On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:57:42 -0700 (PDT), the infamous
scrawled the following:

On Mar 21, 12:52*pm, dustyone wrote:
All,

Isn't it possible that if allowed to stand, this judgement would drive
other saw manufacturers to adopt this technology? *Cost would likely
be more, at first, but with wider use, the cost would necessarily get
lower over time. *Wouldn't this be an improvement in safety for us
all?

Curt Blood



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From: (Edward A. Falk)
Date: Mar 18, 4:39*pm
Subject: Big payout in table saw suit!
To: rec.woodworking

All,

Isn't it possible that if allowed to stand, this judgement would drive
other saw manufacturers to adopt this technology? *Cost would likely
be more, at first, but with wider use, the cost would necessarily get
lower over time. *Wouldn't this be an improvement in safety for us
all?

Curt Blood

While I'm sure all the folks at SawStop are popping the Champagne
corks
as we speak, I really, really, really hope this gets overturned on
appeal.

I have a 10" table saw. *I know full well what it could do to me if I
**** up. *I willingly take that risk every time I use it. *If I lose
any body parts to it, assuming that something didn't go wrong due to
defective design, then I would have nobody to blame but myself.

This decision, if it's allowed to stand, hurts all of us.

Provided that sawStop is willing to license the patent. They may not
be!

The inventor, a Speaking Weasel (lawyer) had offered the licensing to
other saw companies for a set fee per unit plus EIGHT PERCENT OF THE
SAW'S PRICE. That raises a cabinet saw's price by OVER THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS. With the amount of money it would instantly give to him I
can't see why he'd withdraw the offer.

If the idiot had said "A couple grand for the license and a buck or
two per unit." the devices would likely already be on every single new
saw coming out of all factories. But the #%^&%^&*! wanted more, a lot
more.

--
If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we
shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.
-- Samuel Butler