cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/705187000877520551
Is this correct for the updated blade guard on a radial arm saw?
The carriage doesn’t go back far enough for the blade guard to fall down behind the fence. I thought the guard was supposed to keep the carriage in the home position until the user lifts it with the lever on the handle. I’m wondering if I did something wrong. Any RAS users know what I’m talking about?
Radial (cut off your) arm saws are one of the few tools in the shop that give me the heebie jeebies. Yes, they can be operated safely but, yikes.
It’s funny because I have never used a table saw and they are intimidating to me. Like, the blade is just right there waiting for someone to fall on it.
It’s honestly really impressive seeing the SawStop table saws stop. If I’m reading it right, they use capacitance to detect a body part and take advantage of the space below the table to let the blade fall into while braking it.
Yeah the SawStop technology is really cool and it’s too bad that it’s held up by patents. In my case, because of budget and physical space constraints, the RAS turned out to be the right choice for me.
