Please become familiar with the Pearce Robotics General Safety Guidelines before use.
In addition to the general shop rules please follow these additional rules when using the bandsaw
The StopSaw is for wood only do not use metal as it will break the saw immediately upon contact.
Our Table saw is a StopSaw Jobsite Saw. We use it for cutting large cuts of wood
It has additional safety circuitry in it that will drop and stop the blade if your finger touches the blade(DON'T TEST THIS), in addition to sending skin the circuitry will detect metal as skin and break the blade and saw break ($140 in parts and 2 hours of replacement)
Even with the additional built in safety it is still important to respect this tool as failure of the safety system could cause dismemberment or death.