Mac Cool wrote:

"J. Clarke" said:

Please identify one individual who didn't get their hand cut off
because the Sawstop worked.

Put not your faith in vaporware.

I heard Kelly Mehler talk about Sawstop and it isn't vaporware. It's real
and apparently it works quite well. The device has been undergoing
refinement for several years. I would pay an additional $150 to gain
almost fullproof protection against losing a finger.

I remember a computer from Zeos that had PCI and Microchannel slots. It was
real and _apparently_ worked quite well. It underwent refinement for
several years. They never shipped a single solitary one of them.
Vaporware.

There once was a little gadget that fit in a 35mm camera replacing the film
canister--it has thin extension with a CCD on it that turns the 35mm camera
into a digital camera. It was real and _apparently_ worked quite well. It
underwent refinement for several years. Then never shipped a single
solitary one of them. Vaporware.

Larry Bond and company have a solid track record in the naval simulation
game business, with Harpoon and Harpoon II shipping and available. In 1997
they started work on Harpoon IV. It was real and _apparently_ worked quite
well. On November 27, 2003 the project was cancelled with no product
delivered. Vaporware.

Are you beginning to see a pattern?

The fact that a prototype has been demonstrated does not mean that the
product will ever become available commercially.

As for paying $150 to gain almost foolproof protection against losing a
finger, would you toss your Unisaw to buy one of theirs?

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--John
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