On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:16:05 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:

On 10/8/2011 12:35 PM, whit3rd wrote:
On Sunday, October 2, 2011 4:56:00 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Sun, 2 Oct 2011 16:39:24 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Will the CPSC mandate a monopoly for SawStop?

I don't think they will. SawStop hasn't bought enough congresscritters.

The report makes VERY interesting reading, and sent me straight
to my tablesaw to see what I could do about the missing
bits (I got the saw used, without the guards). They're seeing
thousands per year of amputations.

If Sawstop were to be licensed at 'reasonable and non-discriminatory'
terms (like, $10 per saw and $5 per replacement cartridge) the
commission MIGHT institute requirements that only the
Sawstop mechanism can meet, but that's the most extreme
outcome I'd believe. Congress doesn't have much to say at
this point, of course; CPSC is INDEPENDENT of Congress.


Do you really believe that even in mass production that the prices you
suggested would be of a dependable quality?

He's talking about the LICENSE fee, not the mechanism price.

From what I understand, Sawstop, the people that have first hand
knowledge of what the additional cos would b,e have stated that the
additional manufacturer cost for a bench top saw would be $55.00.

No one is talking about the cost of the hardware.

If you have to think about spending that much more for a saw, even if it
is $100, consider the saving you have when it actually functions and
prevents you from being badly injured.

It's *NOT* $100. There are all sorts of dangerous things in this world. Can't
protect everyone from all of them. It's a cost/benefit trade-off.