this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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maybe I'm misunderstanding but this person is introducing legislation to save producers money on the scale of hundreds of dollars?
Sawstops cost like 900 dollars a unit whereas an unsafe Milwaukee or DeWalt costs like 500. If you trigger the stop on a sawstop it runs you need to spend 100 dollars and two minutes on a new brake, which is less than hospital bills by a long margin. I don't think this bill saves anyone money whatsoever.
More than this, the tech will become an open standard on the effective date of the mandate, meaning anyone can manufacture them for free. The current cost vector is just licensing, your new saw will be safe and still like $500.