Ever trigger your Sawstop safety cartridge? How?

[Brent Romero]

Still deliberating...

[jim mills]

There are several threads on this topic. Just search

[Jerome Stanek]

the company I used to work for has 2 sawstops and one or the other will trigger about once a month for no reason other than the cheap plywood they use. most of the time the persons hands are 4 to 8 feet away from the blade and not even touching the saw itself.

[Cody Colston]

I think a better question would be, "has anyone ever had their Sawstop not trigger when it should have done so.?"

[Daniel Smith]

Incra's aluminum mitre gauges seem to be a popular culprit.

[Wade Lippman]

Incra's aluminum mitre gauges seem to be a popular culprit.

I nailed one before my SS. Now I am really really careful about it. That can't be a bad thing.

[Mike Henderson]

Yep, I got one by being too fast to measure for the next cut. Touched the barely spinning blade with the rule. More careful now.

I'll pay that price any day to save my fingers. Cody's comment is spot on - "Does the SawStop protect your fingers?" I've not heard of a case where it didn't.

My fingers are extremely valuable to me. I'm very attached to them and want them to stay that way.

Mike

[Prashun Patel]

Incra's aluminum mitre gauges seem to be a popular culprit.

I did this twice. But twice in 4 years. I don't experience the saw to misfire. It HAS spun down (not tripped) when cutting green wood as if to warn me: I'm going to trip if you keep doing this.

[Michael Peet]

I did, firmware problem in the brake cartridge. This was several years ago, the new ones don't have this issue. SS replaced the brake and since it tripped on startup the blade was pretty much okay as I recall.

Thread about it here:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...ake-Activation

Mike

[Michael Sapper]

I had my first firing a few weeks ago while cutting a piece of veneered 1/4" plywood. It was old piece that I purchased as part of a large Craigslist ad. I didn't notice that the veneer was foil backed before making my cut. There was nothing obvious in looking at the wood that it contained foil. The SS triggered about 1 inch into the cut and then I could see the shinny foil. I had my fingers pressing on the back edge of the board so I guess the foil completed the circuit. Lesson learned! SS did replace the cartridge for free! Love the saw!

[David Malicky]

Twice. Once due to nicking an aluminum T-track in a cross-cut sled. Second: we have a 5" flex duct above the blade, in a pull-down arrangement. This flex-duct had a metal wire loop, and fell on the blade. Now our flex-duct has a plastic loop.

[glenn bradley]

Twice. Once cutting a piece that had a piece of metal tape measure attached that I somehow missed (not paying attention obviously). Once cutting some plastic that was static dissipating (read conductive). There is a simple bypass procedure that allows you to make a test run at anything that you think might be a problem. I now do this faithfully . . . hmm, I wonder why ;-)

In a nutshell, the system fires as it should. If you feed the saw a trigger it will fire. Of the gazillion cuts I have made on the saw, I fired twice and was at fault both times. I use an incra miter gauge (steel and aluminum galore) and various sleds and fixtures with metal track in them or metal holddowns. I have never had an issue with any of these although the first time I use a new jig or fixture I use bypass mode to check and see if a triggering would have occurred. For the two firings I must've forgotten to read the sign I have up in the shop . . . "This Machine Has No Brain. Use Yours!"

[Ben Rivel]

I must've forgotten to read the sign I have up in the shop . . . "This Machine Has No Brain. Use Yours!"

Ha thats a good one!

[Rob Lee CT]

Last week I learned you can blow a really quick $150 by trying to rip foil-faced insulation board without turning off the sensor. I'd been ripping 2'x8' blue foamboard and the lumberyard ran out, so they substituted foil-sheathed Thermax boards. Oops. There wasn't even a crease in the foil or the foam, btw - just a couple of busted teeth on my WWII blade. Maybe Forrest can fix it, but a good lesson learned. First time I've triggered the brake in 3+ years.

[Jerome Stanek]

how many have a spare trigger on hand in case you have one go off.