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

[Kim George]

Hummmm,with out a sensor to detect human flesh it would be impossible
to cut anything with the saw. Does anyone have a patten for a new tool
to replace it?

On 3/20/12, Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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-- 
Kim George

"Why for you try to bury me in cold,cold ground?"
     Taz