"Injured by your table saw" FB suggested posts?

[glhs837]

So I'm seeing at least one of these a day, usually the ones by a law firm with a website "tablesawinjurylawyers.com" in the post. what it boils down to is that SawStop is pushing both a national campaign of class action suits and lobbying heavily (over $400K in CA alone) to get legislation passed either on a state and or federal level requiring all table saws to incorporate safety technology that only they can provide. Founder and inventor is also a patent attorney.


For those unaware, SawStop is actually a pretty cool thing, uses a sensor to sense a sudden change n the conductivity of the blade to detect meat vs wood, although a damp piece of wood can cause a false trigger, and jams a piece of aluminum stock into the blade, stopping it before it can do more than nick you. Costs between $50-$80 for a new piece of aluminum. Cant be retrofit as of now.

I just hate to see someone try and use the law to force adoption of what they own.

 

[aps45819]

I just hate to see someone try and use the law to force adoption of what they own.

At least it shouldn't kill people like airbags have done

 

[b23hqb]

So I'm seeing at least one of these a day, usually the ones by a law firm with a website "tablesawinjurylawyers.com" in the post. what it boils down to is that SawStop is pushing both a national campaign of class action suits and lobbying heavily (over $400K in CA alone) to get legislation passed either on a state and or federal level requiring all table saws to incorporate safety technology that only they can provide. Founder and inventor is also a patent attorney.


For those unaware, SawStop is actually a pretty cool thing, uses a sensor to sense a sudden change n the conductivity of the blade to detect meat vs wood, although a damp piece of wood can cause a false trigger, and jams a piece of aluminum stock into the blade, stopping it before it can do more than nick you. Costs between $50-$80 for a new piece of aluminum. Cant be retrofit as of now.

I just hate to see someone try and use the law to force adoption of what they own.

Sounds familiar - something like everyone having mandatory ownership of health care, or else the govt of obama will.....?

 

[glhs837]

At least it shouldn't kill people like airbags have done

And the ratio of killed vs saved? Surgery kills also, but I can choose not to have it. And this tech isn't life saving, it's finger saving. On one of the posts, which comments are a parade of annoyed woodworkers, BTW, one lawyer actually said, and I quote "Bet you would feel different if you lost an arm to a table saw".

 

[GURPS]

Life is fatal ....



only the gov. would mandate an explosive in your steering wheel

 

[czygvtwkr]

. Costs between $50-$80 for a new piece of aluminum. Cant be retrofit as of now.

Not to mention can ruin your $100 blade if it goes off accidentally.

The law and the sawstop owner have been topics of controversy on woodworking websites for several years now. The sawstop would be a terrific saw even without the blade brake on it, at the wood working show last year in Baltimore I told the guy if he demonstrates it with his finger I would buy one, he declined.

 

[Dupontster]

For those of you that have never heard of the SawStop..
SawStop Finger Demonstration - move over hot dog! - YouTube