"dpb" wrote in message ...
On 12/4/2012 12:45 PM, Existential Angst wrote:
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Well, let them demo this sawstop ditty while *whipping* a hot dog into
the
blade, see how the hot dog fares. Any such vids?? Not from the mfr,
I'll
bet.

If I'm wrong, I bet wrong then. We'll see.

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And, once again the "ante of complexity" just skyrockets ...
2012 cars are 50% heavier than cars in 1975 (a 2000# beetle then now
weighs
3000#),...

Actually, I have seen a demo of Gass w/ a hotdot on a stick and swinging
it pretty quickly. It didn't get more than a nick that at most a stitch
or two would take care of.

As for the VW, sure--it was nothing but a tin can on wheels then...otoh, a
1975 Buick weighed probably 25% more than the largest one you could manage
to equip today and that's pretty much true on the overall US fleet
average. Has had to happen because of the EPA fleet-average mileage
rules...

The cost differential on the SawStop is owing imo to brand identification
and uniqueness in the field as well as to the actual production cost
differential between that saw and the same one w/o the actuator
mechanism--that really is a meaningless comparison as there isn't any such
thing as the Sawstop cartridge mechanism must be designed into the saw
from the git-go--it can't be retrofitted into a conventionally
designed/built saw.

Actually, that was my initial understanding, until I read the thing about SS
adding only $100-200 to a saw, giving the impression it could be retrofitted
somehow.

So there really IS economic sodomy here....
Trader4 ought to be ecstatic.....
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EA



Just as PM and Delta get a premium over Jet for only moderately better
performing saws--they get it because of the reputation they've built over
the years (whether it still deserves the same respect is immaterial as
long as they can command the differential it's a real effect).

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