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Sure would be nice to win this!

OK,it looks like I'm going to be in the minority here but this looks like the debate about airbags for cars two decades ago. At that time the technology existed to dramatically reduce death and injury on auto crashes. The auto makers resisted using all the same arguments we see here. Too expensive, won't work, liability for cars not equipped during transition, etc. I know all about it because I was a safety engineer at GM during this controversy.
Two decades later, the costs have dramatically dropped due to technology and volume and the number of lifes saved per year is well into the thousands. There's not very many people against airbags today and most would say that the legislation was effective.
The tool companies simply aren't going to step up to this on their own so unfortunately, we need to have it forced on them by legislation.

I agree with the previous two posters. I certainly hope that this show doesn't fall into the "Woodworking with drama" classification. Please don't focus on the personality of the host. The focal point of all Norm's shows was design and execution. It might not appeal to the masses but "woodworking with drama" won't appeal to the readers of Fine Woodworking.