I have heard that SawStop is even going to charge for their products and the dealers will collect sales tax. Damn them. They are doing every thing so legal. I bet they even have a patent on their technology. They don't fight fair. Damn... ;~)
Hmm cartridge is 60 bucks plus new blade. Metal tape near blade??
Umm I think someone needs to check the set up smallest motor is 3hp
"Approved" for Federal purchase is fine. "Mandated" for products not sold to the government is not.
What makes you think the price would drop? If it was mandated and nobody could circumvent Sawstop's patents then they could charge whatever they wanted to for it.
I'm sorry, but how does using a Sawstop saw promote customer good will? Most customers neither know nor care what kind of tools you use as long as you can do the work.
Actually, if I recall correctly their intention was to have one of their stops on just about every power tool in the shop, not just the table saw.
The subject business is Lee Valley, whose customers will be the ones using the saws. Personally I'd rather this thread contained more fact and less speculation, but at least that's the reason for what you see above.
I will e-mail you my address, so you can send me a new keyboard. You just couldn't wait till I finished with my coffee, huh?
rI am envisioning one of those boxing gloves on the end of an articulated accordion style expandable arm, like the ones which punch out cartoon characters. Install it at the shop door. Upon entering, it will ask a series of questions. The second it detects attitude, it punches you in the face and slams the door shut. IdiotStop... I think you've got something there. *still laughing*
Not a second set, just a spare tire on hand like most people. Consider that a flat tire effectively disables your car for anything approaching proper driving, then one can directly compare it to the SawStop. It makes perfect sense, especially for a business to have a spare cartridge on hand. Not cartridges as in tires, but at least one cartridge as in a single spare tire.
Consider the $3,000 cost for this saw and that many people will have bought it primarily for its safety features. 2% of that amount for a spare cartridge to maintain production sounds completely reasonable to me.
Are most of your SawStops in the same location or are they various locations? Would I be correct in assuming that every location with a SawStop has at least one cartridge on hand?
Murphy's Law?
That's not part of the SawStop technology, though, nor is it in any way unique to that brand.
He quoted your statement above -- duh. That's what I was taking issue with, too -- your claim that the blade brake will protect you in the event of a kickback.
And what does that have to do with the blade brake?
True. But it's relatively rare in american saws. The PM2000 and Laguna saws are the only other ones I know of.
Chris
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Lee Valley offers seminars for customers in their workshops.
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More fact! Less speculation! Are you trying to kill usenet?
PDX David :-)
I need to bring a center back to my point. I sort of wandered off with the set of tires thing. My only point is that *if* there is a problem with misfires, which is the impression that I have come away from this thread with, then it should not be incumbent upon the relatively few consumers to shoulder the cost of spare inventory as the manufacturer works out the kinks. Inventory in this scenario would be an ongoing purchase requirement, if I understand the issue correctly.
No WAY! He's a lawyer fighting for the common man.
You know, it's sad that some people are so flawed that they take offense to others who actually know how to be careful. Sorry Upscale, not everyone is a clumsy dipshit like you.
That would work unless you have multiple faulty trips of the cartridge, just like I did a couple years ago with tires. I blew *3* brand new tires in a week, all on different wheels, because the batch was apparently faulty. They replaced them all, free of charge, plus reimbursed me for the towing costs.
These things do happen in the real world, you know.
It barks at me from time to time, but it's generally well behaved.
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