Sawstop--the wrong marketing approach?

yup!

Uh Ted, he was just parroting your own words back at you; I quote:

"First off, anyone ... is an absolute moron ...".

scott

So it's okay for the naysayers to debate the issue, but someone that disagrees whith what YOU believe is a moron, a shill, and maybe even a sock puppet. Can you say "hypocrite?" Good luck to you sir!

LOLOLOL...thanks for bringing a little humor into this debate.

That's okay with me, because if I had touched it an inch closer, well you know the rest of the story... You buy insurance don' you? Isn't insurance speculation as well?

Duh! Is there any other possibility?

LOLOLOL...a grizzly 1023Z with a Ridge Carbide TS 2000...

Are you kidding me...?

That's the most well thought out and best executed post you've made so far...signs of intelligence!

That about sums it for you... .-- Ted Harris

So every time you hit a nail you need a new chainsaw blade? And since the sawstop needs to be disabled when cutting metallic substances, what happens when you hit a nail in a piece of barnwood? New blade and unit required?

scott

This is a very serious subject...

I think it wilol work on anything that has a rotational blade. If it works on a bandsaw, it should work on a chainsaw too.

Seems to me that the chainsaw is a different animal. Stop the motor and the chain stops within one(?) rotation. Probably enough to keep you from taking off your foot.

As to barnwood, you'll probably need a pretty good metal detector.

I would fear that trying to stop the chain that quickly would tend to create an unacceptably high risk of having chain parts flying around. Add to that the fact that chain saws operate in environments that are far from controlled, often in the rain, snow, mud etc. and cut green wood a lot I can see *way* too many opportunities for false positives for it to be a practical solution on a chain saw. Add the need to keep it as small and light as possible and I think it's a complete non-starter. Current chain-braking technology works acceptably well for most circumstances that matter with a chain saw (kickback) and is unlikely to be greatly improved on by adding complexity.

Tim Douglass

One of the limits of SawStop, according to all the reports, is that it doesn't work in very damp wood, such as you're more likely to encounter with a chain saw.

--RC

Projects expand to fill the clamps available -- plus 20 percent

Nor did I say that you said so. I simply asked what the limits were of your distaste for governmet regulation. Am I correct to assume that you think that government regulation can be a good and necessary thing? If so, we might have a reasonable discussion about the merits of regulation in this particular instance. If not, then you must oppose the other examples that I raised.

Again, so what if they use government to impose the adoption of someting that the free market did not want... if the imposition is a good thing. Your suggestions seemed to be that such an approach was categorically wrong. Am I misunderstanding?

I am simple asking if encouraging the government to adopt any such regulations if acceptable to you. If it is, let's talk about the merits of StopSaw rather that the use of government to impose regulation.

By the way, technically speak> >

I really don't know a thing about chainsaws, so I can't comment.

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Oddly enough, this makes a kind of sense. Tree stands are usually about 15 feet up, and force the hunter to fire downwards, limiting bullet travel in case of a miss.

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