I just received an e mail from Fine Woodworking containing this article. I though you might want to read this.

Table Saw Safety Article

 

I think if I were going to buy a new table saw,  I would buy it sooner than later.

 

Can you imagine the increased cost. This will probably also decrease the selection(manufacturers) because it will not be a profitable for many of the manufacturers to produce their saws and have to also pay royalties to the SawStop developer.

 

Just my 2 ¢

 

Lew

Just so everyone understands. Sawstop is not doing this. The feds are behind this. They are the ones who came up with the"100$" cost. There are 2 sides to everything. Just my side from what I know. I do not own a sawstop or have anything to do with them. bob

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Bob Kloes
www.bobkloes.com

I posted this on another forum. It pretty much sums up how I feel about the issue. 

Gass' agents/lobbyists solicited the the Consumer Protection Agency to interview a couple of guys who were injured on a table saw, Gass himself was in attendance at that meeting.

 

Being products of the 40’s and 50’s, us old folks’ perceptions may have been shaped a bit differently than those of our younger cohorts. We were taught that logic, reason and a modicum of intellectual acuity would greatly assist in procuring life’s bounties as free and independent actors. Those of our younger folks who have benefited from exploring and testing their parent’s’ and grandparent’s like philosophies are truly blessed. And, I am heartened by their ascending numbers.

It’s not surprising then, that the degree of vehemence with which certain proposed and/or actual governmental actions are opposed or supported, waxes and wanes in accordance with one’s perceptions of their own ability for self governance, self reliance and independence, or lack thereof.

It is through this prism that I view the attempts by Gass, through governmental action, to impose his invention on everyone concerned with the manufacture, sales and use of table saws. Consequently, I find his actions in this regard reprehensible and abhorrent.

While safety is paramount in the workshop, to quote a famous 20th century philosopher, “Stupid is as stupid does.â€. So stay smart and safe out there!

No offense Gene, this is another subject from the federal government. It has nothing to do with the issue you mention.  bob

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Bob Kloes
www.bobkloes.com

No offense taken, Bob.