Table Saw Brake

The saw is supposed to be nice, but I have a problem with the company's history. To quote from another forum:

Some may be aware that when SawStop first introduced it's new saw it also lobbied the US safety commission to enact legislation that required all saws in the US to include the safety features found on the SawStop. As SawStop had this technology under patent protection any such legislation would have been an automatic corner on the entire US table saw market and would have made any competition obsolete.

For those that know me from other forums, you also know that I opposed these tactics (loudly) and didn't have much good to say about a company that in my mind, would stoop to sales tactics like that.

When the saw started selling in Canada I wrote several letters to the manufacturer requesting their forward looking plans for marketing in this country and specifically requested a position from them on if they planned on doing any lobbying similar to that which they initiated in the US. Their response was no, they have no plans to do so and in fact have re-focused their sales and marketing techniques in the US and have reduced their emphasis on the lobbying.

I'm impressed with the saw as a saw (always have been) and I'm impressed even more with the safety features. Now that they've (apparently) decided to sell the saw like a real man, my respect for the company itself has risen a notch or two and I've elected to get off the podium (for now).

This is a table saw that can stand on it's own and it doesn't need the slime tactics that they started out with. Let the competition begin!