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If big companies won't adopt it, startup a company and build a better saw and people will buy it. Table saws are dangerous, I remember in high school having a

If big companies won't adopt it, startup a company and build a better saw and people will buy it. Table saws are dangerous, I remember in high school having a piece of wood splinter and fly past my head hitting the ceiling. People don't seem to have problems buying safety with cars, I see it as just an industry full of cheap ass power tools that constantly need replacing. I'd buy such a saw just so when my dumb ass neighbor borrowed it he wouldn't cut off his fingers. I laughed at him when he asked for the chainsaw.

DigitalJack 9y ago
The sawstop guy did just that. Power tools are an area where brand matters more than normal.
- AstralStorm 9y ago
  So why did he patent it instead of releasing the relatively trivial invention into public domain?
  - rocqua 9y ago
    Might be to recoup the costs from the startup. He contacted manufacturers but they weren't interested.
    - sjs382 9y ago
      And then got an injunction against the manufacturer of a similar product (Bosch Reaxx).
mrob 9y ago
>People don't seem to have problems buying safety with cars Compare the introduction of three-point seat-belts. These were legally required while they were still under patent, but unlike SawStop, Volvo shared their invention with other manufacturers for free. They didn't try to use regulatory capture to force people to pay them. https://www.media.volvocars.com/uk/en-gb/media/pressreleases/20505 https://www.media.volvocars.com/uk/en-gb/media/pressreleases...
- ryandrake 9y ago
  Yea, people don't have problems buying safety with cars because they are forced to. You can't buy a new car without a seatbelt or airbag (and other mandated features), even if you wanted to. If they instead were optional features that actually cost money, a sizable number of people would skip them.