Thread: saw stop

I saw it in the flesh [no pardon as no puns intended] on Friday at the Brisbane wood show.

Just a few observations - purely personal views as I have read with interest the threads on SawStop.

1 the table was polished to a beautiful but very practical surface - timber will slide very easily but not uncontrollably.

2 cabinet appeared to be structurally as strong as the opposition in the same or higher price bracket - absolutely no comparison to what most of us have.

3 I saw the third firing of the day, the saw spun up perfectly normal and cut the sample piece of wood cleanly, then the sausage was placed on the timber and pushed into the blade - yes, it does work.
No fiddle, fudge or difference with how it was pushed into the blade - it was a normal cut - if anything it was probably pushed into the blade quicker than the rate you would normally saw.

4 would have taken about 3 minutes to replace the cartridge and new sawblade - would probably have been quicker if Brendan had not been answering the questions he was being asked.

5 one of my initial concerns was that there would be consequent damage after a few firings - so far after 3 I could detect no difference in how the blade spun, sounded etc.

As i have stated before - out of my price range but certainly appears to be well made and will probably have a devoted group of followers - I was certainly impressed, who knows what may follow if this is a commercial success.

Regards,
Bob

BTW - all of the usual caveats re associations with the manufacturer, seller etc apply