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Leon[_7_]

On 12/5/2012 7:24 AM, wrote:
On Dec 5, 12:38 am, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote:
On 12/4/2012 4:56 PM, Red Green wrote:

dpb wrote :

On 12/4/2012 12:33 PM, dpb wrote:
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It's a clever technology and worthwhile--my complaint w/ Gass is his
attempt to now force it on the market to make a bundle by
legislative/mandatory means rather than by winning the competitive
battle in the marketplace.

I was going to add that it will be _most_ interesting when the first
failure to actuate when needed occurs and the ensuing lawsuit forces
him/SawStop to rely on the same arguments to try to defend his bottom
line as they used against the present manufacturers of inherently
unsafe...

It _will_ happen eventually; no technology is completely failure-proof
either from a simple failure of the mechanics to fire when demanded or
the electrical sensor system fails or whatever.

Or, the doofus operator like the one that got Hitachi(?) who has no
knowledge of the operation and doesn't know the override is on and then
sues because the saw should've known that and not let him...

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Hmmm...An old Abbott & Costello episode where Costello was selling vacuum
cleaners comes to mind. Anybody with me yet? Woman had no electricity. He
had to eat the dirt he dumped on the floor.

Let's see, power goes out, lights go out, hand reduces down/forward
pressure, wood kicks, fingers hit hot dog blade that's spinnning full
bore, ooops! no electricity to sense, fingers splat on back wall. Wonder
if hot dog man has that one covered?

If the saw was running, it will stop if there is a loss of power. Yes
the stop will work if the saw is turned off.

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You know this for a fact? It's in the product description?

10+ years ago before the SawStop was in production I questioned Gass
about this. My TS accident happened after I finished a cut and had
turned the saw off. The blade was coasting down to a stop when I was
cut. I wanted to know back then it those bases were covered also.