Category Archives: X Stop Saw

1. “By agreeing not [to] employ such safer alternatives, defendant and its competitors attempted to assure that those alternatives would not become ‘state of the art,’ thereby attempting to insulate themselves from liability for placing a defective product on the … Continue reading →

“To reduce the possibility of injury in the HANDY shop, we use a SawStoptable saw. This saw features ‘flesh-detecting’ technology  that instantly stops and lowers the blade if your hand (or hot dog – click here for a video demo), for … Continue reading →

  “I found out that table saws cause thousands of these really horrible injuries every year. This inventor, a guy named Steve Gass, had actually figured out a way to prevent just about all of those accidents. Over the years, … Continue reading →

1. “Wec claims that “flesh detection and braking technology” and “user-friendly blade guard(s)” have been available for years. The flesh detection technology stops a blade instantly when it is touched by human flesh. Wec says the technology could have prevented … Continue reading →

1. “The system can tell the difference between your finger and the wood. So when you’re cutting wood if you accidently run your hand into the blade it will stop it so quickly that you’ll get a little nick instead … Continue reading →

1. In a comment on a youtube video of a sawstop demonstration, this user said “My shop teacher says sometimes he puts some wet wood or something into the machine by accident and it stops and breaks… costs 200 dollars … Continue reading →

1. Larry Okrend states, “After researching the facts of the case, I think mandating SawStop’s technology across the board is unnecessary and counterproductive.” 2. “After researching the facts of the case, I think mandating SawStop’s technology across the board is unnecessary … Continue reading →

1.  The constituent i have chosen to quote is from the perspective of handymen who have had experience with the saw, more specifically Larry Okrend, and have given their personal opinion of it, however stating that it is not needed; … Continue reading →

1. “Every year, thousands of people are severely injured after using table saws. For more than a decade, the SawStop safety mechanism has been available that could prevent almost all table saw injuries. Unfortunately, the manufacturers have refused to adopt … Continue reading →

Wec says his permanent and “traumatic injury” could have been prevented if Bosch and its competitors had not rejected and fought against the safety technology Wec claims that if the safety technology was adopted and in use then he would … Continue reading →