On Jul 18, 11:36*pm, "Upscale" wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote in message
There is a better chance LV Organic Cereal will hit the market before
any head-ache-riddled powertool of theirs will.

I wouldn't say that. If a particularly new and different method came up for
some power tool ~ like the Domino (which I feel is a cross between a biscuit
joiner and a plunge router) then who knows, they might give it a shot. If
not, the chances are good they would at least retain the rights to it and
farm the manufacturing and/or marketing out to someone else.

Hell, look at all the trial and tribulations of the Saw Stop. A single
person invented it, had a great deal of trouble marketing it, all the while
fighting off other power saw companies in the process and look where it is
today. You can't tell me the Saw Stop is not a direct threat to every other
table saw manufacturer. They've all got truckloads of cash and yet Saw Stop
is a serious, serious threat to everybody else.

Sawstop has something nobody else has AND a great saw.
Nobody else has a wiener-activated safety feature. They're working
with Bratwurst in secret, I understand salami is being tried out at
Area 41 Skunkworks along with actual, live skunks.
The Lee family is rumoured to be working on ChiselStop.

Kidding aside, SawStop became a success because first and foremost
they had a new safety concept and proved to all the nay-sayers that
it was reliably functional. Those guys understand electronics and
engineering. Rob Lee understands craftsmen/people and has a nose for
what those want/need. And let's face it, those NeaNderthals don't need
no stinkin' Sawstop OR sawblade guards.

Oh, and NO powertool manufacturer has truckloads of cash. Hell,
they're beating the crap out of each other. Let them, and we benefit.
But to get into the fray? That would be asking for trouble.