SnoCo SawStop Use Agreement
Please read the agreement and indicate your consent below.

Nobody ever says, “Today’s a great day to run my finger into the table saw blade”.  Yet, 4000 fingers are amputated on table saws every year in the US.  Here at SnoCo Maker Space, we are very fortunate to have a Saw Stop table saw.  A Saw Stop table saw puts a small electrical charge on the blade.  Because humans are basically squishy bags of conductive salt water, touching the blade changes the charge on the blade.  The Saw Stop can detect this, and will fire an aluminum crumple zone block into the blade, bringing the saw blade to a dead stop and lowering the blade out of harm’s way while just nicking your skin.  You can see a high speed video of the activation of a Saw Stop at snoco.link/sawstopvideo.

Unfortunately, other conductive things and marginally conductive things such as carbon fiber, mirrored acrylic, wet wood or pressure treated wood can also trigger the Saw Stop’s safety feature.  And because of the sheer amount of energy that has to be absorbed to bring a 10” saw blade spinning at 4000 RPM to a dead stop in milliseconds, we cannot trust the structural integrity of a blade that had been through a Saw Stop activation, even if you can pry the aluminum crumple zone off the saw blade itself.

As a user in our wood shop, we need you to read and acknowledge the following statemen

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The safety system in a Saw Stop is meant as a last resort protection and is not a substitute for good table saw safety practice.  Please use the same safety precautions you would with any table saw - use push sticks, use a riving knife, don’t stand between the blade and the fence, try to apply cutting pressure directly behind the saw cut, etc. *
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Saw Stop activations are costly, and you are responsible for the cost of a Saw Stop activation.  The cost is $110 for a regular saw blade brake, $135 for the dado stack saw stop brake, plus the cost to replace the blade involved in the accident, which can be another $150.00 or so, depending on the blade. *
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If you are unsure about the material you are cutting, place the saw into bypass mode by turning the key that is in the on/off switch block clockwise 90 degrees WHILE turning on the saw.  This must be done with each and every turning on of the saw.  The Red LED will blink once and the green LED will remain on and steady while you are holding the key switch.  Once the green LED is on and steady you may release the key switch and use the saw in bypass mode.  While in bypass mode, the green LED will blink slowly, and the Saw Stop will happily take fingers off.  To check if the material you are cutting would have tripped the Saw Stop - start cutting.  The red LED will flash if the system detects conductive material. *
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Materials that are marginally conductive, such as carbon fiber, mirrored acrylic, wet wood, or pressure treated lumber, may trigger the Saw Stop and need to be processed with the saw in bypass mode. *
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Anything metal or conductive (like a square or clamp) that is touching a human will trigger the brake if it is touched by the spinning blade. *
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You must use the proper saw stop brake cartridge.  Please use the dado brake when using a dado brake stack and a regular brake when using a regular 10” table saw blade.  Failure to do so may result in serious injury, up to and including finger amputation and mutation. If you think a table saw amputation is bad, a dado stack injury is way worse as it turns whatever contacts the blade into a mist of flesh and bone.  *
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Exercise the same level of caution as you would during the saw's spin-up and spin-down cycles.  The brake is active and can activate during spin-up and spin-down of the blade. *
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If in doubt, process the material in bypass mode.  If you are not comfortable with using the table saw in bypass mode, please ask for help. *
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