.5 ft-# at 153 ft/s is more than enough to rip a hole in your brain. I dont want that happening in my shop. I'll look at the welds too, thanks for the tip Rehd!

: Rehd,

: A little off topic but I thought this was interesting. The idea of a tooth
: flying off a blade is pretty scary. I decided to crunch some numbers.
: (everyone feel free to call me a geek, don't worry I took my paxil this
: morning. (See post from Sigmond Freud)) The results supprised me. For a
: 10" saw at 3500 rpm, assuming a single carbide tooth weighs 10-15gr
: (don't know, just a guess), it only has about .5-.75ft/lbs of energy and
: is moving at 153ft/sec. Maybe I did something wrong but this is pretty
: small. It supprised me. Somebody out there check the numbers 'cause like I
: said, I was supprised.