<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_extra">Working around my house in Bartlett NH.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Friend of mine showed up and asked if I needed to use a table saw.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I said no, pretty much got it covered with the Skil saw (yes, that brand of hand-held).</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">He said "Well, let me just show you how easy it is to set this thing up".</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">He opened up the back of his car and pulled out...</div><div class="gmail_extra">a SawStop portable contractor's saw!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">SawStop feature and relevant intellectual property management debate aside, </div><div class="gmail_extra">I was amazed at how well-thought-out and well-built this thing is.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Day or two later, I had pile of removed, unwanted 1/4 plywood paneling.</div><div class="gmail_extra">John suggested we cut them up for easy disposal.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">About half a minute to pull the saw out of his car, set it up,  and begin cutting.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Ripped a couple of sheets, started on third, THUNK! [silence]</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">We looked at each other... "That fired, didn't it !"</div><div class="gmail_extra">Yup.</div><div class="gmail_extra">"Guess I owe you a brake".</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Material was probably a little damp, AND had a little patch of</div><div class="gmail_extra">aluminum foil vapor barrier stuck to it...</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I should have known better... </div><div class="gmail_extra">but it wasn't my idea to cut it, and not my saw.  </div><div class="gmail_extra">We BOTH know better, and will remember better, now.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Very impressed with both the quality of the machine</div><div class="gmail_extra">and the effectiveness of the SawStop function.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Photos at:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xqpauid2ws07b2m/AADRq03zmtjgSpZHbOuSWD8Na?dl=0">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xqpauid2ws07b2m/AADRq03zmtjgSpZHbOuSWD8Na?dl=0</a></div><div class="gmail_extra">P9120058   Kerf </div><div class="gmail_extra">P9120060   Brake</div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">...Dan Sheehan<br>Fixer of things that break<br><br></div>
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