Thread: Table saw which one, laguna, sawstop and hammar

Originally Posted by ian

just wanted to come back to this bit

Also, the legal value of a finger is between $6000 and $36000 (approx).

those values come from what is known as a "table of maims" and represent the "value" of the residual pain and loss of function following a finger amputation or a hand injury.

The "values" do not represent the cost of treatment, which, based on recent personal experience, would be around $1500 to $2000 for an emergency room visit, increasing by $5,000 to $30,000 per night spent in hospital. The higher cost represents time in intensive care. (and no, the reason I know is not related to a table saw or other WW injury.)

Time to chime in. I'd love to have a Sawstop to use. From most reviews, it's a decent and well made saw.

I can tell you from experience that 21mm of my left ring finger is worth $4800 in a workers comp payout. No amount of money would convince me to try it again. The hardest thing coming from the injury was learning to play the guitar again. Even though I can;t do some of the things I could before the accident, I think I became a better player because I had to find ways to adapt. By better, I mean I wasn't great to begin with but that's neither here nor there.

The funniest part about the whole thing: It didn't even happen while Woodworking. I learnt a good lesson about lifting heavy logs in the rain that day.

Originally Posted by lewisc

Time to chime in. I'd love to have a Sawstop to use. From most reviews, it's a decent and well made saw.

I can tell you from experience that 21mm of my left ring finger is worth $4800 in a workers comp payout. No amount of money would convince me to try it again. The hardest thing coming from the injury was learning to play the guitar again. Even though I can;t do some of the things I could before the accident, I think I became a better player because I had to find ways to adapt. By better, I mean I wasn't great to begin with but that's neither here nor there.

The funniest part about the whole thing: It didn't even happen while Woodworking. I learnt a good lesson about lifting heavy logs in the rain that day.

Sorry to hear. For what it's worth, I wouldn't sell one of my fingers for any of the figures quoted either, nor do I believe that those figures remotely compensate most people for the resultant suffering, both physical and psychological. I was simply trying to make a point regarding the economic cost from the point of view of the taxpayer/government. Please accept my apologies (to everyone) if my argument was upsetting / insensitive.

Originally Posted by lewisc

Time to chime in. I'd love to have a Sawstop to use. From most reviews, it's a decent and well made saw.

I can tell you from experience that 21mm of my left ring finger is worth $4800 in a workers comp payout. No amount of money would convince me to try it again. The hardest thing coming from the injury was learning to play the guitar again. Even though I can;t do some of the things I could before the accident, I think I became a better player because I had to find ways to adapt. By better, I mean I wasn't great to begin with but that's neither here nor there.

The funniest part about the whole thing: It didn't even happen while Woodworking. I learnt a good lesson about lifting heavy logs in the rain that day.

Sorry to hear about the finger, how long ago was the injury?

It is amazing how you adapt, but you will aways find a way to do someone you want.

One of the boys at work cut his finger off at the first top joint and he got just under 7K from QLD worker comp in 96, but no money can replace a body part.

Awful thing to happen, glad to hear you became a better guitar player, its one thing i couldn't master, i was adamant i'd learn playing on a right handed guitar, even though I'm left handed.

No apologies needed to me. It's a fairly common joke for me. My mates love giving me a high 5. Oh wait, it's a 4 and 3/4. I got of lucky considering how it all went down. The injury happened in 2009. Probably the most traumatic thing I had happen to me at 21. I gave one of my Dad's mates a call. He was a an ex logger/saw miller and was missing both tips of his index fingers. He said to tell the doctor to flap it over, sew it up and get on with it. There wasn't anything to save anyway.

The point is, for me, all machines deserve respect no matter the safety features. I learned an excellent lesson on safety in a hard way.

Thanks for all the posts guys. Lots of interesting points of view and stories that we can all learn from.

Ive decided to pull away from the Laguna good saw but I just think that the Harvey which wasnt one that i was considering but now am is just a little better with the add ons and more hp. I was impressed with the finish of a harvey woodworking lathe that I saw last year at the Wood Working expo. People ive spoken to rave about it... execpt the instructions [emoji14]

Its between the harvey 3hp, sawstop and the hammar. But if I can hang out for alittle longer, id definitely go the hammar. Finish, power, cut capacity is great for me and what I would use it for.

Ive got some quotes for the k3 winner 7k and the k3 basic is 6k for those wondering.






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Hi all, just a quick update on the table saw. I found one during the week a wakin 10ags table saw. Very happy with it.

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Good solid old saw the Wadkins