SawStop/ Active Injury Mitigation technology to NOT be required

[smorgasbord]

CPSC reverses course.
EDIT: I guess the guy wants you to go to YouTube and watch it there.

 

[Mini Me]

An explanation for the link would be nice.

 

[smorgasbord]

Between thread title and “CPSC reverses course” you pretty much got it without the commentary

 

[ChuckS]

Sounds like to be good news to SawStop. There's no pressure for other table saw manufacturers to come with a competitive finger-saving product.

 

[Mini Me]

Between thread title and “CPSC reverses course” you pretty much got it without the commentary

Sorry and not trying to be obtuse but it means nothing to me.

 

[luvmytoolz]

@Mini Me The safety commission in the US was planning to mandate the Saw Stop technology for all table saws, but it looks like they've now changed that decision. Saw stop was going to release their patents to the public if it did become mandatory.

 

[Steve1]

There's no pressure for other table saw manufacturers to come with a competitive finger-saving product.

I don't agree with that.
There is competitive pressure.
When I watch a woodworking Youtube video, there is a good chance the guy is using a Sawstop. They are selling a lot of saws.

The Felder PCS system is better, but bigger and more expensive, and Felder only makes high end saws. Not sure how interested they are in economizing their system to be practical in mid level saws.
Bosch has a similar system. But Sawstop says it infringes on their patent. So Bosch engineers need to go back to the drawing board to avoid patent infringement.

 

[ChuckS]

That was just a tongue-in-cheek remark. The SawStop has always been a divisive/political topic even after so many years and even after the ownership has changed hands. We can use some humor.

Your fingers, your call!

That said, SawStop has no urgency to give away any patents free that it may or may not have planned to do.

 

[cpw]

Sawstop was going to release one patent; not the portfolio. Other manufacturers claimed they could still not produce a saw based on the other patents.

I'm a bit disappointed in the ruling, because I was hoping that other manufacturers would be motivated to enter this market. I have a Sawstop cabinet saw; but my job site saw is the compact Dewalt. I don't use the jobsite one that often, but on the next big job if a saw with AIM was available for $500 or so I would probably just get one.

 

[Cheese]

The SawStop has always been a divisive/political topic even after so many years and even after the ownership has changed hands. We can use some humor.

 

[smorgasbord]

How about:


Or, is that too much?

 

[Mini Me]

@Mini Me The safety commission in the US was planning to mandate the Saw Stop technology for all table saws, but it looks like they've now changed that decision. Saw stop was going to release their patents to the public if it did become mandatory.

As far as I am aware and have read the Patent protection on the technology is near to expiry, is that correct? I bought a short stroke slider and it for all intents and purposes does the same job in a different way.

 

[peter halle]

Yes the patent(s) have a short life span left.

 

[luvmytoolz]

As far as I am aware and have read the Patent protection on the technology is near to expiry, is that correct? I bought a short stroke slider and it for all intents and purposes does the same job in a different way.

From what I've read they have over 100 patents but most have already expired with the bulk of the rest set to expire next year. I reckon it would be a sure bet that they're "Re-innovating" some aspects to generate new patents though.