I’ve been kicking this can down the road for years, but I finally got a job that involves cutting so much melamine board there’s no way I’m doing it with a circular saw.
I watched multiple safety videos before even opening the package, and now I’m just sitting here staring at it wondering whether I should fire it up and cut off a finger or two. I’m fucking terrified of this thing.
So, the guy who invented the saw brake went around trying to sell that technology to other manufacturers. None wanted it because they didn’t want to sell a safety feature on premium saws as it would make the lower range look unsafe. So he started his own tool company. Bosch built a different system that achieved the same result, and got sued.