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On Jan 21, 1:01 pm, Larry Jaques
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But even if I had the money for a new Sawstop, I don't think I'd buy
one because of the principle. I don't want to knowingly feed greed and
arrogance, wherever they exist, if I can possibly help it.

In my 35+ years in construction, I have known many like you.

It gives me great pleasure to see them all manner of injuries large
and small that could have been easily prevented if they had used
available safety equipment.

Their injuries, especially the serious ones, are a visible testimony
to their commitment to their pride and sense of righteousness.

Go get 'em Larry!

I have, for the last 25 years, been working with machinery, 40 to 70 hours
a week, that could rip my arm off or worse. The damage they could do would
make a tablesaw injury seem like a paper cut. I have never so much as lost
any skin. Your construction anecdote is not even relevent as far as I'm
concerned. Different situation entirely. On the average construction site
you have a large number of, if not the majority of, guys that have IQs
just a bit higher than a 2x4. All in a hurry and most never having been
trained in safe working proceders.

Those early Apollo crew members that were burned up in their capsule during
testing,,,I think they were pretty well educated and trained.