On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:32:33 +0000, Andy Dingley
wrote:

That's what I expected, but from the (purely paper) details I've seen so
far it appears to be a good high-end saw at a good price.

However I would never touch one of this company's products. The gimmick
is a partial solution at best (simple guards already avoid most of these
problems and it does nothing to stop kickback). Trying to enforce
regulation to sell their product is underhand at best.

The biggest problem I have with it is that it's really unnecessary. A
woodworker exercising reasonable caution has nothing to fear from the
tablesaw, and anyone who is so terrified of it probably shouldn't be
using it in the first place. There are thousands and thousands of
woodworkers out there who have all of their fingers and toes after
years of woodworking and they didn't need more than the guards and
splitters that came with the tablesaw.

The safety saw is ridiculously expensive for what you get, and
whenever it goes off, for whatever reason, it ruins your expensive saw
blade, plus requires you to buy a new expensive brake insert. These
things don't reset, people, you have to throw it away and start over
fresh. And as you say, it doesn't do a thing against kickback and
other real hazards.