On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 22:42:13 -0500, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote:

On 7/10/2017 5:59 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 14:09:48 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 7/9/2017 6:15 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 9 Jul 2017 08:12:29 -0600, Brewster wrote:

On 7/9/17 7:22 AM, Leon wrote:

I would say that Festool was pretty smart with the acquisition of SawStop.
Obviously more costly than just buying a license to offer the technology
but also an investment into remaining relevant.





So Leon, are you ready for your next Domino to have a steel spike
explosively shoot into the motor armature and the bit get vaporized by a
laser when your finger gets too close to the cutter? 8^)


I'll be very interested if Festool does come out with a table saw. Not
necessarily to buy one, but to see what innovative features they might
come up with. The TS has not changed much in the past century beyond a
raise/tilt system and a fence, what truly game changing feature could
possibly be next (besides more safety stuff)?
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Why would Festool come out with a table saw. They like SawStop so
much that they bought the company. They don't need to develop
anything.


If the have a strong hold and name recognition in a particular market
they will just re-brand the SawStop. Labels are cheap.

Prezactly. Maybe paint it green.


I suspect that SawStop holds it's own and would not need to be renamed.

The "particular market" was what I was referring to. I don't know all
of their markets. I assume Festool has a wider market than SS.