PapaWhiskey

@4545 - No, I have not had enough of Arts and Crafts style. I just turned 50 last Sunday, and have loved Arts and Crafts in all it's variations throughout my life. In fact, many times I've been tempted to ask Taunton to produce a woodworking magazine based strictly on the Arts and Crafts styles such as that which came from Gustav and Leopold Stickley, and well as Greene and Greene.

So Finewoodworking.com offers a free plan of an Arts and Crafts desk, and you complain about it? Do you always complain when someone GIVES you something for FREE that many people like, but you don't?

I'm glad this is happening. I would like to get a Sawstop, but can't afford even the cheapest Sawstop table saw. If this becomes a requirement, a safer table saw will be cheaper for all (compared to the cost of a Sawstop).

This actually happened over 8 years ago on November 8th, 2001.

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Excellent perspective AndrewK. You are much more kind than I would have been toward the people (now I'm being nice) who have posted in this forum who think they know better.

I support the jury's findings, and am frustrated that every SawStop model is prohibitively expensive. If One World Technologies and other manufacturers that Gass presented his technology to had licensed his technology, greater availability would bring the cost of the technology down to an affordable level for most woodworkers.

Incidentally, when I was a 16 years old I used a table saw for the first time. I was unsupervised and I managed to cut the tip of my finger. It wasn't a serious injury and did not require stitches, but it produced a lot of blood, and could have been much worse. It's these type of situations that are worthy of this technology. Every woodworker has dangerous tools in his or her shop, and therefore has created a situation that is dangerous for vulnerable people in his or her circle of influence.

If the technology exists to improve safety, and is reasonable in cost to implement in any of the tools we use, it should be implemented in lieu of greater profits, which really is the bottom line for any manufacturer.

Instead of whinning about greedy lawyers, I hope the award in this case motivates manufacturers to engineer better safety measures such as this technology, or something similar, into their tools.

SteveScheone:
On the contrary, FWW did an article back in 2005:

SUMMARY REVIEW
The author tested 15 wipe-on finishes, including a water-based finish and both tung-oil and linseed-oil-based finishes. Pure boiled linseed oil and Minwax Fast-Drying Polyurethane, a brushing finish, were added for comparison. All the finishes were tested on pieces of red-oak plywood cut from the same sheet. All but two of the finishes tested fared well, but the Minwax Wipe-On Poly was particularly impressive, drying in three hours to a light satin sheen and offering excellent water resistance. It was the author's choice for Best Overall and as the least expensive finish tested ($5.95 per quart), Best Value as well.

You can read the article here:
http://www.finewoodworking.com/Materials/MaterialsPDF.aspx?id=24153

Besides a love of woodworking, I got into building furniture because I can't afford Stickley. Would love to have this book as a guide for future projects.

I am just getting into woodworking, and would greatly enjoy this book. I spend too much time on the internet, and this book would encourage me to get to bed sooner so that I could spend some time reading (and fall asleep sooner).