swmadden

Here's hoping...

wmc,

My comment was in no way intended to cast the Delta Unisaw in a bad light. In fact, I believe that the Delta Unisaw IS the best saw on the market and I would have purchased one if SawStop did not exist. For me, the SawStop was comparable to the Delta and the fact that the SawStop has blade braking technology was important enough to me that I went in that direction. Again, I am sorry if you felt that my comment put the Delta Unisaw in a bad light.

Steve

I just ordered the SawStop industrial cabinet saw last week. For me it was a no-brainer; buy the Delta Unisaw which will cut your hand right off, or buy the SawStop for about $1,000.00 more that has an extra level of protection and will not cut your hand off (a very significant "extra level", in my opinion). My thinking was that it only takes one mistake to end my musical career, I want as much protection as I can possibly have. Regardless of comments made by the inventor, the point is that the invention works. This does not mean that I can relax my safety standards when using the SawStop, just that if the worst should happen, then there is one more "thing" working in my favor.

Having said all of that, I think this lawsuit is ridiculous. It's like suing a car manufacturer for not installing airbags in a particular model of car, if the buyer knew it didn't have airbags when purchasing the vehicle, then they are the only ones that should be held responsible for not having airbags should an accident occur. The accident may not be that persons fault, but suing the car manufacturer for not installing airbags, when that person knew of other models that did include airbags, is just ridiculous.