eli5 How woodcutting tablesaws can cut through wood with no issue, but when other material, like your finger, gets in the way of the saw, it shuts down immediately

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eli5 How woodcutting tablesaws can cut through wood with no issue, but when other material, like your finger, gets in the way of the saw, it shuts down immediately

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Most saws will cut through your finger no problem. Those fitted with Sawstop detect the capacitance of your finger; basically you are much soggier than wood and the system can detect that.