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Default CPSC Proposes New Safety Rule for Tablesaws

On 05/26/2017 8:00 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 5/26/2017 12:44 AM, dpb wrote:


Just curious if there were a way to do as Robert suggested of
disabling the system to keep going...

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Doubt it. SS is owned/run by a lawyer.


Yeah, we see that emphasized over and over in their filing of over a
hundred patents as well as the aggressive pursuit of Bosch.

Gass has pontificated about how he's all worried about safety but his
actions clearly indicate it's really all about the money.

I also think he has a personal vendetta against the large manufacturers
that wouldn't kowtow to his demands on licensing originally before he
finally did form SS and now he's been out to make their existence
miserable ever since; using the CPSA as a tool/pawn is just a road to
that goal. I wonder how much they've greased palms inside the agency
there to get them to come in line with essentially providing them the
monopoly position he's been working towards by government fiat.

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