Steve Lyde Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I accidentally triggered my SawStop's break mechanism tonight. No not my finger just my Osborn miter gauge. Sounded like a gun went off in the garage!!! Glad I have an extra break cartridge, but I don't have a spare blade, have to get that tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechwood Chip Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 That's the second time someone has reported triggering the brake with a miter gauge (in this forum). I'll be especially careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robjeffking Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Nice pic make a clock out of the blade for a souviner and a reminder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CessnaPilotBarry Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Yep! They work! One of the two unintentional SS firings at my local woodworking school was due to the blade hitting a JDS miter gauge rail. The other was a finger. When I bought my SS, I replaced my long Incra aluminum rails with wood and MDF versions. I often use an MDF backer with the metal rail, and in the past, have knicked the aluminum behind the backer, so I figured better safe than sorry... My 90's and 45's are all cut on sleds, so the miter gauges don't see that much use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Lyde Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'm in the process of making a sled so I was still using the Osborn miter for now. Good idea about the clock, just yesterday my son in law said I needed a clock in the garage!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimV Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Why would it fire with the mitre gage? Is it because it is conducting current through it to your hand which is holding the gage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechwood Chip Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I assume so. Or maybe the gauge itself has enough capacitance to set it off. I don't know enough about "capacitance" to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger T Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I have even heard of staples in wood will get them to fire. I still think its great technology no matter what the nay sayers may say. Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlingenfelter Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I think SawStop says not to reuse the blade after a trip, but I've heard people using their blades after a trip. I talked with Rob Cosman about that, and I think he said he has a blade that has been tripped 3 time and he's still using it. I recently tripped my saw, miter gauge for me too . The blade really looks fine, but I did lose a tooth. I haven't sent the blade out to have the tooth replaced yet, but I'm going to give it a try. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Lyde Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I'm not willing to salvage the blade myself. It will hang on the wall as a daily reminder to not do that..........get in a hurry and make adjustments without shutting the saw off!!! I did find a old spare blade I had but it's very dull so I ordered one of the 60 tooth SawStop brand titanium blades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CessnaPilotBarry Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Why would it fire with the mitre gage? Is it because it is conducting current through it to your hand which is holding the gage? Yup, any metal... Same with wet lumber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattvan Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 As soon as you mentioned knicking the miter gauge it immediately made sense about the brake kicking in. Maybe for cuts made where there's a possibility of hitting something like a miter gauge or such I'll have to activate the Bypass option for those cuts LOL?! I remember hearing also that the blade typically can be reused after tripping the brake, but it's a comfort issue as far as I'm concerned. If you're not comfortable with it...or if you want to use it as a great excuse to buy a new one! Glad to hear your safe, that's all that matters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CessnaPilotBarry Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 If I were to reuse a blade without the blade making a trip to the sharpener, which I probably wouldn't, I'd probably wear a face shield for a while until I was convinced there where no compromised welds. On the upside, if a tooth did get launched, there's about an 80% chance it would miss you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattvan Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I automatically find myself kind of "stepping to the side" whenever I start up the saw regardless...it's come from years of remembering who used it the last time and anticipating that I forgot to tighten something for some reason LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 If I were to reuse a blade without the blade making a trip to the sharpener, which I probably wouldn't, I'd probably wear a face shield for a while until I was convinced there where no compromised welds. On the upside, if a tooth did get launched, there's about an 80% chance it would miss you! A faceshield will be near useless against a small piece of carbide going 100 miles an hour. I don't quite understand why someone would spend extra money for a safer tablesaw, then risk using a potentiallly damaged sawblade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattvan Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 From what it sounds like, and I have an extra cartridge to try this out with when I do my review of my SawStop saw, the actual damage to the blade can be minimal. The choice is then up to the user whether they want to continue using it. I have a crosscut blade for my old mitersaw that threw a tooth a long time ago. What scares me the most about using it still is that I have no idea when it broke free. But after inspecting the rest of the blade I don't see anything wrong with it or any loose welds on the carbide tips. I guess I'd do the same with my tablesaw blade if I considered reusing it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CessnaPilotBarry Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 Here ya' go, Matt: http://blastmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/eod.jpg And yes... apparently there really is a "Blast Magazine"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattvan Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I wonder if I can get a sponsorship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmac Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 I don't quite understand why someone would spend extra money for a safer tablesaw, then risk using a potentiallly damaged sawblade. Zackly. -- Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Olsen Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Hey Matt, can you put your finger on the side of the blade to test the SS ? I want to see when the blade goes down if it will squeeze the skin of your finger in the zero clearance insert ! I have more great suggestion for later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL Woodguy Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 But can Sawstop handle southern fried chicken...and this guy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Lyde Posted October 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Well less than a month goes by and I did it again!!!!!!!!! This time the Osborn claimed my dado blade. I'm going to make a dado sled and through that Osborn in the trash. And there is not even a scratch on the Osborn. Two new brake cartridges and two new blades in a month, this is getting expensive!! And yes it was my own dumb fault for not making sure the fence on the Osborn was over far enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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