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Comment by solomonb

7 months ago

Nitpick: It doesn't destroy your blade. You just have to get it resharpened and possibly get some new teeth brazed on.

Otherwise, yeah i agree its annoying to pop the break on a wet piece of wood or a missed nail.

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jjav  7 months ago

> You just have to get it resharpened and possibly get some new teeth brazed on.

This looks quite destructive to the teeth that contact the stop:

https://youtu.be/Ibp2Gy2CFrY?si=Pa98Vey2oE0Atx1e&t=7

I can't imagine it will ever be cost-effective the labor of repairing a blade after that instead of just getting a new one.

  • solomonb  7 months ago

    When I ran a woodshop we would get our blades resharpened for about $30 and new teeth were a few dollars each. Its absolutely worth it when your blades are $100+

    • shaftway  7 months ago

      I wouldn't re-use a blade that SawStop triggered on. I assume the blade itself will go out of true based on the forces. It's a lot more damage than a few teeth.

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greedo  7 months ago

Ha. I've owned a SS for five years and used several of their high end cabinet saws in other shops. No one is going to bother brazing on new teeth on a saw blade. They'll just buy a new blade...

  • solomonb  7 months ago

    I've done it plenty of times. New teeth cost a few bucks when you get your blade resharpened.

    When you have blades high cost blades ($100+) its absolutely worth it to get them resharpened and teeth replaced.

TheCleric  7 months ago

I have wrecked blades on my SawStop and while they likely could have this done, the easiest path is buy a new blade.

  • lancesells  7 months ago

    Are you saying you've possibly saved multiple fingers or serious injuries then?

    • TheCleric  7 months ago

      In these cases no. It was stupidity of a different kind on my part, but never where I was in danger. For example I added a flexible ruler to one of my jigs without thinking about the fact that it was metal. The ruler (which I happened to be touching at the other end) touched the blade, so in essence the saw thought I was touching the blade.

      Prior to owning the SawStop though I have had some close calls that would have been much less painful and dangerous had I been using a SawStop.