I have the SawStop and have done both the normal hotdog test and another where I swung a sausage down onto the blade with far more speed and force and the system worked just as well which really did surprise me. I have dug the blades out of three system fires now and while one “looked” OK, I would never use a blade that went through that. When you have it happen right in front of you it is easier to understand the huge forces happening in such a short time. It is just not worth it to save a blade. If the SawStop fired to save your fingers you are way ahead in money buying a new blade over what the ER would have cost. I would write the new blade off as another cost of me doing something dumb to fire the system in the first place.
-- Tom Hintz, www.newwoodworker.com
