New Rough Cut show

I didn't do it. Nobody saw me do it. There's no way you can prove anything! -Bart Simpson

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But those contracts didn't include owning you or your name or previous work and value created ere employment or outside of the specifics conveyed by the contract did they?

What, specifically was and was not covered in what could be considered within and without the bounds of registering trademarks, use of name and similar is totally unknonswt here; they want it all; he thinks he didn't give it all away -- a judge will decide or they'll reach an out of court settlement most likely. How big a settlement will be a clue as to just how out of bounds they are altho, of course, likelihood will be it'll one of those claimed of "no fault, settled to avoid costly litigation" as the excuse to not have to 'fess up to being way out of bounds.

What gives you the impression they're trying to sell to homeowners?

Some did, sure. They're unenforceable, though. Some wanted a list of everything I'd done that I considered exempt from the contract (yeah, that's going to happen).

It was stated as "intellectual property" - a pretty broad brush. In this case, they picked up his show and had to have rights to the name. It may be that the contract stated that they could use the name (it would have to) but likely that they now owned the name.

Per the USPTO web site:

"ROUGH CUT WOODWORKING WITH TOMMY MAC" registered April 12 2011, registrant WGBH, with Thomas MacDonald's consent to register on record. "Woodworking" explicitly excluded from the trademark.

"Rough Cut" registered March 1, 2011, WGBH.

"Tommy Mac", first use in commerce 12/30/2010, filing date May 21,

Now, whether WGBH misrepresented the authorization to the USPTO is another story, but it looks like he's trying to close the barndoor after the horse has left.

You will have to tell us exactly which Felder saw you looked at that cannot break down a sheet of plywood. Felder is one of the European saws that ha ve sliding tables. Similar to Martin and Altendorf and SCMI. The PREMIER saws used by every company in the world that manufactures with plywood. So you are saying these companies cannot break down sheets of plywood even th ough they do that 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Hmmm. None of them use extinct USA cabinet saws except as ripping saws. With a power feeder bolte d to it, a cabinet saw with a rigid fence is great for ripping. Just throw the wood at the fence and let the power feeder catch it and you can rip wo od endlessly.

aving saws on the market. I personally think its a great technology. But I also think its far far far better to have a sliding table on a saw than t his finger technology. Much safer that way. AND far more productive. Can 't wait until Felder and Hammer and MiniMax and Martin and Altendorf and SC MI put the finger technology on their sliding table saws. Make these stupi d 1800s American cabinet saws extinct.

I think Felder, and now their cheaper Hammer brand, have always tried to se ll to homeowners, shop owners, residential woodworkers. Pretty positive th at has been their focus in Europe since they started 50+ years ago. Their combination machines are designed to save space and give lots of functional ity in a small footprint. Just what a homeowner needs who has a small work space at home. Recently Felder has expanded into the industrial market wit h their more professional machines that are competitors with Martin, Altend orf, SCMI.

ving saws on the market. I personally think its a great technology. But I also think its far far far better to have a sliding table on a saw than th is finger technology. Much safer that way. AND far more productive. Can' t wait until Felder and Hammer and MiniMax and Martin and Altendorf and SCM I put the finger technology on their sliding table saws. Make these stupid 1800s American cabinet saws extinct.

This is a link to what Felder sliding table saws look like. And you say th ey can't break down a sheet of plywood? The small sliders would have a har d time dealing with a 4x8' sheet of plywood. But all the big sliders would gobble it up with ease.

In any case, when you can get a perfectly adequate saw that will break down a sheet of plywood for half the price, why would anyone not having a specialized need want to spend the extra.

Note that it _will_ break down _European_ plywood, which typically comes 5x5 instead of 4x8.

The one that has a 30 inch rip limit and costs 5300 bucks.

Yep, says so right on the description. What of it?

You'e conducted a survey of companies in the US that manufacture with plywood?

Yep. If they're making countertops or something where the limited rip capacity is not an issue then maybe they can live with it, but others can't.

Why would they need a US saw for ripping?

That's nice.

Changing the subject are you?

And they all cost more than 5300 bucks.

Sorry, but you're saying that a company should spend many times what it needs to spend in order to have one of these sliding tables.

I can see where Ikea would love them--they look like they're great for making shelves out of veneered particleboard. But Ikea doesn't exemplify excellence.

Might be nice if one is into metric systems. I don't have the time to convert everything to see the spec's. Plus you cannot even get the list price without signing up.

As to the argument regarding cutting up 4x8 sheets, you still have to deal with the same unwieldiness that you do with an American Table Saw.

As to safety, and costs, I preferred the other brand that was banned from the USA, a whole lot less expensive and replacement parts would have been available everywhere had they'd been able to continue selling here.

Maybe en ought to cover the cost of his new shop and tools too.

The only one in that line though was a small jobsite saw.

I forgot about that. :(

Any pro shop "breaking down sheets of plywood" will have a panel saw for that purpose. Silly to use a tablesaw for that.

Consider the source Robert. A sour puss.

Totally agree if this type of panelsaw, which is a table saw.

The panel saws that you see in Home Depot for cutting plywood are IMHO not the best set up. I do not like the horizontal cuts that they make. the top portion of the cut piece pinches the blade near the end of the cut.

They are great for breaking down sheets to rough sizes, but that's about it. The ones at HD are not kept up very well, always have dull blades and the operators are hit or miss.