FLOYDLTI

Last October I had a serious table saw accident. I am 79 yrs old and have had a basement workshop all my adult life. The saw I was using was purchased in 1981. I follow all the safety rules except one. My saw came equipped with a steel sawblade guard. Had I been using it, I probably woul have cut my hand off. As it was I cut tendons, nerves, muscle and through a bone in my little finger. Surgery included repairing the above and inserting two metal pins inthe back of the finger toward the palm, since it was a diagonal cut from the base of my index finger, through the palm and the outside of my hand. My hand surgeon said he sees this type of accident often. I am still undergoing OT and will be for some time. I have since ordered and received an after-market-fence but haven't installed it yet. I was doing a simple trimming operation on a 1- 1/2'x 8" x 12" basswood. I since have heard and seen a lot about the Saw Stop Machine which seems to solve a lot of problems, however I discovered that you can not use a dado blade set up with it. I checked with the Mfg.of my saw (Grizzly) and was told ther was no after market bladeguard (plastic-seethru) for my machine.