BluhminOnion

Just read the FWW reference article - thanks for that, and I think the repair looks great.

So glad there are still places like this left in this our happy republic. As for the negative comments about the occupy movement: what rational being could take an honest look at our unsustainable consumer economy and the concentrations of power in our large corporations and in Washington and not feel some measure of outrage?

I'm a civil/structural engineer in a very busy practice, and paid my own way through college while working full time, so I have no axe to grind about the economy or the lack of jobs, as business is booming, and my hard work has been rewarded. Yet I can't in good conscience condemn those who are taking to the streets, as disorganized and clumsy as they are, simply because the widespread injustice of our time has been in my favor. Forget about superpacs or bailouts or Bush tax cuts or whatever baggage we bring to the table and try to justify a CEO that earns 475 times what his employees earn, or a large corporation that pays lobbyists more than it pays in taxes.

I have daily contact with the absurdities of government bureaucracy in my profession, but frankly find them preferable to destroying the middle class, believe there is more to life than "I got mine Jack, go get your own", and believe that an act of protest does not indicate a lack of effort, morals, decency, etc. "A difference in opinion is not a difference in principle." Thomas Jefferson

So glad there are still places like this left in this our happy republic. As for the negative comments about the occupy movement: what rational being could take an honest look at our unsustainable consumer economy and the concentrations of power in our large corporations and in Washington and not feel some measure of outrage?

I'm a civil/structural engineer in a very busy practice, and paid my own way through college while working full time, so I have no axe to grind about the economy or the lack of jobs, as business is booming, and my hard work has been rewarded. Yet I can't in good conscience condemn those who are taking to the streets, as disorganized and clumsy as they are, simply because the widespread injustice of our time has been in my favor. Forget about superpacs or bailouts or Bush tax cuts or whatever baggage we bring to the table and try to justify a CEO that earns 475 times what his employees earn, or a large corporation that pays lobbyists more than it pays in taxes.

I have daily contact with the absurdities of government bureaucracy in my profession, but frankly find them preferable to destroying the middle class, believe there is more to life than "I got mine Jack, go get your own", and belief that the act of protest

Just. Awesome.

Looks like a great idea to me -- far better to take an idea like this and explain in great detail the safe way to execute it than to table it for the fear of someone being unsafe in their shop.

Too disgusted to write down anything constructive. The government shouldn't dictate what equipment I can buy, and it shouldn't award huge cash prizes for people who have accidents when using machines after dismantling all of the equipment required to run them safely. Mr. Gass is at best a snake oil salesman who decided to game the system when he found that most people would rather not buy his product.

America: The Land of Opportunity... to sue someone.

"Some finish with paint, some with a urethane, but my favorite finish is the DREADED FLYING JUDO ELBOW with some smolder on the side. What's up ladies? OOOOOOO YEEEEAH!" (Macho Man style)

Great design and execution :-)

How did we get to this point? How did the American dream turn from "work hard and be honest and achieve your dreams" to "get hurt doing something stupid and sue someone that has money to get some of it" or "come up with a good idea that costs too much and when consumers balk at buying in, find any way that you can to get the government to force them to buy it?"

I for one, am willing to accept the fact that there are 3800 finger amputations a year from table saws. There were also 502 injuries in 2009 from washing machines. Do those need flesh sensing technology? What about the 1,038 injuries that were caused by stoves and ranges? Or the 356 injuries caused by scissors? Should we require flesh sensing technology to protect the people from their scissors? What makes an inept worker that cuts his finger off with a table saw more or less important than the kid who loses an eye because he ran with scissors? What about the kid that was running with a sharp stick and lost HIS eye? Is he out of luck because he can't sue anyone? Or would you sue the guy that owned the tree that shed the stick for creating an unsafe playing environment?

Maybe the answer isn't to have everyone sue everyone that's left that actually wants to make or sell something in America. Maybe the answer is to make better choices in life, to not cut corners in your workmanship and to not run with scissors, so to speak. And maybe the answer is to walk off the job, no matter what the cost, when your boss tells you to disable all of the safety features of a piece of machinery and to use it. And maybe you should sue your boss if you're the litigious type (that's a tough call to make) but how can the logical train of thought be to sue the guy who made the machinery that someone else partially dismantles? Only in America would the obvious answer be to sue the company, because it has the most money.

I'm a civil engineer by trade, and I need my fingers to type and prepare calculations for my clients. It would be a personal tragedy if I lost a finger (or worse) engaged in a hobby of mine. Maybe I should have bought the Sawstop instead of the amazing Grizzly I picked up. Maybe I'll cut my finger off next time I use my saw. If I do, it will be an accident, not Grizzly's fault.

One commercial for every question? Well, at least the website is free. Oh, wait, it's not!

The number of commercials (a twelve second commercial for every question asked) is unnaceptable.

If this is the future of FWW, I don't want any part of it.

One commercial for every question? Well, at least the website is free. Oh, wait, it's not!

The number of commercials (a twelve second commercial for every question asked) is unnaceptable.

If this is the future of FWW, I don't want any part of it.

One commercial for every question? Well, at least the website is free. Oh, wait, it's not!

The number of commercials (a twelve second commercial for every question asked) is unnaceptable.

If this is the future of FWW, I don't want any part of it.

It looks like the worst thing that could happen starting his contraption is that he ends up with a bucket full of crap on the floor and maybe damages the motor (oh, wait... it's damaged already)

Let he who has never violated a safety rule cast the first stone, and know for certain that he is a very, very boring person that probably has never kissed a girl and owns a lot of cats.

To me it looks like the worst thing that could happen starting the thing is he tips a bucket full of crap on the floor, and maybe damages the motor (oh, that's right, it's damaged already).

Let he who has never violated a safety rule cast the first stone, and know for certain that you are a very, very boring person that no one likes.

To me it looks like the worst thing that could happen starting the thing is he tips a bucket full of crap on the floor, and maybe damages the motor (oh, that's right, it's damaged already).

Let he who has never violated a safety rule cast the first stone, and know for certain that you are a very, very boring person that no one likes.