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by RFGuy
Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:16 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!
Replies: 152
Views: 10104

Re: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!

You guys are welcome to debate the deficiencies in the US patent system all you want. I am not going to get in the middle of that. I just want to point out that so called "inventors" come up with an idea first and try to patent, and maybe second attempt to create/build a product using it. ...
by RFGuy
Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!
Replies: 152
Views: 10104

Re: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!

Superhet - a definite game changer! ! ! ! AMEN!!! Unfortunately, much of wireless communications today has reverted back to the homodyne architecture thanks to zero/low IF (direct conversion) type architectures. Data converter (and semiconductor) technology has advanced tremendously permitting this...
by RFGuy
Tue Feb 20, 2024 2:48 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!
Replies: 152
Views: 10104

Re: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!

Yes I recognized the 4 names. IMO Tesla's 'ideas' won out even if they were not beneficial to him, but unquestionably we all benefit from them today. Tis a sad tale fer sure and a lesson re powerful 'figures'. My knowledge of De Forest/Armstrong is essentially nil but I think it had to do with broa...
by RFGuy
Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!
Replies: 152
Views: 10104

Re: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!

'Debating' was not my intent either. JPG, No, I agree and didn't think you were debating it. I just wanted to make it more clear what I said in the previous post. There are flaws in any system, whether it is government agencies like the CPSC or the patent system. I choose not to debate them here. I...
by RFGuy
Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:52 am
Forum: Community
Topic: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!
Replies: 152
Views: 10104

Re: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!

Thanks JPG. It may not have been clear up above, but my intent is not to debate the patent system and all of its pluses and minuses. Since I don't consider myself knowledgeable enough on all of those areas, I called myself Switzerland and will leave that for others to discuss if they so choose. Afte...
by RFGuy
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:08 am
Forum: Community
Topic: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!
Replies: 152
Views: 10104

Re: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!

PATENTS: I disagree with some of the comments shared here, but I recognize and appreciate those differences. We all have our own biases, preconceived notions and sometimes lack of enough information to all arrive at the same place. I will preface that I am no expert on patents, the patent system, i...
by RFGuy
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:27 am
Forum: Community
Topic: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!
Replies: 152
Views: 10104

Re: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!

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. +1000 I understand there are differing opinions on this forum and this diversity is what I...
by RFGuy
Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:49 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!
Replies: 152
Views: 10104

Re: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!

OK...I'll bite. Care to spell out exactly which content is not appropriate on this thread and how it is responsible for a decline in readership on this forum? This thread started to discuss the potential for the CPSC to change tablesaws forever in this country. Doesn't Shopsmith manufacture a tables...
by RFGuy
Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:15 am
Forum: General Woodworking
Topic: Adding indexer to Shorty for bowl inlay work
Replies: 14
Views: 777

Re: Adding indexer to Shorty for bowl inlay work

Mike, That is awesome. I like it. I am not to that point in my woodturning journey to try something this yet, but I have a question or two. I am a little familiar with indexing related to woodturning. So your picture, I believe, shows a standard drill bit mounted and you index the woodturning around...
by RFGuy
Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:47 pm
Forum: Community
Topic: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!
Replies: 152
Views: 10104

Re: US Government is About to Change Table Saws FOREVER!

For all you haters of patent holders (like myself) in general, and of SawStop specifically, Matt dropped a follow-up video to the CPSC proposed rule change saga that you will go gaga over. There were a few interesting tidbits related to the responses that a few table saw manufacturers filed with the...