[TheForge] Oh, Jeeze...California Considers Table Saw Law

[Bruce .]

Well, gee, Phlip, you never know when a table saw might jump out of a
closet and try to getcha!  In all probability, this was a
lobbying-inspired bill promoted by someone with a large financial
interest in "active injury mitigation technology."

Anyway, there's a BIG out:
"Notwithstanding the prior sentence, active injury mitigation
technology may be temporarily deactivated by a person so that a saw
can cut material which would otherwise be detected as a person."
So, just install a sensor that detects when ANYTHING gets within a
foot of it and shuts down the saw.  Then add a switch that overrides
the sensor for, say, a day or two!

Another out:  It only applies to saws with blade diameter 12" or less.

Curiously, this bill doesn't address portable rotary saws -- which are
a damned sight more dangerous than table saws.


On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:
> I guess lawmakers in CA have decided we're not smart enough to use
> power tools...
>
> http://www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking-blogs/editors-blog/california-considers-table-saw-law?et_mid=544659&rid=233322904
>
> --
> Saint Phlip

-- 
Bruce
NJ