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Imagine what would happen if you can not sell any saw without saw stop tech.
Even if allowed you may be opening your self to a law suit. You sold a known unsafe saw and my client cut off his foot. This might collapse the used saw market and tablesaws in general.

Inky!

Isn't that a little hard to sleep on?
Seriously nice job!

Thanks for the tip! And thanks for posting here, I have always enjoyed your posts and really hate to see you go. Please reconsider.

Condolences to the family. Charlese was a great forum friend and will be missed.

I say this thread is valid, the subject matter is of concern, or should be, for every woodworker.
The information is timely and pertinent, therefore I would like to know exactly what is objectionable to some.

The points about scrap-parts etc. remind me: My Dad many years ago had dealings with a gent in Mt. Carmel, Illinois, which in those days had a Snap-On Tools foundry. This gent's job including taking any defective wrenches to a site where they were buried in concrete! Wouldn't a foundry just melt do...

Great video! But what I would like to see is the things not shown, like how they fix the dropped part, part that is out of tolerance, the oops part. I would also feel better if so many of the polishing steps were not done by humans but rather machines. Precision in handcrafted is only as good as the...

What I find interesting is for the last 10 or so years I have gotten barraged with TurboTax and HRBlock mail ads. Usually use this code for a $10 off tax product type of ad.
However this year nothing! Either their business is really good or really bad can't figure out which.

My experience of having big box cut sheets has always been a disaster, between misalignment, unknowledgable operators and terrible tear out I never have it done anymore. I often crosscut sheets using my tailgate and a circular saw in the big box parking lot. Also have a 2” 4x8 sheet of foam I put on...