I've been kicking this can down the road for years, but I finally got a job that involves cutting so much melamine board there's no way I'm doing it with a circular saw.

I watched multiple safety videos before even opening the package, and now I'm just sitting here staring at it wondering whether I should fire it up and cut off a finger or two. I'm fucking terrified of this thing.

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[–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Holy shit, they killed the Bosch ones... WTF. I've not needed a table saw in a long time, but I remember that Bosch and a bunch of others had addons. WTF happened?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Bosch did not have it for ages (10+ years) by now, only Festo and saw stop (same company) have the classic saw stop.

    Felder and simlar priced manufacturers have something, but that is based on totally different mechanisms and equipment.

    I am not aware of any other companies that have or had a saw stop like mechanism and there certainly never was a upgrade package for other saws (which would have been technically impossible imho).

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  • So, the guy who invented the saw brake went around trying to sell that technology to other manufacturers. None wanted it because they didn't want to sell a safety feature on premium saws as it would make the lower range look unsafe. So he started his own tool company. Bosch built a different system that achieved the same result, and got sued.

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