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Saw Stop - This guy puts a finger into an active table saw blade & comes away without a scratch!

Anthony Prezutti Comedy Mentalist · demo · Watch on YouTube

Woodworking, metalworking & workshop skillsEngineering & making (other)

What it is

A short clip showing a person touching an active table saw blade with a finger and walking away unharmed, thanks to SawStop's system that stops the blade within milliseconds of skin contact.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Linked as the canonical demo of a safety technology that stops a blade before it injures a finger.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “The demo also never gets old. Just too badass.”

    Demo of tech preventing finger injuries that never gets old

    nickpsecurity, 2016-12 · Strong recommendation · in “The Resurgence of C Programming”

  2. “Here's a demonstration, it's very fluffy but it gets the point across.”

    Demonstration of SawStop stopping a blade on contact with a finger

    toothbrush, 2015-05 · Recommendation · in “The View from the Front Seat of the Google Self-Driving Car”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: sawstop, table saw, safety engineering, woodworking, demo

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