Back when the CPSC was considering SawStop’s technology, the Power Tool Institute (PTI) argued that, at the retail level, implementing an advanced system like a near-instantaneous blade brake would result in an additional $300 to the retail price of a table saw. You can get the near-identical DWE7491RS saw and rolling stand (save for the Blade Guard technology) for $649 at The Home Depot and. Third, it never destroys the blade by smashing it to a grinding halt underneath the table. Secondly, it doesn’t add weight to the tool by introducing a complex emergency blade braking system. For one, it provides a method by which there is no excuse for an operator to say they weren’t aware the blade guard needed to be attached. DeWalt Guard Detect vs SawStopĭeWalt’s Guard Detect feature may not be as sexy as a SawStop blade retraction system, but it accomplishes several things. Each time you want to make a cut without the guard you must manually activate the safety mechanism bypass switch. The light continues to blink until the guard is placed back into position. At that point you must turn the bypass knob and you get a single cut out of the saw. When the saw detects that the guard isn’t inserted, the orange safety indicator lights up. The blade guard on the DeWalt DWE7499GD table saw has a longer leg on one side (whereas the legs on the riving knife are even). This also has the added benefit of letting you keep the fence in place when making these types of narrow rip cuts-better safety. Lift it up, however, and you can now slide it over the top of the table saw and give yourself an additional 2” of clearance for using a push stick.
In the lower position it serves as a material support for ripping material up to 32-1/2” in width. There is a thin bar that can be flipped over in front of the fence. There’s also one more feature we liked about this rip fence, and that was the ability to use it for both narrow ripping and as an extended workpiece support. The fence can be installed in two positions-one for ripping material under ~8-inches in width and one for wider rip cuts. The rip capacity of the saw is due to an advanced rip fence that is operated by an effective and well-designed gearing system to give it added strength as well as additional capacity. The DeWalt DWE7499GD has a 32-1/2″ rip capacity and includes a robust folding rolling stand. Now, finally, new table saws are beginning to appear on the market and, like the DeWalt DWE7499GD, these saws are arriving with new safety features. Finally, in June of this year (2014), a judge dismissed a related lawsuit against the power tool industry and things returned to normal.
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