Popular Post pkinneb Posted May 2, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Well my morning got off to a great start....I triggered the brake on my Sawstop! Not with my hand but with a micro jig clamp that has been on the fence for 2 frickin years!! The good news is I was powering off the saw so zero damage to the blade, in fact it barely touched the brake I did cut myself getting the blade off ...so there is that Ok back to the positive!! Its a beautiful day here in MN so time to get the convertible out for the 2 hour trip to get the new brake 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 1 hour ago, pkinneb said: Its a beautiful day here in MN so time to get the convertible out for the 2 hour trip to get the new brake So thats thats the bottom line, wanting to take a top down road trip. That happens so fast there probably isn't a mark on the clamp either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Well that’s not good, after two years what do you think made it trigger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted May 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Chet said: So thats thats the bottom line, wanting to take a top down road trip. That happens so fast there probably isn't a mark on the clamp either. Nope no mark at all. Yep enjoyed the ride as well 50 minutes ago, treeslayer said: Well that’s not good, after two years what do you think made it trigger? Operator error. I wacked it into the blade with one of the boards I had cut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 Sorry about the loss of the brake and the cut, but you may be the first person to figure out how to get a laceration on a SawStop . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick S Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 3 hours ago, pkinneb said: I did cut myself getting the blade off ...so there is that That's worse than most blade accidents on SawStops! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted May 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 3 hours ago, Mick S said: That's worse than most blade accidents on SawStops! LOL I know right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyJack Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 Glad it was a light accident. When ours activates it really kills the blade. At least a $150 hit...three different times.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted May 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 Dang they really go in far! Thanks for the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 Yep BillyJack that blade is fried Pretty clever way to cut yourself with a Sawstop though PK, you had to work for that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfitz Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 Well that's gotta be one of the weirdest triggers ever. Will you be getting just a single brake, or 2 so that you have a 'backup'? I'm in year 11 of my Sawstop and I still have the original brake *knock on wood* so no pictures of messed up blades from me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted May 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 Nah just one...I think I have had mine 5 or 6 years and this was my first trigger of any kind. Since I still treat it as a saw without the safety feature no sense in storing them. On a sad note one of my friends on the home theater forum had a TS incident yesterday that will require surgery, stay safe folks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Jfitz said: 2 so that you have a 'backup'? I talked with SawStop when I first got my saw and mentioned that I was thinking about a back up brake. Their response was don't do it. The thinking is if you fired the brake because of a near miss with the digits it might be a good time to step back and refocus on what you did that created the problem and having to go to the store or order another brake will force you to take that time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyJack Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 I think there was a total of three teeth replaced and then resharpened....I think the first question for the sharpened should be if it's warped and then proceed to replace and resharpened blade.. in our case it wasn't warped... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmercer_48083 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 Can Sawstop recondition/rebuild the mechanism? Or must replace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 I imagine the liability of providing a 're-conditioned' safety component would be prohibitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted May 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 2 hours ago, gmercer_48083 said: Can Sawstop recondition/rebuild the mechanism? Or must replace? Just replace as far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 Well, you know that the safety mechanism works. Still a bummer, tho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted May 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 12 hours ago, Ronn W said: Well, you know that the safety mechanism works. Still a bummer, tho. Exactly! Honestly it didn't bother me in the least I got a nice ride out of it and I know it works The fact that my friend had an unfortunate incident with a TS on the same day definitely helped keep it in perspective. His surgery went well but it sounds like he will be out of the shop for a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 On 5/3/2020 at 5:40 PM, gmercer_48083 said: Can Sawstop recondition/rebuild the mechanism? Or must replace? They used to ask for the brake mechanism back if it was involved in a flesh contact incident. I guess the brake unit actually collects information as to what was going on at the time mechanically. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyJack Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 They want them back in any case. The only way to verify false activation or not is to anodize each activation. I think as long as you work with them they'll easily work with you... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Anderson Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 I had a real false trip. Was using a dado blade and had a trip on startup. Sawstop took the brake, and found it tripped in the first 400 ms after startup (less than half of a second. Could find no reason for the trip. Since the blade had just been turned on and had not reached speed, there was no damage to the blade, and Sawstop replaced the brake. Were really nice to work with. That was a couple of years ago, and no issues since, so something just weird, we couldn't find any reason for the trip. I have still not tripped the brake other than this one time, so still on original brakes six years in (and I have two unused spares never taken out of the box yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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