On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:06:55 -0400, Joe Bemier
wrote:

On 2 Sep 2006 05:30:13 -0700, "arw01"
wrote:

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In the immediate budget should be a sawstop, period. Our poorest local
school district is buying two for their highschool program.

It would be hard to fathom that a grant cannot be found for schools to
purchase them.

Alan


Frankly, I would not want young kids learning on SS. I believe it
would result in a complacency that follows them to an accident later
on.

Instead, I would teach safety and procedure for use of the machine.
When operated properly a TS is *not* a dangerous piece of equipment.


While what you say has merit, one could accomplish the same thing by
requiring that anyone causing the saw stop to fire is required to pay for
the new cartridges. At least, when I was growing up, that would have been
sufficient reason for caution.



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