The New SawStop Contractor Saw In Action

cooks

that saw is out already i checked it out today at a woodworking shop.

Cole

"The saw is scheduled to be available in June, but I was able to test a pre-release sample."

You may have seen the cabinet saw, the bigger version of this saw, but I do not think you saw this "contractor" saw.

Cabinet Saw:


Contractor Saw:

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valerko

Saw the live demo at JLC show in RI last weekend.imply awesome.Another thing on my wish list.

StairJunkie

This looks like a great saw, both the contractor and cabinet models. I've been eying it for about 2 years now, well the cabinet version. If anyone has this saw or knows someone that does (either cabinet or contractor models), has this saw helped lower some of their insurance premium costs? A regular table saw has the potential to create huge liability so if an insurance company is taking each major tool you use into consideration, then I figure it can have a significant impact on your insurance costs. Investing in this technology would hopefully lower those costs. However I'm not an insurance agent and am not sure exactly what they take into consideration when figuring out your premium. If anyone has any thoughts, please share.

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samthedog

It's a good workshop saw, but for cutting sausages at lunch time I'll look for something else

BKFranks

Hmm...According to you the saw didn't exist until now, but somehow in 2006 it won the Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award and yes it was the contractor saw.

I AM CORRECT and DID see it about three years ago.

The Smartest Stuff: Breakthrough Product Awards 2006

Published in the November 2006 issue.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/scie...age=2&series=1


The Contractor's Saw (about $1000) is a full-on workhorse. But what matters most is that a sensor can detect a finger contacting the moving blade. The saw then stops in 3 to 5 milliseconds — reducing a probable amputation to a forgettable cut.




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kevjob

that is too cool. I had some helpers that used to work for me that wished this was out sooner.

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TileLady

I have a little story about this saw.

I saw this saw demonstrated on a tv show (can't remember which one though) last July. I thought of how great it was.

Then less than a week later after seeing that saw in action, I was using my craftsman table saw on the job. I was cutting very small pieces of wood and had my fingers close to the blade. Stupid me, I should have been using another piece of wood on the side to push it through.

After successfully cutting about 2 or 3 of these pieces, the last piece jumped forward (I think) and my left thumb hit the blade.

Thankfully I didn't lose the thumb but I needed a skin graft to fix the deep gash in my thumb.

I always feel like I was jinxed by seeing that nifty saw. LOL. Or maybe it was just a reminder of how great that new saw is.

1018

Heres some more versions of this saw, with video.

http://toolmonger.com/2008/04/28/its...op-prototypes/