Rudolf_Hucker

There are a few "givens" I have learned in my 40 some years on this planet.
1) If you make something "idiot proof" someone, somewhere will breed better quality idiots.
2)Never underestimate the awe-inspiring stupidity of the average American.
3)The U.S judicial system is as utterly corrupt as any banana republic or tinpot dictatorship.
Add these three facts together and the SawStop legislation seems to be inevitable. You now have three choices.
a)Find a representative sympathetic to your cause (or one that can be persuaded relatively cheaply)and fight this where it counts. Ranting on here will ulimately achieve nothing.
b)Do as I plan to, immediately prior to the legislation taking effect there will be a glut of old style tablesaws sold off cheaply. Buy one and use it for the rest of your woodworking life. That way you have the tool you want and you get to thumb your nose at ol' Gassy and the gummint.
c) Emigrate to a country where common sense prevails. China looks good at this point.
Actually , I live in Canada so this entire farce is merely an amusing diversion for me but I'm still planning to buy one of those cheap saws

Still not perfect but infinitely preferable to Sawstops clumsy, brute force and ignorance, system. Aanyone want to wager on Sawstop trying to prevent this coming to the market?

Don't fit your piece with brass feet or wheels if it's going onto a marble floor (especially dark coloured marble)
Guess how I know?

Any contribuions to my very slowly growing tool collection are more than gratefully received but at least with some dust collection I can argue that I am helping with the housework?!

I want one of those, one of those, two of those, a whole set of them, one of those, one of those and a bunch of these...
Sounds like just about every trip to the tool store. If only I had bottomless pocket, sigh!