Mon 4 Jun 2007
A Safety Device Worth Paying Extra For
Posted by chris_engel under Products-Gadgets-Tools
While I’m not much of a woodworker, and I don’t even own a table saw, I did a double-take when I watched this video. Most new inventions are cruddy takes on a useless concept, but this one is pretty impressive in my opinion. Both Taryn’s father and grandmother have lost either fingers or parts of fingers in woodworking accidents, and something like this would have been a godsend in those situations. The video explains how it works, but the basic concept is “when it senses a finger, it stops”. Watch the video and see how impressive it really is.

June 4th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Actually Dad lost his finger tip when he was a kid and his brothers dared him to stick his fingers in the cogs of a cement mixer!