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CPSC Awards Commendation to SawStop, LLC
#146953 07/20/01 07:14 PM
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Bill Addiss Offline OP
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that Chairman Ann Brown has awarded the Chairman's Commendation to SawStop, LLC, of Wilsonville, Ore., for developing innovative safety technology for power saws intended to prevent finger amputations and other serious injuries. The SawStop system for woodworking uses sensor technology to stop the blade if contact with a human hand or finger is detected.

More Info:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml01/01202.html

Bill
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Re: CPSC Awards Commendation to SawStop, LLC
#146954 07/21/01 10:37 AM
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Bill Addiss Offline OP
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How it works:

http://www.sawstop.com/howworks.htm

(Thanks to Phillip for finding this)

Bill
Re: CPSC Awards Commendation to SawStop, LLC
#146955 07/21/01 09:35 PM
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And if we could put them on chain saws, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre would become very hard to accomplish!

[Linked Image]

In seriousness, this is remarkable, I hope they can make them cheap enough to be used...

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Re: CPSC Awards Commendation to SawStop, LLC
#146956 07/23/01 12:49 AM
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An Article on this invention discusses the way it works and was tested.

http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/content/tools/2000/novdec/deadstop/default.asp

Bill
Re: CPSC Awards Commendation to SawStop, LLC
#146957 07/26/01 09:11 AM
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I saw the Sawstop video was in slow-mo. This could make a difference between having a puncture or being ripped apart.

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