Steve Southwood
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I'm kind of with Roger on this one. It's a commendable attempt at making a safety device, but the guard seems overly large and in the way, or at least it'd be in the way for a good percentage of the cuts I make on a tablesaw. (Same as pretty much any other blade guard I've seen.) Then again, my tablesaw use probably isn't all that typical.
Considering your finger would be about 1" from the blade when it shuts down, 1/8 of a second seems 'fast enough'. With the Sawstop instant is better only because you must actually com in contact with the blade to actuate the brake.And "1/8 of a second" seems like a long time compared to the (reported) instant stop of a SawStop.
A commendable effort to design a safety device. But, it looks awkward. And "1/8 of a second" seems like a long time compared to the (reported) instant stop of a SawStop.
The thing I like about it is, competition. Competition is a good thing.
Does the whirlwind use an expensive cartridge that destroys the blade when it fires?