"Robin Lee" wrote in message
We're replacing every table saw we have with Sawstops. (and selling off
the
saws we have!)

Are any of your employees buying those used saws? Just for the purposes of
discussion, it would be interesting to know how many of them would buy those
older saw while at the same time being aware of why they are up for sale.

Any of those saws a General 650-T50 or 350-T50 ? If so I might be interested
in one. And considering the topic at hand, the cost of a Sawstop is out of
my reach, whereas a regular tablesaw is not out of reach. For me, anyway,
it's a matter of having a standard cabinet saw or not having one at all.

The bottom line for us is that it's a high-end, well-made tool.... with
excellent safety features. Yes - it's a tad costly... but we have
literally
hundreds (if not thousands) people using our shop saws each year .... and
it's not a question of "if" an accident happens - it's "when"....and
that's
what makes the decision for us.

Probabilties (and economics) take on a different slant with size.....

That "tad costly" has to be considered minimal when that accident(s) happen.

And of course, you're a business. You have a responsibility to the safety of
your employees. Failure to adhere to that responsibility could cost LV
dearly. I don't believe the average home owner would have the same viewpoint
to safety that you're forced to adopt.