Donald Trump’s yes-men at the Consumer Product Safety Commission are withdrawing a series of proposed safety rules, including an appendage-saving safety mandate for table saws. This will mean thousands more fingers lost per year.
Donald Trump’s yes-men at the Consumer Product Safety Commission are withdrawing a series of proposed safety rules, including an appendage-saving safety mandate for table saws. This will mean thousands more fingers lost per year.
Make the technology free, as in speech and costs, otherwise it is a legislated monopoly and guaranteed corporate profits.
From the article: “SawStop pledged to Congress that it would waive patent protections in the event of an industry-wide finger-safety mandate.”
https://www.sawstop.com/news/sawstop-to-dedicate-key-u-s-patent-to-the-public-upon-the-effective-date-of-a-rule-requiring-safety-technology-on-all-table-saws/
So what us stopping them from doing that without the mandate? There are two ways to interpret SawStop: SawStop are responsible for saving X number of fingers every year, and SawStop are solely responsible for ensuring that Y number of fingers are lost every year. Both are equally true and unless you are a SawStop board member or stock holder, you should admonish them more for the latter than you praise them for the former.
I don’t think it’s as simple as that. They offered to sell the technology to all major saw makers when they invented it. They were turned down. SawStop isn’t responsible for saws that don’t use their technology nor do they have to let major tool manufacturers steal their IP. They have offered to give it away if it’s mandated.