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Why the has the Table Saw Industry resisted skin sensing technology? (fairwarning.org)
3 points by sc68cal on May 17, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


1. Steve Gass in an attorney who invented an awesome product. He took it around to every saw manufacturer in existence, and they were of course all interested.

2. Mr Gass demanded an unheard of and unrealistic percentage of the total sale price to include his technology.

3. Every manufacturer declined.

4. Steve Gass then rolled up his legal sleeves and tried several times, unsuccessfully, to have the U.S. Government require all manufacturers to license his technology and include his product in their saws.

That is why no one sells a SawStop except for Steve Gass.




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