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SawStop Inventor Sticks His Finger in the Spinning Blade

by John P.

Finger in a SawStopOk, so I told you guys about the SawStop table saw about 6 months ago, and if you’ll recall, this is the table saw that will stop when it senses flesh touching the blade in order to save the roughly 10 fingers that get cut off every day.

Well, the inventor of the SawStop, Steve Gass, finally stuck his own finger directly into the blade on a Discovery TV show and put his money where his mouth… er, finger is. Watch and see what happens!
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Holy Crap! Your Tires Could Kill You!

August 27, 2008

Wow. This 20/20 report is pretty shocking. Did you know that some of the “brand new” tires you’ve been buying to put on your car may actually be several years old? And did you know that after about 6 years they are no longer safe? Well, it’s time to check the expiration dates (yep, the [...]

SawStop – The Safest Table Saw on the Planet

June 1, 2008

If you’re anything like me, you appreciate a nicely built power tool. Seriously, I love the smell of a workshop in the morning! Of course, I’m not as big of a fan of all the bleeding that normally occurs in said workshop… and I tend to do that a lot while I’m building things. So, [...]

The Most Hazardous Job on Earth

October 13, 2007

It’s actually hard to believe that anyone would be willing to do this, but at some factory in China they have convinced a bunch of grown men to sit INSIDE a 400 ton metal press while it is stamping steel! Holy crap! Folks, if something went wrong here, there would be nothing left of these [...]