• Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    59
    ·
    6 months ago

    Finger safety devices are fucking awesome. The one I was working with a few years ago, if the blade encounters something conductive like your finger, an electro-magnet throws a block of aluminum in to the saw blade and stops it. Near instantly. Finger saved. It costs, idk, 100$ to reset, but that’s a damn sight less than losing a finger. Like you might be nicked but you’re probably not even going to need a bandaid. Just so damn cool, and one of the biggest dangers in a wood shop becomes vastly, vastly safer to work with.

    • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      29
      ·
      6 months ago

      I don’t know; I’ve always felt this kind of tech, while it has its upsides, tends to come with some severe downsides.

      How are you ever going to justify the use of a table saw in a horror movie ever again?

      • SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        11
        ·
        edit-2
        6 months ago

        If this isn’t already a bit in a Scream-like horror comedy it should be. Or maybe the killer comes at someone with a chainsaw, but they’re wearing one of those pairs of anti-chainsaw pants.

      • Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        10
        ·
        6 months ago

        Just have a character mention in the first act they can’t do a project because they’re having issues with the table saw.

        It’s how the strangers justified killing somebody by putting their head in an open microwave and turning it on, which would require multiple safety devices to fail.

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        6 months ago

        The victim seems totally calm until.they notice it’s a tablesaw from prior to the regulatory date. Cause you fucking know you won’t have to update your saws as an employer let alone a private owner. Which will probably also be a thing that if it becomes necessary then it will only apply to new saws and anyone thst already had an industrial saw, which is generally built to last or be serviced like a ship.of theseus where as far as regulations are concerned it’s the same saw they bought in the 70s, you won’t see it unless some saws get sabbed