12.1M views · Apr 5, 2012 · 5:14 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2015–2018
A short clip showing a person touching an active table saw blade with a finger and walking away unharmed, thanks to SawStop's system that stops the blade within milliseconds of skin contact.
Why Hacker News points people here: Linked as the canonical demo of a safety technology that stops a blade before it injures a finger.
“The demo also never gets old. Just too badass.”HN comment, 2016
“The demo also never gets old. Just too badass.”
Demo of tech preventing finger injuries that never gets old
Case in point: this video Maybe we need to use your sharp tools point with that video. It drives the point home with even experienced people losing fingers to their tools followed by tech modified to prevent it. The demo also never gets old. Just too badass.
“Here's a demonstration, it's very fluffy but it gets the point across.”
Demonstration of SawStop stopping a blade on contact with a finger
Wow, that's super neat, i'd never heard of it. Seems like something that should be absolutely mandatory for all factories equipped with such devices! Go technology! Here's a demonstration, it's very fluffy but it gets the point across. this video
“if you try and touch this one with a finger it will stop before it can do damage”
Shows a saw that stops before a finger is injured
/some/ power saws can stop instantly - if you try and touch this one with a finger it will stop before it can do damage: this video
