Having lost fingers on a table saw, I’d actually be more ****ed if I happened to accidently touch the side part of this table saw blade and ruined the saw.
It’s a novel idea but until the process could be perfected so the blade is rendered harmless without trashing the saw….
I’d never buy one and would continue to take my chances as before with a conventional table saw.
I partly severed my left thumb and the tip of my left index finger in a table saw. I still feel it when I fire up my new table saw. And I picked my new saw on the basis of the sound. My old contractor’s saw had a distinctive whine and speed. My blood ran cold when I heard the sound so I had to find a saw that ran at a different speed just to use it. Yeah stupid, but I’m not about to go through that pain again. It took a year to get 90% movement in my thumb.
There was a long discussion about this judgement on another forum.
“”A Boston jury has awarded $1.5 million to a Malden man who injured his fingers on a saw while installing oak wood flooring several years ago in a first of its kind case that claimed the standard design of American table saws is defective.
Carlos Osorio accused One World Technologies Inc., maker of Ryobi saws, of negligence for failing to include a flesh detection technology that would prevent most serious injuries…..””
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