Vintage Radial Arm Saw w/ Motor Brake
This 1950’s radial arm saw at Saroyan Lumber used to coast for over 3 minutes. A quick install of our Power Tool Brake and now it stops in less than two seconds. With braking, e-stop, and power outage protection – this saw is now safer than anything you could buy brand new.
14″ Laguna Band Saw w/ Motor Brake
The San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association recognized from the beginning that a saw that coasts for over a minute is bad news. They used to require a physical guard to be placed over the blade while it coasted but now the blade stops in just a few seconds, thanks to our Power Tool Brake!
15″ JET Band Saw w/ Motor Brake
This 15″ band saw stops in less than a second and also illustrates how electrical door interlocks can be easily integrated to work with the MAKESafe System. This is an old image and shows our old two-button control panel. Our three-button control panel is now standard on all devices (see other images).
Lathe Tool Grinder
The San Diego Fine Woodworkers Association sharpens a lot of lathe tools. Their grinder would run for over 2 minutes after being turned off so they reached out to us. After a quick install, this grinder now stops in less than 2 seconds. And since this grinder sometimes get unplugged, the power outage protection we provide helps keep everyone safe and happy.
Dual Grinders w/ Brakes
Rockefeller University runs a high-end machine shop for fabricating scientific instrumentation. They invested in MAKESafe Power Tool Brakes on nearly all their equipment, resulting in a much safer shop! Note: All new MAKESafe products come with our three-button control panel (not the two-button shown here).
12″ Disc Sander
Rockefeller University runs a high-end machine shop for fabricating scientific instrumentation. They invested in MAKESafe Power Tool Brakes on nearly all their equipment, resulting in a much safer shop! Note: All new MAKESafe products come with our three-button control panel (not the two-button shown here).
Benchtop Lathe w/ Motor Brake and Interlocks
Rockefeller University runs a high-end machine shop for fabricating scientific instrumentation. They invested in MAKESafe Power Tool Brakes on nearly all their equipment, resulting in a much safer shop! Note: All new MAKESafe products come with our three-button control panel (not the two-button shown here).
Educational Support at Cal Poly SLO
The electrical engineering department at Cal Poly SLO uses our brakes to teach students about induction motors, motor control, and DC-Injection. MAKESafe works with many university programs including Cal Poly SLO, University of San Diego, Georgia Tech, and Rockefeller University.
Motor Brake & Two-Hand Control for Sweets Band Saw
This foam-cutting band saw needed it’s blade guard to be very high so the customer integrated a two-hand control unit and motor brake. We we designed and fabricated both for easy mounting onto their machine. This machine now stops in just a few seconds.
24″ Disc Sander Brake
This customer installed our three-phase unit on their 2.0HP 24″ Disc Sander. It now comes to a complete stop in just a few seconds (instead of 3 minutes!).
Note: In order to prevent inadvertent button presses, we generally advise that control panels not be mounted in an up-facing position.
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