Jake Anderson wrote:
> The last one I pulled apart was belt driven (it was actually having
> problems with belt slip) so just let the belt slip on purpose, if its
> an issue perhaps a clutch in the string may help.

If the blade is belt driven and the brake also swings the blade down as it
stops it, then this same swinging action can be arranged to loosen the belt.
That would give considerably more time (seconds as appossed to milliseconds)
to stop the motor and belt before either got damaged.


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