Comments on: Sawstop vs. Powermatic PM 2000 in the Professional Wood Shop

By: kevin lynch

kevin lynch — Sun, 17 May 2009 01:18:35 +0000

at the tech school i attend we have seven saw stops and one already saved my brother from a injury. to be honest i really dont wanna work on any other saw. its like having a car w/o seat belts. i’ve been told i costs around 30k to reconnect a severed didgit. at that price its a no brainer. even w/o the brake feature is still a very nice saw.

By: Ian Hogg

Ian Hogg — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:28:03 +0000

We just hooked up two saw stop saws in our lab. A cabinet model and a contractor model. We chucked out two Delta saws…one a fully tricked out Unisaw. Saw to saw there is just no comparison, the Saw Stop wins hands down. I have been teaching woodworking for 21 years in 2 countries, 9 different schools. That is a lot of different saws. The safety feature is just an incredible bonus!

By: Hal

Hal — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:38:44 +0000

I am a woodshop teacher, and have used a number of table saws over the years. I now have a sawstop in my lab. The fence works great, the saw makes very nice cuts, the saw has been very reliable, and the safety aspect of it is its greatest feature. The bottom line is safety. Our school system bought us this saw because we brought it to their attention. Our statement was “The technology is available, if we choose to use a less safe machine, and an injury occurs, it was our choice of saw that caused the injury to happen”. Student safety is always a teacher’s concern, but our own personal safety is also something we should not overlook. If I had the choice of spending more money for a Sawstop, or rolling the dice on my fingers, I would definitely spend the money to get the sawstop….even if I had to sacrifice something else to buy it! Once a crippling injury occurs, there is no turning back. Your productivity would drop, as well as your enjoyment of your craft. In my opinion, there is only one choice. Buy what you need to protect yourself now, rather than wait a few years for the price to come down. My two cents. Hal

By: Joseph Arena

Joseph Arena — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:21:50 +0000

We have a Sawstop in our shop and the instant stop feature works. Right after I turned off the machine and the blade was slowing down, I reached in to get a snall strip of wood and my middle finger hit the blade. The blade came to an immediate stop and my injury to my finger tip, although painful and bloody it was not serious enough to go to the hospital and with antibiotic cream and band aids, it healed in a couple of weeks.

The only negative is the cost to replace the sensing module, so you need to have one in stock at all times otherwise the machine is out of commission until the module is replaced.

Joe

By: Piper5036

Piper5036 — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:30:52 +0000

you might see if there is an isurance savings by protecting your employees that might help offset the cost