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Originally Posted by opendoor

I'm sure every single person whose hand has come into contact with a moving saw blade would gladly pay that price to avoid the situation.



They're not suing other manufacturers, they're lobbying the government to require a blade stopping mechanism on all saws sold in the USA. I don't like the methods, but it kind of makes sense. Over the years the vast majority of table saw users haven't proven themselves responsible enough to use their equipment safely (i.e using a splitter and an overhead guard). If people took proper precautions this technology wouldn't really need to exist but almost no one does.

Thanks for the correction. That's what I get for posting before looking it up myself. Here's a good online summary:

Link.

Our take-away from this: the SawStop is a cool feature. If you can afford it, you should have it. We also believe that SawStop should stop their BS legal wrangling, make a decent deal to allow the technology to be incorporated more reasonably into saws, and redesign the damn thing so it doesn’t cost as much as a saw every time it stops. Finally, we suggest that everyone take a step back and think about how much they like their fingers. From picking one’s nose to pointing at the neighbor who can’t nail a fence board on straight, fingers do all our favorite things. Seriously, folks, use the damn safety features that already exist.