Table Saw
I'm the owner of a table saw; I have been since two Christmas's ago, when Stephanie decided that I'd said "I wish I had a table saw" too many times. It was used quite often for about three weeks, and then our Eclectus parrots started having babies in the garage. Which means, if I want to use the saw, I have to pull it out of the garage (without disturbing the proud parents), and power it up elsewhere. Needless to say, I don't use it much right now. However, we're planning (sometime after December) to move our primary residence more towards Abernathy. Doing so will allow us more room, and I will be able to have a larger garage / barn to work in.However, as I was reading my "travel rags", including Fast Company, Inc, and Fortune Small Business, I managed to run across not one story, but TWO, of Stephen Gass. One of the articles is in FSB, and the other in Inc (apparently NOT on their site yet).
Stephen is the inventor, developer, and owner of a SawStop. SawStop is [apparently] an awesome invention by an inventor who has managed to apply simple high-school physics to a dangerous tool and the result is a relatively minor cut, not a severed finger. The stories detail the issues he is having with building a better mouse trap, including the fact that the existing mouse trap owners / inventors have NO desire to license his technology, as it could cost them more than if they didn't.
Though I disagree with the industry's philosophy, I think they'll have a hard time arguing their point in court. It would appear that their biggest fears are likely to become reality, as a few cases are pending that may make light of the fact that the SawStop technology was rejected by all of the major manufacturer's, but appears to work. The assumption is that mass adoption would lead to fewer injuries. And by not adopting Stephen's technology, the industry has facilitated more indjuries.
It also struck me as quite odd that he managed to get his story into both magazines, in the same month. I doubt he paid for the articles (but he may have), but it's more likely that he's got a nice PR machine running and he's just flexing it's muscles.
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