Consumer Product Safety Commission

[michael langman]

In the news this morning, the government is going to mandate saw stop technology on all table saws as it supposedly has the votes to pass.

Saw stop owners will allow it's patents to expire if the law passes.

[Brian Elfert]

It appears they will mandate blade brakes on table saws. I doubt they are requiring use of any specific technology such as Saw Stop. Government rarely specifies a specific vendor or technology. They just tell manufacturers what safety specification their item must meet. LED light bulbs were never mandated. Government just put out an efficiency standard that light bulbs needed to meet.

[Lee Schierer]

Folks, let's tread lightly here. Several recent threads on this topic have quickly gone off the rails and were removed. Please don't post anything that is political, religious, disparaging or contentious such that this post joins the others.

[Jim Becker]

Already being discussed.

https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?308273-All-new-Table-Saws-may-be-flesh-sensing-soon