Just Wondering wrote:
On 1/23/2012 5:48 AM, Mike Marlow wrote:
HeyBub wrote:
Mike Marlow wrote:
...not that they aren't trying, mind you.
Really - and just how would they even attempt to accomplish such a
feat? Gast is an ass but he is not stupid.
Have you been living in a cave? The SawStop folks have persuaded the
Consumer Product Safety Commission to propose a federal regulation
mandating SawStop (or equivalent) on table saws.
It's right there in the Federal Register. You really should keep up.
I have - have you? There is nothing in that proposal that forces
you or I to go out and buy a SawStop and melt down our existing
table saws.
The problem is, if the regulation was put into effect, every TS
manufacturer would have to buy technology from the SawStop company. A
TS that retails for $600 today would cost $1200 tomorrow. Sure, you
could disable the SS, but if you wanted to buy a TS at all, you'd have
to pay twice as much for the saw as as you would in a free market.
There is nothing new in that understanding - if... the proposal goes through
as currently written. There's a lot of room for speculation there. That
said - what you post above, though fair in the realm of speculation, does
nothing to support the claim that everyone will be forced to buy a SawStop.
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-Mike-