Conductor562 Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Looks like California Power saw safety bill AB 2218 that would have mandated Saw Stop technology died in the Senate. It wasn't voted down, it wasn't voted on at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutnamEco Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 Looks like California Power saw safety bill AB 2218 that would have mandated Saw Stop technology died in the Senate. It wasn't voted down, it wasn't voted on at all.I have a feeling that we haven't heard the end of this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 I'd say not. Apparently the guy that invented it is a patent attorney and holds 90 patents related to saw stuff. We may have won the battle, but there's a whole war ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutnamEco Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 I'd say not. Apparently the guy that invented it is a patent attorney and holds 90 patents related to saw stuff. We may have won the battle, but there's a whole war ahead.This whole patent/copyright thing has gotten well out of hand. Our laws are in need of serious reform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 This Saw Stop guy will go to all 50 states making his case if that's what it takes. I guess the whole deal kind of disgusts me. Nobody wants to be forced to buy his crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneburgess Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 How can it be legal to force everyone to have to have something the patent for which is owned and controlled by one individual????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutnamEco Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 How can it be legal to force everyone to have to have something the patent for which is owned and controlled by one individual?????It is not legal, The Sawstop guy is trying to get legislators to pass a law for a safety standard, and he has hedged his bet against anyone else coming up with an idea that he has not patented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 I think it's more him rather than the technology that pisses everyone off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutnamEco Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 I think it's more him rather than the technology that pisses everyone off.I think it is both him and the law. RRP is causing a lot of grief and many don't want to have to comply with more laws that will require even more new equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted September 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 I'm not opposed to it as an option, but I hate to see it shoved up our ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutnamEco Posted September 10, 2012 Report Share Posted September 10, 2012 I'm not opposed to it as an option, but I hate to see it shoved up our ass.I don't think someone should be able to monopolize a technology that is required by law, and don't feel that a law should be passed while someone holds an monopoly on a technology that the law would demand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted September 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 We'll see how the next California legislature session goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highdesert Splintermaker Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 Years ago this guy tried to market his SawStop safety brake mechanism (either supplied or made under license) to most if not all of the major table saw manufacturers. After several years of no takers (perhaps it was a pricing issue) he decided to go into the table saw business himself incorporating his patented safety brake device in all models.The technology is great and pretty simple BUT, and this is a BIG but, he will no longer make the safety brake device itself available to any competitor and is bent on running them all out of the table saw business unless they can make their saws equally safe. The primary purpose of the safety brake device, operator safety, is being used as justification for all his legal attempts to monopolize the market that rejected his offer to supply or license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 My experience is that people will not pay substantially more for non-essential safety devices if the have a choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyandy Posted June 17, 2013 Report Share Posted June 17, 2013 I love making my own choices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Amen to that. Nothing like the government protecting you from yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyandy Posted June 20, 2013 Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 Haha If I am going to cut off a finger gosh darn it I will chop off that finger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conductor562 Posted June 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 Haha If I am going to cut off a finger gosh darn it I will chop off that finger! That's right! It's my God Damned finger and I'll cut it off as I please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Wray Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 I think it's more him rather than the technology that pisses everyone off. I agree. I'm kind of surprised the technology has not been reverse engineered by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneburgess Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 If I want to spend a fortune on a saw then cut my hand off rather than put it in my wife's purse and get the same result for free, that should be my choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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