Allen Epps wrote:

In article , J. Clarke
wrote:

It just occurred to me that the replacement parts for the Sawstop could
be a
profit center for saw manufacturers. Especially if it falses
occasionally. Probably be able to make as much margin on those as on a
blade.

Wonder if he tried to sell it that way? The razor and blades approach.
Give away the sawstop and figure enough people are hamfingered enough to
make up the cost in consumables?

Be interesting to see some market research on that.

If there are 30,000 table-saw related injuries that require a hospital
visit every year (and presumably most of those would have triggered the
sawstop if it was present) how many more were there that did not require
a hospital
visit but would have triggered the sawstop? There seem to be about ten
non-amputations for every amputation, if that carries through to
non-hospital then there would be about 300,000 Sawstop activations a
year. So what is that in terms of percentage of the installed base of
saws?

As someone mentioned it might be a hard sell for the hobbiest. But
think about the pro shop getting an insurance discount for an "Sawstop"
shop. There might be an economic incentive to migrate the tools.

If Delta put the Sawstop on the Unisaw at no change in price, would the
presence of the Sawstop dissuade you from buying it?

Allen
Catonsville, MD

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