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by MaxikCZ 559 days ago
My guess the stopping will happen in comparable time it takes to start it. So, no?
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Much faster if you send the peak current, though.
The start-up current of large table saws are truly massive. As in multiples of it's nominal "peak" operating current.

So to bring the blade to a complete standstill, in significantly less time than start-up, is probably not feasible, unless you have a massive bank of capacitors with stored energy so that you can dump all that current in the motor without burning your building's wiring. But that will probably vaporize the motor.