On Aug 8, 3:43*pm, RonB wrote:

Watch what happens if the SawStop technology is forced on high school
and smaller tech schools. *Our high school just dropped the
woodworking program because the lawyer told them to add SawStop
technology or close the program. *They had finally upgraded to a
couple of new Powermatics after nearly 30 years with now worn out
Unisaws. *Couldn't afford to upgrade again so they sold the shop off.

SawStop is a game changer, no doubt about that. Losing high school
shop programs is totally unacceptable. My HS sucked - we didn't have
any shop programs at all. I used to drool over the things my older
brother would bring back from shop class at his high school. I wonder
sometimes how different my life would be if there had been a wood
shop. Maybe nothing would have changed, I don't know. Maybe I would
just have had better training and several more years of experience.

R