I was responding to this suggestion
Festool'll have to stay out of the equation on the TS from the EU regulation standpoint or there will be no dado head of any type; EU reg's prohibit them and I think enforce user compliance by not allowing an arbor shaft long enough to mount one...
No, I "think" it is available here. A few years ago I was looking at SawStop, Laguna, and Felder. IIRC that blade was available.
Many of those Euro saws have large diameter blades. I suspect it is to keep any blade from spinning.
I think remain relevant for some. Is Delta or Steel City relevant any more?
I think patents have been on going.
Sure but the key patents are about to lapse. These are first patents that block other implementations. The rest are just that, implementations and relatively easy to work around.
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.
ass, never met him, but he has a reputation for his abrasive behavior. I d on't see much commentary about the actual technological achievements, but i t could be he has taken this as far as his own talent can take it. While fu rthering his own agenda he has no doubt sunk countless hours and dollars in to defending the blade stop patents.
eas and energy could be a real boon to SawStop. Plus, a billion dollar com pany with a hard of lawyers will be defending the SawStop technology as the y have aggressively done with their own products.
technology and its ancillary developments.
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is part of the company?
"Personally" may be for a long time. Even if he moves on, there may very we ll be contractual obligations to continue to pay him.
Heck, even if he dies, there may very well be contractual obligations to continue to pay his estate. Of course, that wouldn't be "personal". You can't blame his family for his greedy ways, can you.? ;-)
I suspect that SawStop holds it's own and would not need to be renamed.
If you make you decisions based on emotion, yes, you can let the blame go on and on.
It does here, but what about in Romania? That is where rebadging may make sense if the Festool name is well recognized there.
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.
I see your point but have you heard of Hammer, Atendorf? While not brands we often see, any of us have heard of them. With Youtube and the demo's I suspect that woodworkers every where are familiar with the SawStop brand. And I would be surprised if SawStop was not already available in Europe, Australia, ect.
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Entirely possible but the SawStop is a game changer. FWIW I was aware of the Domino a year or two before it was available here and before I bought my first piece if Festool equipment. I think Youtube has probably already made the SS pretty well known.
That's the sort of thing that the counters-of-beans are paid to figure out.
I doubt it is available in Australia. The blades turn in the opposite direction there and the brake cartridge flips the blade up higher. I'm pretty sure they use the fence on the opposite side too.
How do they keep from burning the wood?
Cut it upside down from how we do it. Everything is on the wrong side there, even driving.
Ah, I didn't consider feeding the board on the bottom side of the table. Of course, it makes perfect sense.
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