JBoxMaker

This is not an easy issue for anyone to tackle. My initial reaction is that I don't want to be legislated to a higher cost device. However, I also recognize the overall cost savings through lower medical costs and such that may be found through increasing the safety features of a product.

Although I wasn't old enough to follow any of the debate when the auto industry was legislated into installing seatbelts in every automobile, I am sure that similar arguments raged there, too. I am old enough to know that similar issues arose for that same industry when air bags were first made mandatory.

However, one difference, as I see it, is more along the lines of what "Marksnewshop" had to say. Often times safety in any area comes at an immediate cost. However, that cost should not unfairly benefit an individual or a select small group.

Let's not forget that Mr. Gass was a patent attorney before he ever got involved in saw manufacturing. While I don't think he should have to give away his technology, I do believe that we have a right to see how much of the additional cost of employing this technology is the direct result of his royalties.

Russ, This is a fantastic piece of work! What a box and I echo someone else's sentiment about the lucky person who is recipient of this box. Being a jewelry box maker myself, I am awed by this piece of work and for all of us jewelry box makers, "You done us proud!"

A couple of non-woodworking tools I use in my shop:
18" cooling fan: my garage shop gets hot in the summer!
Coffee cans: not unusual I'm sure; I use them for storing volatile rags until they can be properly disposed of.
Rubber/polyvinyl drawer liners: make great mats for keeping a work piece still on the benchtop for operations such as sanding.