MaterialsForBoatbuilding

[alan white]

Have you heard of the new table saw that (believe it or not) senses a ground fault (I guess) through the blade (if you are foolish enough to accidentally touch the blade) and stops instantly by using a powerful blade brake before the blade has hardly scratched you?
Funny nobody's come up with a simple anti-kick device for a skilsaw. I am aware from the many times my saw has kicked exactly how powerful the kick can be, and I know to hold the saw stiffly enough.
I always do long curves with the skilsaw. Much smoother and superfast, as you say.

Alan

[Ike]

Terry, You sure are a busy guy. Nice looking wiki page. Lots of good info. Actally I just bought some plywood to build a 12 foot stitch and glue boat. I haven't built a boat myself since I was a teen so it should be fun.

[the1much]

Originally Posted by alan white

Have you heard of the new table saw that (believe it or not) senses a ground fault (I guess) through the blade (if you are foolish enough to accidentally touch the blade) and stops instantly by using a powerful blade brake before the blade has hardly scratched you?
Funny nobody's come up with a simple anti-kick device for a skilsaw. I am aware from the many times my saw has kicked exactly how powerful the kick can be, and I know to hold the saw stiffly enough.
I always do long curves with the skilsaw. Much smoother and superfast, as you say.

Alan

i saw that tablesaw on "this old house" i think,,,,but they were showing it work,,,was using a carrot tho,,(scardycats),,but anyways,,,,the VERY second it was touched it stopped,,,so fast it didnt even scratch the carrot,,,in fact so fast you really couldnt tell it stopped till you see the carrot was still there.

[ancient kayaker]

[quote=alan white;188958]Have you heard of the new table saw that (believe it or not) senses a ground fault (I guess) through the blade (if you are foolish enough to accidentally touch the blade) and stops instantly by using a powerful blade brake before the blade has hardly scratched you?
Funny nobody's come up with a simple anti-kick device for a skilsaw.

I've heard about it, there's an article about it in one of the magazines for woodpeckers, I understand if you activate the device you have to replace the brake and the blade. Expensive, but cheaper than surgery.

By Skilsaw do you mean a hand-held circular saw? To stop the blade instantaneously the saw would probably have to self-destruct. The only time I have a hand-held saw kick-back is when I am doing something bad. Come to think of it, I get no kick-backs since I bought a thin-kerf finish blade, not sure if it's the blade or just the fact I'm aware how much it cost to replace.

[alan white]

Chainsaws have anti-kickback bars. Yes, I meant a circular saw.
I think a device similar to a shear pin (but self-resetting) would work with circular saws. Just noodling.
Yeah, isn't that finger-saver saw amazing? expensive, but school shops are buying them.

Alan

[the1much]

should be a law schools should have them,,,,,and most red-necks heh,,,and ya chainsaw anti-kick bars work great,,,,ive seen em work a few hundred times heh

[marshmat]

Back to the Wiki.....
The MaterialsForBoatbuilding article is getting too long, to the point where it may cause trouble with slower connections. I'd like to restructure this article as an overview page and break the components out into individual articles. Any thoughts?

[Herman]

You could easily cut it up in the different materials.

I have a small problem with the WIKI: For some reason the lines do not break at the end of the screen, making me scroll from left to right. Anyone having the same problem?

And yet another remark: Balsa is said to be an expensive core option. I have no idea of pricing in the USA, but here (NL) it is the cheapest option for the thickness and stiffness needed.