Hello All,

I own two SawStop table saws and have been very happy with the quality of the tools so far. However, I was ripping some material yesterday on a jobsite and I didn't see some trim nails that were buried in the material. I would have expected this metal (3 nails @ 18 gauge) to have fired the brake on this saw and cost me a brake and a new blade, but nope. Ran right through the blade on my jobsite saw with no issues, and I wasn't in bypass mode. I use every saw as if there is no safety feature built in, and I'm sure that most of you other SawStop owners do as well. I'll be contacting SawStop after the holidays regarding this issue, but I thought it appropriate to put a post up regarding this issue as well. Even though we pay a premium for safety with these tools, this doesn't mean that the feature is flawless and it's very important to understand that when working with them.

John

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