ten seconds of stupidity

[tlempicke]

When I bought my Saw Stop I did not get an extra cartridge because I am pretty careful around the shop and I did not think I would ever need one.
This morning, in a hurry, I grabbed the miter fence and moved it to the left side of the blade. Yeah I know to slide the bar so it does not hit the blade but like I said, in a hurry.
This could have been a pretty bad accident but it was just noisy when the saw stop did what it should.
Look at what a small nick the saw put in the fence!

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[dmidkiff]

No picture, but it sounds like you are okay and that is the reason we buy saw stop.

[guitarwes]

Were you sliding the fence over the blade while it was spinning?

[Robert_Purvis]

Good to have extra blade and cartridge no matter what... Could be something unseen in the wood. Slightly too high moisture. Or any number of things that set it off. I work in several shared shops and I have seen about 7 fire for reasons we are not 100% sure. Never one where we believe someone hit the blade though.

[paul_z]

The lumberyard where I used to live got a saw stop for free. Their insurance and the state workman's comp each paid half. It was a bargain all the way around.

Paul Z

[BowenJ]

Yeah I used Sawstops a bunch back when I was working at Fetzer Archtiectural Woodwork- can’t recommend them enough. I never triggered the sawstop myself, but you should definitely have a back up blade and cartridge. Any metal that touches the blade (such as a nail or screw buried in the board) can set off the safety trigger, so even if you’re being perfectly safe it can still go off if you miss a single nail.