works by measuring capacitance and conductivity, and it actually works.  We were blown away when we originally wrote about it, and we later followed up with an interesting link to Sawstop’s alleged “battle against the industry.”  It’s all great reading, and it appears to be a truly valuable product. [...]

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2006/06/30/save-your-fingers-woodworker-the-sawstop/#comment-25597 Chet Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:22:39 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/06/30/save-your-fingers-woodworker-the-sawstop/#comment-25597 My wife is a RN, and she will not concent to me purchaseing any table saw other than the SAWSTOP. I do not care about the cost of a new blade/cartrige if it means I keep my hand. My wife is a RN, and she will not concent to me purchaseing any table saw other than the SAWSTOP. I do not care about the cost of a new blade/cartrige if it means I keep my hand.

]]> http://toolmonger.com/2006/06/30/save-your-fingers-woodworker-the-sawstop/#comment-513 Toolmonger » Blog Archive » SawStop vs. “The Industry” - all tools, all the time. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:51:07 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/06/30/save-your-fingers-woodworker-the-sawstop/#comment-513 [...] We mentioned SawStop’s skin-sensing auto-stop table saws a while back, but we weren’t aware of the ongoing legal wranglings going on in the industry as a result of their product introduction until today. [...] [...] We mentioned SawStop’s skin-sensing auto-stop table saws a while back, but we weren’t aware of the ongoing legal wranglings going on in the industry as a result of their product introduction until today. [...]

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