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Default Asked a commercial cabinet shop about their SawStop(s)


"arw01" wrote in message
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Been in production use for 2 years in the small building I was at. I
was told the main factory had another 12 of them. Last summer they
sold all the Powermatics and Unisaws (10) at an auction.


I have heard of this happening several times from posters in the group.
LeeValley has gone this route and I would not be suprised if WoodCraft
follows that trend now that they actually sell the SawStop.




They loved the saw, and it had made two saves for them in the last 2
years, both ended up with a tiny scar after a band-aid was applied.
The workman's compensation claims would have been HUGE.


I have only heard of 1 complaint/problem with the SawStop having a false
positive. SawStop corrected the problem and IIRC the person having the
problem was reported to have later had a positive trigger that saved him
from injury. Do a DAGS to locate the post in this group.
Other than that I have only heard and read praise about the machine from
ACTUAL users.