Skip to content
HHackerTube.videoSurprise me

Saw Stop - This guy puts a finger into an active table saw blade & comes away without a scratch!

Saw Stop - This guy puts a finger into an active table saw blade & comes away without a scratch! on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2015–2018.

Anthony Prezutti Comedy Mentalist

demo · evergreen

Open on YouTube

A short clip showing a person touching an active table saw blade with a finger and walking away unharmed, thanks to SawStop's system that stops the blade within milliseconds of skin contact.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Linked as the canonical demo of a safety technology that stops a blade before it injures a finger.

people recommended it
2
separate months
2
strong recommendations
1
discussed on HN
2015–2018
“The demo also never gets old. Just too badass.”
— nickpsecurity, Dec 2016, in “The Resurgence of C Programming”

What HN commenters said

3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

nickpsecurityDec 2016Strongly recommends

Case in point: ▶ this video Maybe we need to use your sharp tools point with that video. It drives the point home with even experienced people losing fingers to their tools followed by tech modified to prevent it. The demo also never gets old. Just too badass.

in “The Resurgence of C Programming” · View on HN

toothbrushMay 2015Recommends

Wow, that's super neat, i'd never heard of it. Seems like something that should be absolutely mandatory for all factories equipped with such devices! Go technology! Here's a demonstration, it's very fluffy but it gets the point across. ▶ this video

in “The View from the Front Seat of the Google Self-Driving Car” · View on HN

ljfNov 2018Cites it

/some/ power saws can stop instantly - if you try and touch this one with a finger it will stop before it can do damage: ▶ this video

in “Uber says air transportation drones are closer than we think” · View on HN

Topics & tags

Woodworking, metalworking & workshop skillsEngineering & making (other)sawstoptable sawsafety engineeringwoodworkingdemo