On 4/14/2012 7:44 PM, Dave wrote:
On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:49:27 -0500, Leonlcb11211@swbelldotnet
The SawStop demo's I have seen involved the hot dog trick but also
included the other features of the saw so in my case I did not see
selling fear as the only or key selling point.

The fear of table saws, or the perception of that fear is what keeps
many people from buying a table saw. That's one reason why the SawStop
will sell and sell well, despite any of this mandate debate.

The friend who I sold my contractors saw to, hates using it. He's
afraid of it. He is fine with something like a circular saw, but the
table saw scares him. I'm pretty sure he bought it from me because he
liked the idea of owning a table saw, but as to using it? That's
something else.

The SawStop will bring out a whole new generation of woodworkers,
people who would normally be sitting by the sidelines, wishing things
were different. I'd bet on it.

I'd bet you would lose. I'd bet most people don't own a table saw
because they can't tie their own shoes and/or are not interested in WW,
or have no place to do WW and hate all the dust anyway. Likely few on
earth don't own a table saw because they're scared.

Most of the scared probably whacked a fing-ee or two because they
weren't scared enough, or are old farts that realize as they age, they
are getting more dangerous to themselves. The old fart market should be
interested most in SS tech.

If you ever used a step ladder, a chainsaw, a body grinder, or even a
hatchet/Ax you probably already used tools as, or more dangerous than a
table saw.

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