Festool Parent (TTS) Buying Sawstop

[jack duren]

No argument that sliders are safer than cabinet saws or even a SS cabinet saw. But certainly adding a brake to a slider would make ripping operations (when using the rip fence) safer, no?

If you have a 10' stroke on your slider, I know you don't need to use the rip fence. But for smaller hobby sized sliders, I think it would be a nice benefit!

Really.......Funny comment on being safer than a sawstop. If it has a motor and a blade it's a risk period.....

[Peter Aeschliman]

Really.......Funny comment on being safer than a sawstop. If it has a motor and a blade it's a risk period.....

less risk > more risk.

You certainly can't eliminate risk, but you sure as heck can reduce it.

[Dave Sabo]

RISK is exactly what makes life worth living. It should not be eliminated.

Otherwise, we would even get products like SS's brake. There would be no saws to worry about needing such a mechanism.

Personal responsibility, and choice folks. Don't lose sight that you are ultimately responsible for you and your actions.

[Martin Wasner]

Personal responsibility, and choice folks. Don't lose sight that you are ultimately responsible for you and your actions.

That doesn't fit the modern ethos of America though.

[Peter Aeschliman]

aaaaaannnddd here we go.

[Greg Peterson]

Will they make the licensing fee economically feasibe for the industry.
My impression was that previously, the license cost was to high.

[Brian Holcombe]

Good chance that Festool wants a leg up on other manufacturers for putting the safety mechanism in other manufactures machines before the patent expires.

They have a scale that SS does not have and likely can get a foot in the door with many others long before SS would be able to.